May 5th, 2010 at 10:32 am by
Anne
The View’s Elizabeth Hasselbeck is coming under a lot of fire from the Dancing With The Stars pros and celebrities and rightly so. In regards to Erin Andrews‘ costumes, Elizabeth had this to say:
“In light of what happened … and as inexcusable as it was for that horrific guy to go in and try to peep on her in her hotel room … I mean, in some way if I [was] him, I [would be] like, ‘Man! I just could’ve waited 12 weeks and seen this — a little bit less — without the prison time!’”
I understand Elizabeth is very conservative but that is akin to saying ‘she was asking for it’ or girls that dress provocatively are asking for it which is beyond STUPID but also exonerates rapists, and predators from their actions, not to mention shows her complete ignorance. As a woman and a mother (of a daughter!) Elizabeth needs to get her head out of her ass.
Erin cried when she heard what she had to say and responds:
“I think people can have opinions about the show, but my biggest complaint is she’s a woman and a mother and it was a mockery of something I’ve lived through this last year. … I felt like it was a slap in the face for victims of stalkers and victims of sexual predators.”
Erin’s dance partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy came to her defense:
“”I’m the one designing [Andrews'] dresses for the show, so I’ll just assume that [Hasselbeck] is jealous… and stupid….
Dance pro Louis Van Amstel Twittered to Elizabeth:
“Why did u have to throw @erinandrewsespn under the bus this morning? Shame on [you] … Leave her alone. Aren’t u all working for the same network ABC/ESPN???? U should have each other’s back, not trashtalk Erin.”
Olympic gold medalist Evan Lysacek even weighed in on it:
“So disappointed that anyone would attack [her] after all she’s been through.”
The fact that it was men who came to Erin’s defense of Elizbabeth’s view should tell her a lot. What is considered sexy is a very subjective thing. Are women supposed to dress according to what doesn’t set a freak off? What if turtlenecks gets some psycho all worked up? Should we cease to wear those as well? Should everyone stop living and going out because of Terrorists? Where is the logic in what she was suggesting?
Let’s stop making excuses for inexcusable behaviour (sexual assaults, stalking, and predator-like behaviour) and teach people what is allowable and what isn’t.
Women changing the way they dress does not address the real issue. Elizabeth really owes Erin an apology not to mention shut her pie-hole.
Update: On todays The View, Elizabeth was very apologetic (she cried and she did appear sincere) and mentioned she personally called Erin to apologize. While that is good (and appropriate) I think she still doesn’t realize the ‘message’ her comment conveyed.
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