Elisabeth thanks the ABC team, her co-hosts, mentor Barbara Walters in beautiful opener

Jul 11, 2013 10:05 GMT  ·  By
Elisabeth Hasselbeck is officially out of The View: Joy Behar and Barbara Walters are also leaving
   Elisabeth Hasselbeck is officially out of The View: Joy Behar and Barbara Walters are also leaving

As announced yesterday, Elisabeth Hasselbeck will be starting on Fox & Friends on Fox News in September, which means she’s officially done with ABC’s The View. Below is her beautiful farewell speech.

This was her last day on the show, as several insiders had already said.

In a beautiful opener, Elisabeth thanked the team behind the show (including hair and makeup people, security, maintenance, and other auxiliary staff), the people at Fox News who have welcomed her into the family, and her co-hosts.

She dedicated a very beautiful speech to her mentor Barbara Walters, with the TV legend also saying a few words about Elisabeth when she was done.

Even though Hasselbeck was often polarizing because of her political views, no one can deny that she made sure her farewell moment was an impeccable, memorable one.

Check it out.