Life Will Be the Death of Me with Chelsea Handler - Minisode: Big Softball Energy with Chelsea & Catherine

Episode Date: February 7, 2025

Chelsea + Catherine get followups from some previous callers, including foregone boob jobs, drugs not taken, and broken marriages that flourish into new beginnings.  * Pre-order a signed copy of Chelsea’s new book HERE! * Need some advice from Chelsea? Email us at [e-mail] * Executive Producer Catherine Law Edited & Engineered by Brad Dickert * * * * * The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the Podcast author, or individuals participating in the Podcast, and do not represent the opinions of iHeartMedia or its employees.  This Podcast should not be used as medical advice, mental health advice, mental health counseling or therapy, or as imparting any health care recommendations at all.  Individuals are advised to seek independent medical, counseling advice and/or therapy from a competent health care professional with respect to any medical condition, mental health issues, health inquiry or matter, including matters discussed on this Podcast. Guests and listeners should not rely on matters discussed in the Podcast and shall not act or shall refrain from acting based on information contained in the Podcast without first seeking independent medical advice.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The cast of Frozen stopped by. Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, and Idina Menzel. I auditioned for Frozen. What? For Kristoff. They said, okay, what are you going to be singing today? I said, I don't know. That must have been why you didn't get it.

Oh, you probably won. Plus, John Stamos, Hayden Christensen from Star Wars, and more. And I guess I can share that. No way. Listen to the latest episode of Hey Jonas on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, everybody. Hi. Hi, Katherine.

Hi, Chelsea. How are you? I'm good. I'm just, today is Critics' Choice Awards, so I will be returning to my birth network of E. to host the 30th, wow, 30th Critics, it's their 30th anniversary of the Critics' Choice Awards, and this is my third hosting gig. Fantastic. I mean, it all worked out. It all worked out. I got shoulder surgery about 10 days ago, just in time to wear a strapless gown, fighting an infection. I am getting intravenous drugs every 24 hours. I haven't had a drink in about 10 days,

and I don't think I'll be able to have one for another six weeks. So who knows? This could be the beginning of my sober life i know you're gonna come out of this and be like who needed alcohol anyway who even needed it you just like go sober to all these parties have been great yeah exactly no actually what my schedule is is last night they took out my my pick line which is what they used to give me intravenous drugs for this infection that i got and tonight after the award show in a very glorious fashion i come straight home so they can reinstall the pick line Oh, fantastic. So that's my after party, everybody.

So sexy. So exciting. Chelsea, I have to tell you about something that happened to me recently, and I have been waiting to tell you about this. I was at the gym working with my trainer last week. Hopefully sans hard-boiled eggs. Sans brought no hard-boiled eggs. I don't even let my shoes smell like hard-boiled eggs when I'm there.

The story is already better just by not having hard-boiled eggs in it. Let me tell you. I was like laying on my back doing some like, you know, ab work, that sort of thing. And I see walk up about three feet from my face, bare feet, bare at the gym, bare men's feet, just walking around. And my trainer turns to the guy and goes, where are your shoes, man? I just want to tell you, this man, he's a boomer, white gentleman. He's the only white boomer that goes to my entire gym.

He also happens to be the only person I've ever seen there wearing a Trump hat. Oh, and I'm not saying that like the two of those things are related, but. Well, it's the attitude. The attitude is related. The disregard for others is related. Wearing bare feet in public spaces has is just you have no regard for others. No. And wearing a Trump hat means you have no regard for others also.

Bring that into other people's faces. I just like I could not believe it. It was like right next to my face because I was laying on the ground. I was like, what is happening? Why are there old man feet next to me? It was truly horrifying. It reminds me of the dedication to my new book. My new book, if you guys haven't ordered it, ordered it.

I'll have what she's having. It's not out until February 25th. But there's a dedication in that book to a very special group of people that have to deal with people like that all the time. And I'll let you read it in the book. You'll know what I'm talking about. And you can pre-order her book, actually, in the link right in the description here. So go ahead and click there. Yes, pre-order, please, please.

You can even buy signed copies. Oh, yeah, and I'm doing a book tour. I'm going to all these different cities. Are they on your website? Yeah, they're all on my website. So go to the website. I'm going to do like six cities for my book tour. Awesome.

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Hey, this is Hayes Davenport. And Sean Clements. We host the podcast Hollywood Handbook on the Big Money Players Network. Our show is extremely accessible to first-time listeners. Each week, we talk to someone in show business, a.k.a. the biz, and try to help them with their careers and see what they have to offer us. Everyone has a good time, and no one gets mad at their publicist for letting them do our show.

We've had a lot of great guests like Sarah Sherman. Not that great. Actually, can you help me shape this? how about we flip it on its head how about we flip the script what if the surprise woman who actually you think is the straight man is actually the one who's acting

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well we do have a few updates from folks who have called in in the past so i wanted to read a few of those um we always ask people to update us so if you've called in recently shoot us an update we want to know what's going on with you uh so our first one comes from ev ev was from like way back in our oliver hudson episode and um he what had the situation where he his parents were like psychiatrists and had medicated him from like five years old i don't know if you remember this but he was like how do i talk to my parents i want to come off these medications like see what life feels like as an adult unmedicated um and he says hi katherine and chelsea i hope you're having a great day it was so much fun being on the podcast i want to thank you all so much for the advice

from our discussion i got the courage to tell my parents about the medication i owe it to you they took it very well something chelsea said inspired me to just be honest and not beat around the bush. Going forward, I'm going to proceed with courage and always trust my gut. Thank you again. Sincerely, Ev. Oh, well, that's nice considering I have no recollection of that phone call whatsoever. It was a while ago. Yeah. I'm like, I don't really remember that at all. So look, look, look what a difference you can make in people's lives even when you don't remember people. Exactly. So this one is part question, part update. Emily had called in way early on and she wanted to get a boob job, and we told her, like, go for it.

