Dear Chelsea - Minisode: The Cola Cure with Chelsea + Catherine

Episode Date: May 16, 2025

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And this is season two of the War on Drugs podcast. Last year, a lot of the problems of the drug war this year, you get your podcasts. it brings a face to it. It makes it real. It really does. It makes it real. Listen to new episodes of the War on Drugs podcast season two on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. Hi, I'm Sam Mullins, and I've got a new podcast coming out called Go Boy, the gritty true story of how one man fought his way out of some of the darkest places imaginable. Roger Caron was 16 when first convicted.

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Well, I almost died this weekend. Oh my God. A couple of times. What happened? Well, I had a whirlwind weekend, a whirlwind week. I went to New York. I shot an ad campaign that I'm pretty excited about. Had a couple of fun nights out, very innocent as usual,

always innocent with me. Yeah, of course. I saw lots of friends, it was really joyful. Then I flew to Vegas, I had a show, my show at the Cosmo. I had about 17, 20 friends that came out for that, all randos, some from Martha's Vineyard, some from LA, some from Vermont, some from Portland, some from England. We all went out. That was not an innocent night.

We went out. That's in Vegas, of course. It was one of my favorite shows so far in Vegas. I love this residency. It's been so joyful. And I'm not that big of a fan of Vegas. I have to be honest, but when they offered it, they said it was the Chelsea Theater at the,

I just had to say yes. You can't pass them up. And it's turned into such a fun thing because so many of my friends come out and we gambled after and you know when I gamble I give everyone money because I don't want anyone to think that they have to gamble. I just want them, I want them to know they do have to gamble but they're going to gamble with my money.

We all won. We all won money. I walked away with $1,100 of my own money. Fabulous. And then I, we went out dancing. This was a mistake. We went out dancing till four o'clock in the morning. And then I got home at four.

My friend Sophie got into my bed with me and at around 5.45 a.m. my cousin Molly walked in and said, it's time to get in the car. Your flight back to Vancouver is 740. And I said, yes, I was aware of this, but of course, had, you know, I was asleep. So I got up, I went in the car, I flew to Vegas. I mean, sorry, I flew from Vegas to Vancouver.

Luckily no one was on the plane because Canadians don't want to come to America anymore. So there's no one going back. Since they're all getting fucking detained. And I flew and I got in the car. I had to go pick up Doug from my friend Cynthia's house. Then I drove from Vancouver to Whistler, which is like a two hour drive. I got my first Canadian speeding ticket. Because that's how quickly I was just dying to make it an hour

and a half dying to get back into my bed just dying to go to sleep. Begging. I got home, the woman with the police officer was very nice. She gave me a reduction for absolutely no reason. I don't know if you think she knew who I was. And I got home, I fell asleep. I was like, let me and my friends were staying at my house that live in Vancouver.

Sometimes friends come up for the weekend and stay here when I'm not here. And I said, they said, okay, well, we'll leave you alone. You're tired. I said, no, no, I just need a couple of hours of sleep and then we can all go to dinner house that live in Vancouver, sometimes friends come up for the weekend and stay here when I'm not here. And I said, they said, okay, well, we'll leave you alone. You're tired. I said, no, no, I just need a couple of hours of sleep and then we can all go to dinner at sushi. I had a couple hours of sleep. I woke up, I didn't feel great, obviously, but I felt like, okay.

Like jet laggy, tired. Just not jet laggy, just hung over. But like I could rally. It's just dinner. Yeah. I got home from sushi, probably one of the best meals I've ever had. At two o'clock in the morning, I was like,

hmm, something's off. And you know when you're feeling nauseated and you go to your right and then you go to your left, anything puts your back, right? Yep. And then from 2 a.m. to 9 a.m. No. I vomited probably 16 times, had explosive diarrhea, not only in the

toilet, I was so sick and my friend Yonica was in my bedroom and her son Calvin was there too. Calvin you could check out on my Instagram, he's always represented, he's 14 And I was so sick. I haven't had food poisoning in years, and I haven't thrown up in years. I mean, the cramps, the fever, the chills, the diarrhea, the vomiting. I thought I was gonna have to go to the hospital.

