A Falmouth woman isn’t taking a kind view toward “The View” star Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s book on her recently diagnosed ailment.

Susan Hassett, a self-published author, is claiming in a federal lawsuit filed in Boston that the celebrity infringed on Hassett’s copyrights by publishing a book on celiac disease, titled “The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide,” last month.

In her suit, Hassett claims she sent Hasselbeck a copy of her own book, “Living With Celiac Disease,” in April 2008, along with a homemade cooking video, a personal note, a newspaper article and a business card.

Hasselbeck recently discovered she’s long suffered from celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder linked to gluten proteins found in wheat, barley and rye. The disease can cause, among other things, chronic diarrhea and fatigue.

Hasselbeck has said she discovered she had the ailment after returning from a “Survivor” show taping in Australia, where she felt fine and hadn’t eaten the same types of foods as she normally does in the United States.

A publicist for ABC, the network on which “The View” is aired, and for Hachette Book Group, publisher of Hasselbeck’s book, couldn’t be reached for comment.

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I’m not really ticked at Playboy, I just thought that if I was a big whiner like Elisabeth Hasselbeck that maybe Playboy would let me inside the Mansion on New Year’s Eve. Nothing says loving like a 400 pound man in silk pajamas getting blitzed out of his mind and passing out in the grotto. I mean I did a lot for Playboy this year. OK, well they did a lot for me. Maybe I should invite them to my party. Hef can come over and tell me what its like to almost swallow a  sex toy and I can tell him, well actually nothing. Good times.

I have never really jumped on the anti Elisabeth bandwagon. Despite what you think of her you have to admit that she has some guts knowing she is going to get hammered by every member of the panel when she opens her mouth. To keep coming back for that kind of ass kicking means you are either tough or getting paid a whole bunch of money.

Yesterday though, Elisabeth made me realize that she is the kind of person that expects something for what she does. During the taping of The View yesterday, Elisabeth basically blasted The White House for not sending her an invitation to the annual Christmas party there. She basically said that she worked for them all during the campaign and she wanted a little payback. When the payback didn’t come she went on the offensive and whined. Hey, maybe they didn’t want her at the party this year. I know they invited her two minutes after the show ended, but that is just because they probably know she would just keep whining and whining until they caved. That’s probably why they didn’t want her there in the first place. That and I don’t think she is probably much of a drinker and so very unlikely to photocopy her butt and autograph them for everyone.

Oh, and then to top it all off. To show that she really does carry a grudge. After the White House extended an invitation to the party, Elisabeth had the nerve to say through a publicist that she and her husband would see if they could fit it into their plans. Somebody just needs to go kick her ass and tell her that if someone had voted her off Survivor earlier she wouldn’t be on The View.

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This month Elisabeth Hasselback is on the cover of Fitness magazine in a bikini. She did this despite having a baby just six months ago. This was her second child. When you look at the photo there does not appear to be any difference between her and an 18 year old girl with no kids. This is incredibly misleading to the public. Oh, I have no doubts that Elisabeth looks something close to this. She does after all sell herself for a living basically and so needs to look good. Further she makes well over a million bucks a year and has access to trainers 24/7. For this shoot she worked out at least twice a day every day for six weeks.What? You can’t find the time in your schedule to work out twice a day for several hours each time. Well why don’t you hire some people to look after your kids, feed your significant other and run all your errands while you just work out and get ready for your cover shoot. Oh, and according to Elisabeth she didn’t diet at all, so you don’t need to worry about that at all.

In the article, the editors and Elisabeth make it seem like it is all manageable for everyone to do and that you to will have the perfect body after just six weeks of hard work. That is all crap of course and it can rarely be done. They want you to believe it can be done so that way you will but the magazine and buy the products that are advertised in the magazine. If they have to stretch the truth to get it done so be it. In fact, it really might even be lying if you take into account the fact they airbrushed and photoshopped the hell out of this photo. No imperfections anywhere on her body? Wow, how did she manage to do that? Does she have a product to sell for that?

You would think Elisabeth would be the type of person who would be sensitive to this and try and be more real, but the closest she comes in the article is this quote. “I finally told myself … ‘I’ve got some curves, I’ve got a bubble butt, but I don’t mind, because it’s what powers me forward when I run.’

Oh, gee, that’s great. I guess she preferred the flat ass she had before and that everyone who has a bubble butt or any curves should be ashamed unless of course you are a runner and then it is fine. Elisabeth and every person they throw up on Shape or Fitness always makes it seem as if you can be just like them if you would only do what the article says and if you buy the products in the magazine. What they are selling is false and misleading and just wrong. It is designed to make you feel inadequate and miserable and that is what work is for. It shouldn’t also have to bombard you from the checkout stands.

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Elisabeth Hasselbeck is pictured at the ‘My Little Pony Tea Party’ at Madison Square Garden, with her daughter Grace, 3, sister-in-law Sarah Hasselbeck and Sarah’s kids Annabelle and Mallory.

