Life Will Be the Death of Me with Chelsea Handler - Minisode: Ditching a Date with Chelsea + Catherine

Episode Date: May 8, 2026

Chelsea and Catherine get a followup from a disgruntled wife and take exclusively one-drink questions.  * 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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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 of Hey Jonas on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Okay, for the High and Mighty Tour people, we are rocking and rolling. These are the shows we have coming up.

May 15th, I will be in Saratoga. May 16th, Monterey. May 17th, Modesto. I will be in Port Chester on June 4th. And we added two new dates to the High and Mighty Tour. On June 3rd, I am coming to Saratoga Springs, New York. So a pre-sale has begun for that. And then on June 28th, I am coming to Nantucket and pre-sale has started on that. June 5th, I will be in Boston, Massachusetts. June 12th, I will be in Portland, Oregon. and June 13th, I will be in Seattle, Washington. June 27th is going to be Hyannis, Massachusetts. August 6th is Red Bank, New Jersey. August 7th, I'm coming home to Montclair, New Jersey.

August 15th is Calgary, Alberta, Canada. September 18th, Santa Barbara. September 19th, San Diego. September 25th, I will be at the Beacon in New York City. September 26th, I will be in Philadelphia. september 27th new haven connecticut october 2nd atlanta georgia october 3rd baltimore maryland october 4th saginaw michigan october 9th pittsburgh pennsylvania october 10th toronto canada october 16th i'm coming to boise idaho october 17th spokane washington november 7th I will be in San Francisco and November 13th, Salt Lake City, November 20th, Austin, November 21st, Houston, Texas, November 22nd, Irving, Texas, December 5th. I am adding a second show in Denver for those of you who couldn't get tickets to the first one. And on December 6th, I will be coming

to Vancouver, Canada. Okay. Those are all my dates for the high and mighty door. Go to chelseahandler.com for tickets. Hi, how are you, Catherine? Oh, hi, Chelsea. Hi. I'm great. I actually just got back from a nice little trip to Mexico with two of my girlfriends that I go on every year. Oh, that's nice. Yeah, it's good. Very, very toasty and warm down there. That's nice to feel rested after a vacation. Yeah, yeah. And it's nice to have like something to look forward to every year where it's like, this is where we go. Well, I have a follow-up. This is Charlotte who called in on our Judy Greer episode a while back. So she was frustrated because her wife was the breadwinner, but had had like a job change and had gotten fired from her job a couple of times. They have a little

kid and you had recommendations like do a gratitude journal and like change your attitude, start looking positively. And she was like in a tough spot with her marriage. So she says, hi, Chelsea, I wanted to send a quick follow up. Not long after our call, something pretty amazing happened. About three weeks after we talked, my wife got an awesome new job. And then a week after that, I was promoted at my job. Oh my gosh. I know. Now I'm actually up for another promotion and I have my first appointment with a fertility doctor this week to get busy having a second kid. I'm not sure exactly how to explain it, but there really is something powerful about reminding yourself every day what you're grateful for. Taking a moment to focus on that seems to shift

your mindset in a really positive way. And that's been pretty incredible to see how things have started falling into place since then. Thank you so much. You're really helping people in a time like now we all really need it thank you so much chelsea and see you in port chester charlotte oh cute i love that yeah that's nice yeah so glad to hear things are going well it's nice yeah and also to frame it in that way that it shifts your mindset like that it's true it's like you can't really put your finger on what's different but it does make you right i like the other thing that i heard recently which is not to when you when you have a feeling to the have the opposite you know like there's an opposite feeling to every feeling choose that one when you have a

bad feeling right yeah yeah and focus on the positive it's very serious many so today it's very serious we just recorded with now which was not serious at all it was not serious at all and like i have a contact high so i know you're doing amazing earlier that day should we smoke this joint yeah why not you don't mind my lipstick do you uh i'll give you your own you already started without me no i hadn't this is from yesterday i was um i'm so glad that you're the guest today because i was like i want to i haven't sat and smoked a joint in my new podcast room for a podcast guest in a while most people are sober these days have you noticed this boring why why why do you think that is um such a thing they went too hard they did the wrong shit and they

got burnt out real easy and real quick. Yeah, but I know people that have gone too hard and then they're able to reel it back in. Everybody can't reel it back in. Do you have a good cocktail too? I like this. I'm having a cocktail. I'm having a little Old Tom Gin, which is my new favorite thing.