And then I'm like, what's at the Whistler Hospital? Like, it's like a clinic. I'm like, they're not gonna be able to even save me. They're there for like ankle breaks and stuff. Exactly. And I couldn't even bring myself to call for Yannicka. That's how weak I was. So finally, like it's, I was up from two to nine AM. Finally, when I heard her, I was like, Yannicka! And she came and she's like, Oh my God, Oh my God. I'm like, Oh my God, I need an IV. I need an IV. My kidneys were like throbbing, throbbing, throbbing.

This was yesterday morning. And I was in such, finally, I would take a sip of ginger ale and just throw it up 30 seconds later. But I was so thirsty that I was like, I have to just like swish it around my mouth at least like something. And then finally I was like, can you guys just, is there, are there any cokes upstairs? Are there any cokes? And and she got brought me

a coke and then everything changed. I stopped throwing up brought you back to life. It just made me know not to life. I'm still not back to life. I mean, I feel like somebody took two slingshots and shot them right into my kidneys. Oh my god, I got a leader IV last night in bed, the nurse came over, my friends in Whistler, somebody, my doctor friend got me an IV bag. And I mean, I couldn't move. I couldn't, I can't even stand up straight yet because my kidneys are so shot.

Oh my God. And this was like two days ago. This was Saturday. This was Saturday night. Oh my God. And we're recording on Monday. That is nuts. Oh my gosh.

I honestly, that really threw me. I've never been that sick. Oh my God. Do you think it was the sushi or was it something marinating from before? Because I looked up, I go, they didn't get sick. And I was like, is there, is there, how do you know the difference between a 24 hour virus and, and food poisoning? And when I looked it up on the internet, they're like, there is no such thing as a 24 hour food virus, like 24 hour virus, like no virus goes in and out of your body in 24 hours. It's food poisoning. I mean, I felt like I was being attacked.

Truly, like it's like that moment where you're laying on the floor of the bathroom, just to feel something cool against your face. And like, I don't know about you, but when I'm that sick and it's coming out of both ends, I'm just like usually naked because you're like sweating, but you're shivering. Oh yeah. My bra was over my boobs. Under part of my boobs was completely out, and my bra had slipped up from throwing up so much in the toilet,

and then having to turn around when it was coming out of my butt, and then going into the wastebasket. I had a wastebasket filled with vomit next to my bed. I mean, it was the most disgusting night of my life. You know what, you actually bring up one of the major disagreements in my marriage, which is I say that when you're sick and you have to vomit or whatever. Leave us alone.

See, I actually want somebody to pat my back, but it's the wastebasket of it all because Brad is like, we'll just make it to the toilet. You can't always make it to the toilet. You can't always make it to the toilet. I just gave up at some point and brought the waste basket out towards my bed, which is actually something I've never done because I used to subscribe to, would you do that too, wearing it,

like bringing it to the, getting to the toilet. Like I've never not made it to the toilet, but this one was like, I was too weak to keep getting up and going to the toilet. I had to have my thing, but the muscles that you use to contract, to vomit when you're throwing up bile. I mean, this is just getting everyone off to a great week. I just, hopefully this

is on a Monday or whenever we drop our mini soaps. But I want, this is a journal entry. Oh my God. I'm so sorry you got so sick. So have you even like eaten anything since then? I had a bagel this morning with some butter, but I hadn't eaten anything yesterday. I got my IV. I'm getting another IV as soon as I get home tonight. My life is insane. I mean, obviously, if I hadn't been out until four o'clock in the morning, I doubt that food poisoning would have been as bad as it was. Like, had the chokehold it did on you?

I wouldn't have been so already in a state of dehydration and weakness, but I'll never learn. My life is constantly just one big shit show. Oh my God. I'm so glad you're on The Mend and I'm so sorry. That absolutely sucks. Thank you. The American West with Dan Flores is the latest show from the Meat Eater Podcast Network.