If you want a boob job, go for it. Dear Chelsea, I hope you're doing well. Hard to believe I was on season one of the podcast, and I'm still an avid listener weekly. Well, I still haven't gotten the boob job. I was never not confident in my body. I just always thought bigger breasts would be a bonus, but if I wanted to, I would have pulled the trigger by now.

I am, however, looking forward to seeing Chelsea's in her annual skiing post in Whistler in a few short weeks. I had a new question for her. I'm planning to travel to Africa this year with my mom to celebrate my 30th birthday. Chelsea, what are your favorite countries to visit in Africa? There's so many safari options and destinations, so I could use your guidance on your favorite locations. Bonus points if you remember the month you traveled to them, too. Cheers, Emily.

I usually do my traveling to the times I've been to safari have been in the summer, like July, because it's their winter. So you want to go in July, August. You can kind of get away with June, too. but the big crossing on the Mara River crossing is I think very specific to July it's like a month or two weeks long I think so you can catch that but I as far as countries in Africa I've been to Kenya Botswana South Africa Tanzania and then maybe one other one that I'm not oh Zimbabwe but that was not for safari. That was kind of like a water safari. I would go to Kenya for sure. If you can Botswana, any of these places are going to yield amazing safari results. The first

safari I ever went to was a camp called Camp Londolozai in South Africa. And that was incredible. And then there are all the Singitas, which are really great too. I mean, you really can't go wrong when you go on safari. I would just say like, whatever money you can spend on that, spend on that like however high you can go because it's it can be so luxurious it's worth it and it's worth it because you're like in the middle of all this beauty and like the landscapes are so magnificent like everything they can they can turn everything into like a five-star experience and i mean i'm down with that you know so whatever you can afford go for it this is the trip to go for it awesome and that's so fun to like go with her mom i think that's that's really great i mean

And you'll never, this, I have been on vacation my entire life and I will, you can never beat a safari. Yeah. Yeah. Well, our next follow-up comes from Alex. She called in on our Yaya episode, which was about a year ago. And she had been married to a man at the time. She wasn't sure if she was gay.

She was sort of questioning. And she says, thought I'd send you a quick update on my situation. It's been a little over a year since I first wrote in, and things have definitely changed. The advice I received from your podcast gave me the permission I needed to start taking action on how I was feeling. I told my husband that I was attracted to women, and we tried working through it for a bit, but I think I knew on some level that the marriage was no longer for me. While we were not good together for a few reasons, the cherry on top is I've realized

I'm gay. We separated a few months ago, and I've come out to a few family members and close friends. although it was a difficult decision to live as my authentic self i have no regrets i am so much happier and feel much more at home with myself i've been dating a beautiful woman and i'm looking forward to what the future has in store for me thanks again feel free to share on the podcast and p.s she says thanks katherine for saying i had big softball energy whenever someone affirms my queerness i get all giddy oh that's cute i was so glad that was good because after i said that i

was like oh i hope she's not embarrassed by that but maybe this call i vaguely remember this call is triggering some or uh not triggering it's uh bringing up a memory yes yes but but i still yeah usually when you bring up old callers i i know exactly yeah yeah well these are all like a little bit older we have been doing this podcast for like 16 years it's been a while i know it's been a while we're in year four or five something i don't know it's a lot thank you for listening everyone yes thank you well chelsea good luck tonight or should i say break a leg break a leg tonight oh thank you thank you guys and tune in to critics yes see you tonight bye i survived nine months in captivity and i've spent my life exploring how other people survive

what should have destroyed them. I'm Elizabeth Smart, and these are The Survivor Files. Every week, I'm with survivors who live through the unthinkable, abducted, stalked, controlled, and nearly silenced. These are stories about what it takes to make it out alive. Listen to The Survivor Files with Elizabeth Smart on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

If your bookshelf and your For You page are equally important to your personality, welcome home. pro society is a weekly podcast that's part book club part group chat for anyone who thinks pride and prejudice and love island deserve the same level of discourse each week we're connecting the dots between books the internet and pop culture with your favorite writers book talk creators and plenty of overthought opinions i'm obsessed i'm obsessed listen to pro society on the iheart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts did you hear the new episode

of the Hey Jonas podcast. We are at D23, so we'll see who stops by. The cast of Frozen stopped by. Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, and Idina Menzel. I auditioned for Frozen.

What? For Kristoff. They said, okay, what are you going to be singing today? I said, I don't know. That must have been why you didn't get in. Oh, you probably won.

Plus, John Stamos, Hayden Christensen from Star Wars, and more. And I guess I can share that, uh, no way. Listen to the latest episode

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