That's going too far right there. That's the one right there. I have to be able to read later, so I can't smoke. I can't fuck with that gin, girl. You need to see my act to know why. Well, that's what we were talking about before. I feel like a lot of people went too hard with gin in college or whatever, and they They just like, they got sick on it once and they can't stand it.

No, I got sick on it multiple times against it. Oh, no. Do you like that, Chelsea, on the vodka lemonade that you're drinking? Could be stronger, but yeah, it's okay. It could be stronger. It's a day drink. But I like that. Oh, is that what it is?

Yeah, it's kind of like a light drink so that you can have a couple. Have you tried the Willie Nelson? No, I haven't. I want to. Don't you? Is it a drink? Yeah, it's like this, but I think it's got weed in it. Oh, yeah, probably.

No, I haven't tried it yet, but I love anything that he does. His weed is strong. I heard Snoop said that's the only person who outsmoked him was Willie Nelson. I smoked weed with Willie Nelson in his trailer and on it. That's the way to do it. And I was high the next day when I got up. It's like going Willie Nelson. Yeah, there was two times where I've gotten so high that the next morning I was still high.

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and nearly silenced. But these aren't stories about what's taken from them. They're 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. This is Prose Society, the weekly podcast that's part book club, part group chat for thought daughters, pop culture obsessives, and anyone who thinks Pride and Prejudice and Love Island deserve the same level of discourse. I'm Eli Rallo, and every week we're connecting the dots between books, the internet, and the conversations everyone can't stop having. I'm going to have to look up this story. I'm

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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, aka 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 can can can you help me shape this yeah how about we flip it on his head right how about we flip the script okay what is the surprise woman who actually you think is the straight man is actually the one

who's acting weird adam scott this entire time you've been expecting adam sandler to come to visit the show i i would never let go of that i have i would never set expectations for something like that if the universe allows for something like that to happen i'm open to it i'm always going to accept you know danny mcbride fine yeah it's all this fragile masculinity exuding i could smell it walking down the hallway to be honest with you i was like is that weed nope it's fragile masculinity ben stiller no because a lot of times in out of context people don't get it or even know what a circle is you know what i mean like they're like oh what's this everyone's so dumb and fake right fake and and also not interested or just like oh i've got my

life i don't care about your life and a lot of other big shots that wouldn't be where they are without us oh and by the way will ferrell told us personally he loves the show and he wants to be a guest on every episode but he's just so busy listen to hollywood handbook on the iheart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts and now back to our minisode okay so we have a one drink question today and it is actually sponsored by vital proteins they just launched their new collagen sparkling waters oh that's what's in my new fridge yeah in three crisp refreshing flavors people strawberry blossom lemon lime and blood orange vital proteins collagen sparkling water improves your skin health in as little as 30 days when sipped daily it helps

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and fitness question for you. I'm a working mom in my late 30s. I love to work out, but my time is limited during the week and I can only squeeze in 20 to 30 minutes in the morning. I'm consistent working out every day, but I've hit a plateau. How can I maximize my Monday through Friday 30 minute workouts to still build my strength and see change? What's the ideal balance of strength versus cardio versus recovery? I feel like since I don't work out very long each day, I'm hesitant to take rest and recovery days. I have free weights, a stationary bike, and a treadmill. Cheers, Caitlin. Hi, Caitlin. I love these kinds of questions. It's so ridiculous. But I will say that I would just weight train. If I had 30 minutes every day, I would weight train,

Or you can sprint a few days on the treadmill because that's really good for fat burning and also it's good to have some cardio. But I don't do cardio on the regular. Cardio is like dated. It's out. No, yeah. It's out of style. And I do do it just sometimes if I need to sweat, I'll do it. But I don't do a lot of cardio anymore.

I used to be obsessed with it and I used to be much less lean. Well, that's the thing is like in the 90s and 2000s, they were like, oh, yeah, cardio, cardio, cardio. and then we realize like, oh, it's actually not doing much for, especially for women. Yeah, yeah, exactly. I wasted so many hours of my life running after nothing.

Yeah. Your cardio is going to come from like chasing your kids, going on walks with them, running around at the park, like doing weights. Walking is really good for you, but that's just doing naturally.

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Visit bell.ca for details and to check availability. Bell. Connection is everything. When I was 14 years old, I was kidnapped and held captive for nine months. I survived, 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. I just remember this low, taunting voice next to my ear saying, Shut up. Don't say anything. Every week, I'm with survivors who live through the unthinkable.

