Elisabeth Hasselbeck may have publicly apologized to ESPN sportscaster Erin Andrews last week after criticizing her skimpy wardrobe on “Dancing with the Stars,” but the conservative “View” co-host never had the chance to do it privately.
Hasselbeck, 32, said that she called Andrews Tuesday night to personally apologize after her 5-year-old daughter, Grace, advised her to just pick up the phone.
“Thankfully, I listened to her … and I did,” she said.
However, Andrews wasn’t on the other end of the line when Hasselbeck made the call.
“I didn’t speak with her, no,” Andrews told UsMagazine.com. “I never talked to her.”
Despite knowing that Andrews has faced two separate stalking incidents within the past year, Hasselbeck slammed the leggy blond on-air for “wearing next to nothing” on the dance floor.
She said, “In light of what happened and as illegal 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’m him, I’m like, ‘Man! I just could’ve waited 12 weeks and seen this – a little bit less – without the prison time!'”
A “very shocked” Andrews, 32, spoke out about the slam, telling People.com that Hasselbeck’s remarks were “a slap in the face to victims of stalking and sexual predators.”
Now that a week has gone by since the incident, the ESPN reporter says she’s “dealt with” the harsh comments and is “moving on.”
“I’m tired of talking about it,” she said. “It’s a new week.”
Andrews also credited her dance partner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, for coming to her defense by firing back at Hasselbeck on Twitter, calling her “jealous… and stupid 4 her comments.”
“It was really nice to have Maks stick up for me and the entire cast and a lot of the media,” said Andrews, who remains a frontrunner on the dance competition series. “We got a ton of support.”
