![]() ![]() I mean, my face still hasn't recovered from crying so much." "She kept it together for me because I didn't know how I would. I know your viewership and it's important that you do this today and I will be your anchor.' And she was," Handler remembers. "It wasn't easy to do, but Barbara was here and she said, 'I cancelled everything today and I didn't think I could come, but I know your audience is filled with young girls. She says her staff reminded her that they and her viewers needed her more than ever, and Boxer was her anchor during the emotional episode. "I definitely came in and thought, 'I can't do this today, there's no way,'" Handler tells Bustle. ![]() She had planned on a celebratory episode and says that it was a struggle to readjust the theme while she was still reeling from the election's outcome. 9, Handler took the stage to film her post-election episode with special guest Senator Barbara Boxer. Just several hours after Clinton's concession speech on the morning of Nov. ![]() 16, Handler reacts to Hillary Clinton's shocking loss to Donald Trump with disappointment, but notes that there are ways to honor the Obamas and Clinton through action and that comedy can provide healing and comfort during a time that's painful for many Americans. In an interview with Bustle from the set of Chelsea at Sony Pictures Studios on Nov. For the past six months, she's interviewed a wide variety of political experts on nearly every episode and collaborated with Rock the Vote in an effort to galvanize millennials to get to the polls. All the girls love him, but he is very, very married.During the May premiere of her new Netflix series, Chelsea Handler vowed to place the 2016 election front and center - and she held true to her word. As I walking into the office today, she made me laugh. Tell me what comes to mind when I say their names. Then to find out I made the top five, I mean, it was way beyond my expectations. My book agent was keeping track of sales and told me that I would definitely make the list. ![]() She walks into my office and goes, “You’re number five!” She was crying and then I immediately started crying. What does it feel like to be a New York Times bestseller?Ĭhelsea (Handler) is actually the one that told me. If anyone wants to do something with their life, I would tell them to never, ever give up. I had those moments where I thought, “If I bartend one more second I am going to kill myself.” But I worked my ass off and honestly, I never gave up. Then while trying to get there, there are all those jobs you are forced to take just to pay the bills. I think everyone can relate to the struggle of having a dream but having a hard time conquering it. It’s a lot about the entertainment industry, but really I wrote it with everyone in mind. Your book, Life As I Blow It, hit the New York Times bestseller list. Fast forward years later and here we are. Once we performed at a Starbucks – it was bad. We would perform at the most random places. We kind of figured out this life together. Oh and the fact that we both liked happy hour, so after the class, we would head straight to the bar and discuss how much we hated class. Actually, we were both really bad at the stand up class, but knew its what we wanted to do. We met in a Improv class when we were about 22. Speaking of Chelsea Handler – you ladies have been friends for a long time, right? It hasn’t happened yet, so I am grateful. I am terrified each and every show that no one will show up. Is it more nerve-racking to headline then to open for your boss, Cheslea Handler? She took time out of her jam-packed schedule to sit down and talk with NBC Miami about what she thinks of her E! coworkers (Disclosure: Comcast is the owner of the E! network and this site). But when she isn’t at what she calls her “day job,” she is on tour as a stand-up comedian or promoting her New Yorks Time’s bestseller, Life As I Blow It. Today, she still calls Handler a friend, but now she has to call her boss.Ĭolonna is currently a writer and roundtable regular on the hit late night talk show, Chelsea Lately. But almost a decade ago, she was a drinking buddy turned best friend to fellow comedian Sarah Colonna. Chelsea Handler was recently named one of Time’s most influential people of 2012. ![]()
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