I knew if he woke up, without a doubt, he was going to hurt me. I started feeling that there was someone at the end of my bed, and I just started screaming. They are abducted, stalked, controlled, and nearly silenced. But these aren't stories about what's taken from them. They're 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. This is Prose Society, the weekly podcast that's part book club, part group chat for thought daughters, pop culture obsessives, and anyone who thinks Pride and Prejudice and Love Island deserve the same level of discourse. I'm Eli Rallo, and every week we're connecting the dots between books, the internet, and the conversations everyone can't stop having. I'm going to have to look up this story. I'm obsessed. I'm obsessed. From best-selling authors

and your favorite book talk creators to the latest pop culture moments, nothing is off the table. It's like if you can hide some real messages inside compelling characters, then that is a Trojan horse. Whether you're looking for literary deep dives, smart pop culture conversations,

or a community of readers who love to think a little too much, you're in the right place. Listen to Pro Society on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts See you between the pages 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, aka 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 can you help me shape this yeah how about we flip it on his head okay how about we flip the script okay what if the surprise woman who actually you think is the straight man is actually the one who's acting weird adam scott this entire time you've been expecting adam sandler to come to

visit the show i i would never let go of that i have i would never set expectations for something like that seems like if the universe allows for something like that to happen i am open to it i'm always going to accept you know danny mcbride fine yeah it's all this fragile masculinity exuding i could smell it walking down the hallway to be honest with you i was like is that weed nope it's fragile masculinity ben stiller no because a lot of of times in out of context people don't get it or even know what a circle is you know what i mean like they're like oh it's so stupid everyone's so dumb except for you fake right fake and and also not interested or just like oh i've got my life i don't care about your life and a lot of other

big shots that wouldn't be where they are without us oh and by the way will ferrell told us personally he loves the show and he wants to be a guest on every episode but he's just so busy listen to Hollywood Handbook on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Well, we have a couple more really quick questions, Chelsea. The first one is from Kendra. She says, Dear Chelsea, I was supposed to meet a date at a bar, but left after he was 20 minutes late. No text, no show. An hour later, he said his phone had died and apologized profusely. Should I give him another chance? It was a third date. Kendra. Third date, first time that happened.

Yeah, I would give him another try. Maybe his phone did die. I know, but I'm a little bit like, did he? My phone dies. Yeah. Okay. All right. So speaking from personal experience, you need another chance.

I mean, not a lot, but it's happened when I'm supposed to, yeah. And I feel like if he's out already, he doesn't get a chance to charge his phone. So that's why maybe it was an hour. Yeah, you can't just pick up with him for that. Okay. All right, Kendrick, give him another chance. so our last question today comes from lucy she says i'm writing in because i recently lost my best friend to a dude she's always been someone who gets her sense of worth from male attention

she'll date a guy and morph into them adopt their interests humor and lifestyle and yeah we all sink into our partners to a point but her current boyfriend has become her whole world while i've completely dropped out of it we used to talk every day share everything but now i barely hear from her if i'm being honest i don't even miss her mainly because the her she has become isn't the one i knew but i can't throw it all away she is my person it's not her fault that she fawns to men but how do i get her to see it side note the dude and i are perfectly friendly but jesus fuck please don't leave us alone together zero vibe it's like we both forget that we know how to speak lucy brutal yeah so how do we get her like vibing with her friend again i don't know that you can

well no not while the guy's in the picture and if she's acting like that with guys i don't know i think people have to outgrow that stuff i don't know how you you remind telling someone you don't like their boyfriend is unhelpful information yeah most often yeah well and i wonder like is there a way to say like i feel like i'm missing you just as you are without this guy yeah that's a good yeah that's a nice way to just i mean i don't know how you could say that wrong yeah right like i think that's a text of like it's a nice way to say it yeah like i'd love to go to coffee like let's get some coffee i want to spend some time just with you and then when you're at coffee or dinner or whatever you can address and just be like hey like i really want some more like

i miss you like alone time with you yeah yeah yeah okay i support that all right lucy problem solved and we're done for today oh wonderful okay goodbye okay bye goodbye i'm going upstairs if you want advice from chelsea write into dear chelsea podcast at gmail.com dear chelsea is a production of iheart media follow chelsea on all socials at chelsea handler and find katherine on tiktok at flash cadabra dear chelsea is edited and engineered by brandon dickert executive producer katherine law find full video episodes and minisodes now on netflix 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 lived 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. Yeah, I'm obsessed. I'm obsessed.

Listen to Pro Society on the iHeartRadio 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 it. Well, 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 of Hey Jonas on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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I'm on a mission to reclaim the word solita, trading the pity for possibility. Listen to Solita on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is an iHeart Podcast. Guaranteed human.