Chelsea Handler

At 49 years old, Chelsea Handler has this physical status:

Chelsea Joy Handler (born February 25, 1975) is an American comedian, actress, writer, television host, producer, and activist.

She hosted the late-night talk show Chelsea Lately on the E! network from 2007 to 2014, and released a documentary series, Chelsea Does, on Netflix in January 2016.

Between 2016 and 2017, Handler hosted the talk show, Chelsea, on Netflix.In 2012, Time named Handler one of the 100 most influential people in the world on its annual Time 100 list.

Early life

Handler was born in Livingston, New Jersey, the youngest of six children of Rita (née Stoecker), a homemaker, and Seymour Handler, a used-car dealer. Her American father was Ashkenazi Jewish; her German-born mother, who came to the United States in 1958, was a Mormon. Her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1989 and battled the disease for over 15 years before dying of it in 2006. Handler was raised in Reform Judaism, and had a Bat Mitzvah ceremony. As an adult, she broke into tears after discovering that her maternal grandfather served in the German army during World War II, on TLC's Who Do You Think You Are? in 2013.

She summered in Martha's Vineyard, where her parents owned a house. She attended Livingston High School, where she was a reluctant student who objected to the school's "student-teacher-asshole ratio".

Handler has two sisters and three brothers; her eldest brother, Chet, died when he was 21, in a hiking accident in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. She was nine years old at the time. At age 19, she moved from New Jersey to Los Angeles, where she lived in her aunt's home, in Bel Air, and pursued acting while working as a waitress to support herself. At 21, Handler decided to pursue stand-up comedy after telling her story about driving under the influence to a class of other offenders, who found it funny.

Personal life

Handler has lived in Bel Air, Los Angeles.

In 2006, Handler began dating Ted Harbert, who oversaw E! as the former chief executive officer of Comcast. On January 25, 2010, Handler confirmed, via her late-night talk show, that she had broken up with Harbert.

In 2010, Handler attended a dinner party at the house of Jeffrey Epstein, an accused sex offender American socialite, alongside Katie Couric, Woody Allen, Charlie Rose, Prince Andrew, and George Stephanopoulos. Handler was invited by publicist Peggy Siegal, who primarily positioned it as an opportunity to have a dinner with Prince Andrew. Handler later stated that Epstein's party "was just one of those weird nights".

Chelsea Handler briefly dated rapper 50 Cent around 2011.

On October 3, 2013, Handler confirmed her breakup with hotelier Andre Balazs on her talk show Chelsea Lately, after the couple had dated on and off for two years.

On September 27, 2021, Handler and comedian Jo Koy posted an official Instagram post of their relationship.

In 2010, a leaked sex tape of Handler was being offered for sale. After news of it became public, Handler said on Chelsea Lately that the tape "was made as a joke" more than 10 years earlier, adding, "I put it on an audition tape for a comedy club, because I'm a comedienne, and I've been showing it at birthday parties for fucking years."

In February 2021, on her 46th birthday, Handler skied on the slopes of Whistler, British Columbia, in nothing but panties. Alongside a photo she posted a message on social media saying "it’s important to stay hydrated as well as relaxed, and it’s also important to celebrate your body no matter what age or size."

Handler's political activism work has included speaking at universities and collaborating with EMILY's List to gather support for Democratic women supporting abortion rights and helping them to get elected. In a 2011 interview in The New York Times, Handler revealed that she had an abortion when she was 16, saying she had the procedure "because that's what I should have done. Otherwise I would now have a 20-year-old kid. Anyway, those are things that people shouldn't be dishonest about." In a 2016 interview with Playboy magazine, Handler revealed that she had a second abortion when she was 16 in addition to the one she talked about with The New York Times.

Handler was a vocal supporter of 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and was critical of her opponent Donald Trump. In 2016, she told The Daily Beast that a Trump presidency would be the "end of our civilization". She was criticized for using homophobic insults and slurs against key Trump administration figures on multiple occasions, including implying that Senator Lindsey Graham was a closeted homosexual and derogatorily referring to Attorney General Jeff Sessions as a "bottom."

On October 23, 2020, Handler appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. In reference to 50 Cent endorsing Trump for re-election, she said that she "had to remind him that he was a black person, so he couldn't vote for Donald Trump". Handler's comments were condemned as racist and she publicly apologized the next day.

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Career

Handler appeared in Oxygen's all-female cast of Girls Behaving Badly, which aired from 2002 to 2005. Weekends at the D.L., The Bernie Mac Show, My Wife and Kids, and The Practice are among the shows on which Handler has appeared.

She was a regular commentator on E!

