Teri Hatcher’s Daughter Meets Justin Bieber!

Teri Hatcher “scored big points” with her daughter by introducing her to Justin Bieber. The Desperate Housewives actress’ made 12-year-old Emerson’s day when she set up a photo with the teen pop superstar at the Digital Content Newfront Conference launch of her new website GetHatched in New York on Wednesday.

““I got her a chance to get a picture with Justin Bieber,” Terri told People magazine. “That was a highlight, and I scored some big points with her.” Teri always makes time for her daughter, but admits she sometimes finds it tough to balance her work with her family life.

“There are times when I really need to separate those things — just be the worker or just be the mom,” she said. “Too often, I think, women try to do everything at the same time. I have friends that are technically driving their kids to school but also looking at their BlackBerry and trying to deal with office messages.

“The stress on the kids and yourself is a disservice to us, and I think we are better off compartmentalizing. It’s hard, but it does work for me.”

Teri Hatcher — My Life as a Single Mom

Source: Babble

“I’m not a desperate housewife; I only play one on TV.”

The raven haired veteran actress is best known for her most recent role as Susan Mayer, the sexpot mom you’d totally want to befriend if you lived in her cul-de-sac, on ABC’s long-running dramedy Desperate Housewives. In real life, Hatcher is a single mom on a mission. She’s hoping her latest Web endeavor, Get Hatched, will provide moms with an opportunity to be reborn (hatched if you will) and regain familiarity with their pre-diaper identities. Babble sat down with Hatcher to get the scoop on her newest project, mothering 13-year-old daughter Emerson and the secret to her fabulous — though couldn’t be more than a size-two — figure. — Melissa Chapman

What inspired you to team up with Disney’s Family.com to create an online portal for women?

Women do a lot these days; we make money, take care of our children, spouses, and communities, we carpool, we bake-sale, but sometimes we forget about ourselves. And for some strange reason, we often still confront feelings of not being good enough, and its high time there's a shift in that attitude. Other strong women have inspired me, and I wanted to build a community where we could all learn from each other.

What do you hope Gethatched.com will impart to women?

Women are a force to be reckoned. Collectively, we have a lot of know-how, and we can share that. But we've created patterns and habits that often have us spending more time feeling less than our ourselves, and being competitive instead of sharing and laughing about the commonalities of aging or homework and feeling lonely. [Women] often nurture everyone else, but when it comes to ourselves, we find faults rather than rejoicing in our beauty. And as moms, wives and breadwinners, many of us are overwhelmed by daily to-do lists and forget how to find the fun in a day. The site will offer straightforward and hopefully funny insights on everything a woman might struggle with, from laundry to cooking to style to relationships. All of our content will be wisdom wrapped up in humor, sort of like cantaloupe wrapped in prosciutto — laugh while you learn something.

What’s it like being a desperate housewife, and how has it changed your life?

Well, I'm not a desperate housewife; I just play one on TV. I've been blessed by a job filled with new friendships and memories and the freedom to not worry — quite so much — about college tuition and mortgages. As a single mom, there’s always a nagging feeling that this celebrity [status] could go away in a poof. You have to be conservative and smart; no Ferrari for me.

You’ve given moms a reason to feel like they can be sexy and seductive over 40. What’s your secret?

Well, thank you! I want to do everything I can to make women feel good about themselves and the unique, powerful qualities they have. Everyone is sexy and beautiful — the biggest challenge is feeling that way when you’re bloated and exhausted. I try to give myself a break and encourage other women to be kind to themselves — not just everyone else. My biggest piece of advice: Eat right and do eat, breakfast especially. I also drink lots of water and eliminate processed food.

What's your parenting philosophy?

Don't try to be perfect. Life isn't; no one is. Use mistakes and mishaps as opportunities to grow tolerance and to teach. There is such a thing as happy accidents. And love, love, love and listen, listen, listen.



[Women] often nurture everyone else, but when it comes to ourselves, we find faults rather than rejoicing in our beauty.


How have you dealt with public tantrums?

 Fortunately, I’ve never had to. I know, hate me. But seriously, [tantrums] happen because we put our children in situations we have no right to. We push them when they are tired; we create a behavior reward system with everything from food to stickers to toys. That will always backfire. Children need to behave appropriately because it’s the right thing to do, not out of fear of time-outs or cookie rewards. My advice: Deal in the boundaries of expectations of what a three-year-old should be able to do without a tantrum.


What's been your biggest parenting challenge?

 Having a social life of my own. I'm not sorry for it, but I have sort of let that go. My daughter’s old enough now that it’s easier, more guilt-free [to have a social life], but there have been some lonely nights. I wouldn’t change that, nor do I regret it.



What's your favorite meal to make for your daughter?



Green beans, broccoli, mushrooms, and diced chicken in olive oil over a little linguini.


What do you do for "me" time?


Not enough! I hit golf balls at the range. Kills a lot of birds with one stone — but I don't mean literally!


If you could teach your daughter one life lesson, what would it be?

Life’s short — don't waste time on things that are trivial. Get off your cell phone, travel, laugh.

 What's the last great book your kids read?