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An update, I decided to leave Doug in Canada because he's so happy here. Everyone who sends me these pictures, my friend Cynthia has them, she goes on runs through the woods and the forest and bike rides through the woods and forest. And Doug just follows her and I was like, you know what, it's nicer to leave him here than to bring him back to Ma Bell's apartment where she doesn't have air conditioning. And he's going to be when I go to Europe on all of my tours. So I was like, is there any way you would want to keep Doug until I get back from Europe and she was like Absolutely. Oh, so he's gonna stay like for a little bit of the summer while you're while you're gonna stay

He's gonna stay for the month of June. Yeah Whistles your happy place turns out it's your son's happy place as well. I love my baby so much. Yeah, he's such a good boy And you know what was cute He was coming up on the bed trying to check on me yesterday when my friend Yannika came in, but I didn't even have the strength to pet him, you know what I mean? Oh, yeah. And he was like sniffing around because he was like, why does it smell like vomit and diarrhea in here?

Why does she smell so bad? And I was just like, I can't. She's like, Doug, come on, come on. And he was trying to check on me. It was really cute. Oh. But yes. Anyway, I'll be in Vegas.

The next date will be July 5th. That'll be fourth of July weekend. Yamanika will be opening for me. So that's very exciting. And yeah, you can check my dates for Vegas coming up and all my dates in Europe. I'm coming. Go to ChelseaHendler.com for all other dates in Europe. Yeah.

And for that July 5th date, Yamanika, we just recorded with her. That won't be out yet by the time this comes out, but she's so hysterical. You two have a hilarious rapport, so it's gonna be a super, super good time. Yeah, yeah, she's pretty ridiculous. Yeah, and we'll hopefully have her on some upcoming mini-sodes too.

Yeah. Okay, thanks for listening, guys. We'll see you later. Do-do-do-do-do- later. Do do do do do do. Drum roll, Catherine, please. And abroad, broad is my European tour. So I'm coming to obviously find a husband abroad. I need to get the health out of this fucking country.

And it's not as easy as you think. So I'm coming to the UK. I'm coming to Brussels, Paris, Belfast, in May and June. I'm coming to Oslo, Stockholm, to Copenhagen, Manchester, London, Glasgow, New Zurich, Vienna. I've never ever been to Vienna. Berlin, Barcelona, Lisbon.

I'm coming. Abroad is abroad. That sounds like fun. I'm gonna go see you abroad. I know. I want to go see me abroad and there I'll be. There I'll be. Excellent. Okay, my remaining dates for Vegas. There are remaining dates for this year. Summertime is coming and I will be in Vegas at the Cosmo doing my residency on July 5th. We will be the next state that I'm there. July 5th, August 30th and then November 1st and 29th. November 1st and November 29th. I will be in Las Vegas at the Cosmo performing Inside Myself at the Chelsea. It's called Chelsea at the

Chelsea for a reason. Okay? Thank you. Do you want advice from Chelsea? Write into dearchelseapodcast at gmail.com. Find full video episodes of Dear Chelsea on YouTube by searching at Dear Chelsea Pod. Dear Chelsea is edited and engineered by Brad Dickert, executive producer, Catherine Law. And be sure to check out our merch at chelseahandler.com. Being able to say, I feel like crying, so I will cry. Today, I'm a little depressed. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and Deeply Well is a sanctuary for your healing.

I'm Debbie Brown, healer, wellbeing expert, teacher, and fellow seeker. And each week, we explore what it means to become whole through soul-exp expanding conversations and practices. Today, wow, I feel really powerful and ready to serve and use my skills. And it's like, that's the heart of what it is to be an authentic woman.

To hear this and more ways to prioritize your piece, listen to Deeply Well from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. AT&T, connecting changes everything. Why is a soap opera western like Yellowstone so wildly successful? The American West with Dan Flores is the latest show from the Meat Eater Podcast Network.

So join me starting Tuesday, May 6th, where we'll delve into stories of the West and come to understand how it helps inform the ways in which we experience the region today. Listen to The American West with Dan Flores on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. and it brings a face to it. It makes it real. It really does. It makes it real. Listen to new episodes of the War on Drugs podcast season two on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. Hi, I'm Sam Mullins, and I've got a new podcast coming out called Go Boy, the gritty true story of how one man fought his way out of some of the darkest places imaginable. Roger Caron was 16 when first convicted.

That spent 24 of those years in jail. But when Roger Caron picked up a pen and paper, he went from an ex-con to a literary darling. From Campside Media and iHeart podcasts, listen to Go Boy on the iHeart radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. You're listening to an iHeart podcast.