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Teri Hatcher Protects Her Young

Posted Aug 10th 2006 5:05PM by TMZ Staff

Teri Hatcher and Emerson RoseTeri Hatcher was spotted last Thursday shopping at a cellular phone store in Los Angeles with her 8 year-old daughter, Emerson. The duo were shopping for a pink RAZR cell phone that Emerson wanted. Hatcher appeared hesitant to buy Emerson that particular phone because she said she had heard bad things about the phone's quality.

Sources tell TMZ that Hatcher was very protective of her daughter- not letting her roam the store unless she was by her side. When asked for her daughter's Social Security number to activate the cell phone account, Hatcher was reluctant to give the sales clerk such information. Hatcher immediately phoned a male confidant on her cell phone to get advice on the matter. The confidant okayed giving Emerson's Social Security number to the clerk, and also advised Teri not to buy the RAZR for Emerson due to his own daughter's problems with her phone.

In the end, Hatcher opted to buy a Samsung phone for Emerson.

Filed under: Gossip/Rumors, TV, Kids


Tags: cell phone, CellPhone, desperate housewives, DesperateHousewives, emerson, razr, teri hatcher, TeriHatcher

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1. Why does an 8 year old need a cell phone? Ridiculous.

Posted at 5:25PM on Aug 10th 2006 by Wicked1

2. what the hell does an 8 year old need a cell phone for?? Does she have a job to pay for it or does mommy give her everything she wants! I guess she won't have to work like the rest of us do to pay the bill!

Posted at 5:27PM on Aug 10th 2006 by GOSSIPNMD

3. This is as stupid as it gets...LOL...An 8 year old with a Razor cellphone.. who is she calling Barney-LOL... Hollywood.. And dumby Terri calling someone on should she provide her daughters ss#..this is one weird story..Good job TMZ..you always can throw a curve ball from day to day....thats crazy as sh**it.....im out..peace

Posted at 5:30PM on Aug 10th 2006 by wendell dixon

4. It makes me so mad to see young children running around with a cell phone!! Completely unnecessary. What do they need it for? Its infuriating....

I hate stupid people...

Posted at 5:31PM on Aug 10th 2006 by I Hate Stupid People

5. #1 & #2 My thoughts excatly!

Posted at 5:31PM on Aug 10th 2006 by Don't Know

6. Now wasn't that just a wonderful shopping story? Do I understand right that Teri has to call a male confidant because, oh, I don't know, maybe she's STUPID?

Posted at 5:32PM on Aug 10th 2006 by The Tingler

7. One other thing. WHY would she give out her MINOR childs social security number? The cellular company cannot enter into a contract with a child therefore they DO NOT NEED IT!!! Unbelievable how many people have NO common sense.

Posted at 5:32PM on Aug 10th 2006 by Wicked1

8. Just another clueless Hollywood bimbo that is further diluting an already dangerously shallow gene pool! cell Phones for kids that age invite more danger than they do security. The kid is doomed in so many ways... too bad

Posted at 5:39PM on Aug 10th 2006 by racer

9. I wonder if possibly someone with TMZ had an issue
with The Phone and is trying to give it a bad reputation
by listing it in this manner.

You never know ?????

I like to read between the lines

All though, I have a razor and i do not like it, I think the buttons are too
sensative and the phone is too heavy compared to others i've had

steve

Posted at 5:43PM on Aug 10th 2006 by steve

10. Um, who cares??

Posted at 5:45PM on Aug 10th 2006 by mikesbreathstinks

11. Word on the street that Emerson was drinking a snapple at the time of purchase.

She did originaly want to buy a Pepsi, but after making some phone calls Hatcher opted for the non-caronated beverage. Apparently Hatcher called an unknown family member for advice on the selection. Given the sugar content of the soda drink and the unknown persons own history with the two drinks the purchase was finalised.

Payment for the drink was made with a 20 dollar bill as Hatcher had nothing smaller. Unfortunately, the time it took for the cashier to produce the change led to an uncomfortable silence of over 30 seconds.

Fortunately, Hatcher was able to call an unknown industry insider who recommended that she and Emerson avert their eyes away from the cashier and discuss topics that the salesperson could not relate to. The strategy worked, and the duo was able to successfylly move on to the cell phone store.

Posted at 5:50PM on Aug 10th 2006 by Alex Rogers

12. LOL!! Alex...... that's good. that's very good!

Posted at 5:52PM on Aug 10th 2006 by racer

13. bravo Alex

Posted at 6:09PM on Aug 10th 2006 by Pieta

14. Don't understand why she couldn't have just added a phone to her plan that already exist. I think it is odd that she put her 8 year olds ss# out there??? Very weird. My children were just added to my plan and they are 16 and 17 and have to work to pay for their part....WEIRD..

Posted at 6:14PM on Aug 10th 2006 by Kristina

15. Now Alex you should write for TMZ...that was right on the money..Kudos-LOL

Posted at 6:17PM on Aug 10th 2006 by wendell dixon

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