We just finished Alice in Wonderland again and Elsewhere and The Book Thief


What shocked you the most about parenting?

That there's an endless, tireless well of love in me.

Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher) Bio

Character Bio

Susan Mayer is a forty something divorcee living with her 14-year-old daughter, Julie. Her romantic heart always has her looking for her next great love. Writing and illustrating children's books has kept her around Wisteria Lane most days making it easy for her to keep an eye on neighborhood beau, Mike Delfino, her occasional boyfriend. 

She and her wise-beyond-years daughter have a tell all relationship often resulting in a parental role reversal.

Susan often consults with Julie on important decisions like which dress was sexier for her first date with Mike and how to best stalk him after he became a presumed killer. Inevitably, Julie was always the one there to pick up the pieces, a tradition which began when Susan's adulterous ex-husband, Karl, walked out on them. 

Susan's notoriously clumsy escapades have resulted in accidental arson, embarrassing public nudity and an unsightly encounter with a mechanical bull. Unfortunately her magnetic charm tends to attract trouble usually involving her secretive neighbor, Paul Young. She found herself knee-deep in a mystery surrounding her late friend Mary Alice Young's death involving a cryptic blackmail note, a dead woman's journal and a baby named Dana who may in fact be Mike's child.

About Terri Hatcher

Teri Hatcher's wildly successful portrayal of Susan Mayer earned her a 2005 Golden Globe Award (Best Actress in a Leading Role, Musical or Comedy, Television), a 2005 Screen Actors Guild Award (Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series), a 2005 Television Critics Award nomination and a 2005 Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy. The role of the single mom searching for love in the sometimes sordid, always intriguing world of Wisteria Lane has vaulted Hatcher to the pinnacle of today's hottest comic actresses. The role comes naturally to the actress, who is a single mother to her seven-year-old daughter, Emerson Rose.

Hatcher has become a household name not just in the U.S.; "Desperate Housewives'" European success resulted in Hatcher's recent honor by the U.K. edition of Glamour magazine as one of its 2005 Women of the Year. The award was presented to her by Sir Elton John.

Her previous credits include starring as Lois Lane in the 1994-1997 ABC series, "Lois & Clark." Among the many highlights of her career is hosting "Saturday Night Live," which had USA Today commenting, "She gives one of the best and most energetic performances by a good-sport host in a long time." What's more, the sketches she did with Molly Shannon, David Spade and Chris Kattan have become part of "SNL's Best Of." Other favorite roles include that of Sally Bowles in the national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical, "Cabaret," and in Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues."

Of all her film credits, Hatcher still considers the first movie she ever made -- "The Big Picture," directed by Christopher Guest -- to be her favorite. Other movies that followed were "Soapdish," with Kevin Kline, "Two Days in the Valley," "Spy Kids," directed by Roberto Rodriguez, and as "Bond" girl Paris Carver in "Tomorrow Never Dies," opposite Pierce Brosnan. Nor will anyone ever forget the line she made famous in "Seinfeld," which was, of course, "They're real -- and they're spectacular."

Hatcher was honored with the 1996 Spirit of Compassion Award for her generous support of the Aviva Center, which provides services to sexually and physically abused adolescents. She has been a strong supporter of AIDS Walk Los Angeles and New York, and very active in the battle against breast cancer. The gown Hatcher wore to the 2005 Golden Globe Awards was sold at auction to benefit Clothes Off Our Backs, as was a Versace couture dress from an In Style Magazine cover shoot. E! Entertainment Television has named her the network's Best Dressed Woman.

Among her pop culture honors, Hatcher has had the distinction of being the most downloaded image on the internet the year she posed wrapped in Superman's cape -- and nothing else! She has also been honored by the Hollywood Women's Press Club as "Discovery of the Year."

Source: ABC, CTV

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Teri Hatcher Teases Some 'Housewives' Finale Tidbits!

Source: Extra TV,Warner Bros

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It's going to be a really wild night on Wisteria Lane with Sunday's "Desperate Housewives" finale -- and no one knows that better than its star, Teri Hatcher! 

"You got Lynette locked in the house with a killer," Hatcher told host Mario Lopez when she stopped by the "Extra" set. "You got Susan potentially moving off Wisteria Lane. You've got Bree being blackmailed with her entire life's work and you've got Gabby, your friend, always glamorously helping out someone, who is about to blow things up." 

And this is what Hatcher's co-stars have to say about it:

Marcia Cross: "Oh, death on Wisteria Lane!"
Felicity Huffman: "Very dramatic!"
Eva Longoria: "Really a fun episode!"

Hatcher laughs at her castmates' very generic descriptions. "That sort of covered it. Death, dramatic and fun!" 

Besides starring on her hit show, Hatcher has also launched a website, GetHatched.com, which is a lifestyle guide for "chicks." 

"It's a chick's guide to life now. Isn't that a cool phrase? A chick to me is really empowered, someone who has something to say," Hatcher explains.

To find out more info, go to GetHatched.com. 

Check out "Extra" raw video with Teri! And watch the finale this Sunday, May 16 at 9/8c on ABC.