As well as a reporter on The Tonight Show, they covered Scarborough County and Scarborough, as well as a reporter for The Tonight Show. On the first episode of the reality TV show On the Lot, she hosted the first episode but later said she left "because I smelled the tragedy happening before it did." Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett produced the film, which was an audition for young filmmakers fighting for a shot of fame. It lasted for one season. Former Robin & Company entertainment anchor Adrianna Costa took over the handler's place.

Handler first hosted The Chelsea Handler Show on E! in April 2006, which lasted two seasons. Handler appeared on Comedy Central's Hour Stand-Up Comedy Tour around the country in 2007. On VH1's Love Lounge, Comedy Central's Premium Blend, and HBO's coverage of the Aspen Comedy Festival, her stand-up comedy has also been televised. She appeared on Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld and The View, and co-hosted The View on August 2, 2007, and September 5, 2008. Handler will be the host of the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, according to VMAs on August 18, 2010. To many, including MTV executives who claimed that the final decision was unexpected, the news was surprising. Handler became the second woman to attend the VMAs after Roseanne Barr, who presided in 1994. On September 12, 2010, a free event at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles took place.

Handler first appeared in an E! late-night comedy series in July 2007. Chelsea Lately. The show was a hit, with more than a half-million viewers and YouTube videos with more than 1 million views. "The more pathetic the guests are, the more pathetic they are, the funnier the performance is," Handler said in a 2008 interview. Chelsea On the E! heydays, Chelsea was on the radio for the first week in a row. In the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, and New Zealand, there is a network in the United States, Canada, Australia, Germany, and New Zealand. The last episode of Chelsea Lately aired on August 26, 2014, after more than 1,000 episodes.

After Lately, the show had a spinoff, the mockumentary After Lately, in which the various cast members, writers, crew, guests, and even "hangers-on" of Chelsea Lately were seen bickering over trivial topics and fighting for airtime. They were also shown demanding personal permission from Handler, who appeared in only few scenes of the program and was always depicted as having open and utter disdain for those below her.

After Lately debuted on E!

On March 6, 2011. Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, Jay Leno, Tori Spelling, Tori Spelling, Jenny McCarthy, Susan Osbourne, Dave Grohl, Johnny Knoxville, and Jane Fonda were among the guest stars on this program.

Handler first appeared in In the Motherhood, an internet-based charity launched in 2007 by Leah Remini and Jenny McCarthy (since January 2008). It was announced on September 8, 2008 that ABC would be turning In The Motherhood into a series starring Jessica St. Clair, Megan Mullally, and Cheryl Hines.

Are You There, Chelsea?

Is it true that Vodka, Handler's 2008 best-selling book, appeared on NBC. It's Me, Chelsea, which aired from January 11 to March 28, 2012. After only one season on May 11, 2012, the network was scrapped after only one season. Chelsea Newman, a bartender, was the main character in the story, while Handler portrayed Chelsea's born-again Christian sister Sloane, a married, conservative, and new mother with no common ground with her carefree sister. Dottie Zicklin (of Dharma & Greg) and Julie Larson (of The Drew Carey Show) were the designers and executive producers of the Dottie Zicklin show. Handler, Tom Werner (of That '70s Show), Mike Clements (of The Life & Times of Tim), and Chelsea Lately, Tom Brunelle were executive producers.

Handler produced Chelsea Does, a Netflix documentary series containing four episodes on marriage, Silicon Valley, bigotry, and heroin use in 2016. Chelsea debuted on her own Netflix original comedy talk show Chelsea in May 2016. "I would like a healthy blend of everything that goes around the world," Handler said, as well as interesting stuff in our country. The 60 Minutes were well balanced, but 60 minutes were much quicker, quicker, and cooler." Both Wednesday and Friday each week, and season 2 shows every Friday. Handler revealed in October 2017 that the show would come to an end after its second season, as she wanted to concentrate on activism.

Handler announced in August 2018 that she had started working on a Netflix documentary investigating the benefits of white privilege and the effects it has had on her life. Hello, Privilege! It's Me Chelsea, it was published in September 2019.

Handler confirmed in May 2020 that she would produce and appear in a stand-up special for WarnerMedia's HBO Max. She'll address her personal experiences with family, friends, and therapy in the book. Irving Azoff, Handler's boss, and Allison Statter will also help with the production of the special.

Handler and Tom Brunelle became the creators of Pretty Wild, a reality series based on the lives of the Neiers sisters' lives in 2010. Borderline Amazing Productions, her production company, and New Wave Entertainment produced the series. After one season, it was cancelled.