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Turns out she and her quarterback hubby, Tim, are huge Bret Michaels fans and love his ’80s band, Poison. “They were talking about how Tim’s brother, Matt, took him to see a Poison concert for his bachelor party and how after the show they met Bret backstage,” said a spy at the Conde Nast Hot List party. Also at the party was San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman, who hit on “America’s Next Top Model” winner Jaslene Gonzalez and offered to fly her to Las Vegas with him for the weekend.

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View co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, 30, back from maternity leave last week, her husband, Arizona Cardinals’ Tim Hasselbeck, 29, and their children Grace Elisabeth, 2 ½, and Taylor Thomas, 9 weeks, were spotted out for a walk in NYC on Saturday, January 12th.

Photos by INF.

Grace is wearing Kenneth Cole Reaction Crossbow II ($40).

Tim pushes a Mountain Buggy Urban Double ($700).

Elisabeth Hasselbeck took her newborn son, Taylor Thomas, to work Monday. It was her first day back on ABC’s “The View” since going on maternity leave more than two months ago. She gave birth to Taylor Thomas at an Arizona hospital Nov. 9.

Hasselbeck and co-host Sherri Shepherd took turns holding him. He cried at first, but was generally well behaved on his first-ever live TV appearance. The camera focused on his face several times as the audience oohed and ahh-ed.

Hasselbeck, 30, joked that she calls herself “the dairy queen” because she’s breast-feeding.

“You don’t even look like you were pregnant,” Shepherd told her. “You are so tiny.”

Hasselbeck, wearing a waist-concealing dress with a floral pattern, responded: “Wear a print.”

The conservative “View” co-host and her husband, Arizona Cardinals quarterback Tim Hasselbeck, also have a 2-year-old daughter Grace.

Monday’s edition of the daytime chatfest included a full hour of “Hot Topics.” When the conversation turned to politics, co-host Joy Behar joked that Taylor Thomas should leave the stage because things could get uncomfortable for him.

View co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, 30, returned to the table today, joined by son Taylor Thomas, 8 weeks.

I thought I’d bring a little testosterone to the table today…he eats all day long. He’s like 12 lbs now, I think. He’s just constantly on me — I call myself the Dairy Queen.

Sherri Shepherd interjected,

This is true! When Elisabeth walked in the hair and makeup room this morning, her boobs were bigger than mine.

Elisabeth agreed,

They were. At you watch, they’re camouflaged now, but by the end of the hour, they’ll be back. [Taylor] does something sometimes that’s a little scary, I’m not going to lie. [Makes biting motion.] I look down and I’m like, ‘You’re a little animal!’

As for her secret to looking slim even though she hasn’t lost much, Elisabeth says,

It’s prints! Wear a print. They camouflage everything.

I’ll get there. I’m a little frustrated because I have a little injury
in my back, something’s bothering me, and I can’t run –- and we’ve had
really nice weather the last couple of days, and every time I see
someone running I get angry at them because I can’t. But I’ll get there.

Click below for photos of Taylor, interview highlights (differences between boys and girls, having a second child, Tim as a dad, Grace as a sister), and to watch the video.

On husband Tim Hasselbeck, a quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals, Elisabeth remarks,

You name it, he does it. He’ll change diapers. He takes Gracie out on daddy-daughter dates.
They’ll go get ice-cream or root beer floats. He really knows how to
make a child feel special.

Speaking of Grace Elisabeth, 2 1/2, she’s very fond of her new little brother.

When
she wakes up in the middle of the night, she’ll say, ‘Taylor, come
here.’ She wants to see him first thing in the morning, she wants to
kiss him good night. She just loves him. It’s a blessing. She’s such a
good big sister.

But you know, my doctor told me…to keep them at a safe distance
and never leave them alone together, because literally siblings love
each other to death sometimes. She loves him so much she just wants to
put something right up to his face, or hug him so hard.

Having a second child has completely changed Elisabeth’s outlook.

When they say it rocks your world? It rocks your world, having a
second. What is going on!? When does this stop?! … This is the first
time I’ve brushed my teeth in two months, it was special for today.

And
I’m constantly trying to balance out everybody’s needs. Was I a little
bit of a wife today? Sure. ‘Here’s a cracker, Tim. I’m your wife.’
‘Grace, do you want Goldfish for dinner? Okay, I feel bad, ’cause I’m
paying a lot of attention to Taylor, so Goldfish it is!’ I feel like
I’m constantly trying to be the great equalizer in the home.

But I love
it! I wouldn’t want to be anything else, and wouldn’t want anyone else
doing it for me.

Elisabeth also discussed the differences between having a daughter and having a son.

I don’t know if it’s because he’s a boy, or it’s second child, but I
kind of let him sit up a little more on his own. He seems a little more
sturdy. I’ll go, ‘Look at that chest. He’s strong!’ I’m not
super-sterilizing everything like I was with Grace. [When she was born]
people would walk in and I’d have them put booties on.

[Tim] loves having a boy. There is a difference. But I feel like Taylor’s mine. Grace is his, and Taylor’s mine –- forever.

Source: Red Lasso; OK! Magazine; People