Handler has worked on several talk shows other than her own. Handler joined Borderline Amazing in 2012 as a producer on E! Whitney Cummings hosted the show. It debuted in November 2012 and was cancelled after four months in February 2013. Whitney Cummings wrote Love You Mean It With Whitney Cummings. Hello Ross, Handler's latest talk show on E! appeared later this year. After two seasons, the show was cancelled in 2014. The Josh Wolf Show, produced by Handler in 2015, premiered on CMT in June 2015. In 2016, the program was cancelled.

Handler, together with Studio T, Studio 8's Katherine Pope, Michael Morris, and Kobek, collaborated with TNT to create a potential drama series based on Jart Kobek's book "I Hate the Internet." The series will explore the phenomenon of internet debates and discussions, as well as how it influences one's values and marriages.

In November 2017, Hulu began developing Unspeakable, a new dramedy based on Meghan Daum's 2014 book The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects Of Discussion. In 2014, the Handler had optioned the book at Working Title Television. The show, starring Mary McCormack in the lead role, focuses on a 45-year-old woman who is trying to discover her authentic self when wading through difficult situations. Liza Chasin and Andrew Stearn will produce with Liza Chasin and Andrew Stearn, as a result of McCormack and her partner Michael Morris' participation.

Handler signed a multi-year first-look contract with NBCUniversal in which she will create applications for Universal Television and Universal Television Alternate Studio.

Marvel Television and Hulu extended their collaboration for several new animated series based on the comics' off-kilter characters in February 2019. Handler will produce Marvel's Tigra & Dazzler Exhibition alongside Jeph Loeb and Erica Rivinoja of the four planned. Tigra and Dazzler, two "woke" superhero best friends, had been based on the tale as they searched for fame. However, Rivinoja and the series's writers departed early in December 2019, leaving Handler and Loeb on the production team as a result of creative disagreements. The Marvel Studios ended the project in January 2020.

Handler's executive produced and sold two comedies she produced at Universal: Blair, sold to HBO Max, and Wiped Out, a Peacock-owned bookstore, chronicles a woman's struggle to reclaim her life after being erased from the planet following a passing black hole.

Handler has written six books that have made the New York Times Best Seller List, five of which have risen to the top of the charts, including five that have made it to number one. My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands (2005), her first book, My Horizontal Life, chronicles her many sexual encounters throughout her life.

Her second book, Are You There, Vodka?

With a print run of more than 350,000, It's Me, Chelsea (2008), a series of amusing essays, made it to the top of The New York Times Nonfiction Best Seller List. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang, her third book that was released on March 9, 2010, she went on a national tour to sell her third book, Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang Bang Bang. Chelsea is the top of the New York Times Nonfiction Hardback Bestseller list for March 21, 2010.

Handler's publishers gave her her her own publishing imprint, Borderline Amazing/A Chelsea Handler Book, on November 15, 2010. Handler's first book, Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me, was published in May 2011 and debuted on the bestseller chart, and she and her coworkers and family members also talked about the book, which was also on the top of the bestseller list.

In Cosmopolitan and Now, a UK celebrity newspaper, a handler has her own columns. In May 2009, she was the host of the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in San Francisco. "For her outward and vocal support of equality," she was named Grand Marshal of the 2009 Los Angeles Pride Festival in June 2009. Handler participated in the "I Am Equal" photo documentary series in honor of her mother, Rita, who died from cancer complications in July 2010. In addition to her photograph being added to the documentary and accompanying photo mosaic, she also published a "Photo Story" on a website that encourages people to take risks in life. She hosted the Human Rights Campaign Gala in Los Angeles in March 2012.

Handler published Uganda Be Kidding Me, her fifth book, on the New York Times Best Seller list for two weeks in early 2014. Handler appeared on Netflix in October 2014 for the same year.

Handler's first book, Life Will Be the Death of Me, was published in April by Penguin Random House. The memoir focuses on her experiences in the years of self-discovery. To market the book, she went on a comedy tour. Universal TV won the rights to convert the book into a television series in September 2019.

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Awards and recognition

• In March 2009, Handler received the "Ally for Equality Award" from the Human Rights Campaign, recognizing "the outstanding efforts of those who dedicate time, energy, spirit and whole-hearted commitment to better the lives of LGBT people".
• In April 2009, Handler won the Bravo A-List Award for "A-List Funny."
• In June 2009, she was named as grand marshal of the 2009 Los Angeles Pride celebration "for her visible and vocal support of equality".
• In July 2012, Handler received the Comedy Person of the Year Award at Montreal's Just For Laughs comedy festival.
• In December 2021, Handler won "The Comedy Act of 2021" award at the People's Choice Awards for her "Vaccinated & Horny" Tour.