The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Chelsea Handler Dishes On Tucker & Her Week as TDS Host | Beyond the Scenes

Episode Date: April 13, 2023

Clip Description (190 characters MAX) Chelsea Handler’s week guest hosting the Daily Show garnered a lot of attention, and she’s back with Host Roy Wood Jr to discuss her viral video about being childless by choice, the response it generated from conservatives like Tucker Carlson, and what she thinks they're actually mad about. She also talks about bringing her signature comedic round tables to her guest hosting week, why celebrities are using Ozempic to lose weight, and what advice she has for upcoming guest hosts. She even gives us a moment of zen. Beyond the Scenes is a podcast from The Daily Show. Listen to new episodes every Tuesday wherever you get your podcasts, or watch at YouTube.com/TheDaily Show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. Hey, this is Roy Chang, correspondent for the Daily Show. You're about to hear an episode of one of our original Daily Show Podcasts, Beyond the Scenes, hosted by Roy Wood, Jr. In this episode, Chelsea Handler looks back on her week as Daily Show guest host. She joins Roy to talk about her viral video about being childless by choice and the response it got from conservatives like Tucker Carlson. She also talks about why she wanted to bring her signature comedic roundtables to the

daily show and what advice she has for upcoming guest hosts. If you like the show, check out Beyond the Scenes the podcast that goes deeper into topics and segments that we've discussed on the Daily Show. I'm Roy Wood Jr. This is what you got to think of this podcast is. Okay, like the Daily Show that's your base layer of chips and cheese right. This podcast is the beans and the lettuce and the guacamole and the salsa all that extra shit that turn your nachos into real damn nachos I'm Roy Wood Junior today I'm joined by comedian best-selling author host of the dear Chelsea podcast and a former guest

host of the Daily Show Chelsea Hand, to discuss all of her time when she was here at the show, Madam Chelsea. Welcome to Beyond the Scenes. Oh, hi Roy, how are you? I'm good. There is a lot to discuss and praise that I want to heap upon you for things that you have done for the world of stand-up comedy over the decades and the careers of many many comedians but first let's just start with your week at the show and I give you the same question I asked Leslie Jones like what did you expect this shit was gonna be and how much were you right and how

much were you wrong? Of everybody we've had, like, you're the most experience, your pedigree runs the deepest in terms of we're just counting years and seasons, you had Chelsea on Netflix before that, Chelsea lately which ran forever and forever, and that was a daily show the same as this. So how much was the daily show machine similar or different to your previous operations? It's probably more mature than my previous operations. Chelsea lately was more like a fraternity in the sense that we were all playing jokes on each other all day.

It was very immature comedy, but fun. You know, like funny, we loved it, but it was silly and very pop culture centric. So it was like about Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears and all of those girls and the Jersey Shore. Botox injections. Yeah, well, that too, yes. But more about being a hot mess in general. Like, you know, just kind of picking apart anyone who acted like a moron.

And we didn't really get to talk too much about politics because we were serving it up to an audience that was on the e-network, and it didn't feel appropriate for the company we were keeping on that network and the programming on that network. Of course, they were like, do whatever you want, but I just always felt like if I want to mature and go beyond it, it wasn't the place for it. So when I did my Netflix show, that was more of a focus there. So I think the Daily Show is a much more refined kind of well, more well-rounded and more politically, you know, based program and TV show. So you can, while you can comment on pop culture, the real centrifuge is politics, and I appreciate that because as a 48-year-old woman, I'm much more interested in that than I am in making fun of young girls anymore. You know what I mean? What I always, and this is just some conversations that I've had with other black people,

what I always appreciated about your Netflix show is that you did it at a time where in terms of exploring the role that I play as a white person and this, that, in a third and really learning about new things and taking other people on that journey, you were doing that before it was cool, so to speak. Like it wasn't like you was headline chasing or some shit. Like I was watching it and one of the first comments, I was like, man, I ain't, Chelsea's like, you know she's taking some shit in when she's just talking in a normal talk.

Because I'm just so used to you as the performer, so used to you Chelsea lately, but like, hey, what's going on? Tell me about this thing, felt like some of those pieces felt like something we would have done for the daily show. Because I watched some of your stuff on Netflix and I got jealous because I was like why the fuck didn't we get to go out there and do that while? It's Chelsea Handler getting the scoop on all of the good shit. But in terms of the late night format as as a genre, what is it about unscripted content that you've always gravitated towards? as a genre, what is it about unscripted content

that you've always gravitated towards? Or have you ever wanted to do stuff in other genres? Or is this the wheelhouse that you've always felt most comfortable in for the things that you've wanted to say as a person? That's a great question. I think those things change as you get, you know, your interest change, obviously, you evolve as a person, so you're interested in, you know, after banging on for seven years

every day about celebrities, clearly you're dehydrated for some more concrete topics to talk about, you know, like I started growing up and I was like, well, this is great, but it's boring now. Like, I can do this with my eyes closed, so I needed a challenge. And Netflix, you know, to their credit, let me do whatever the fuck I wanted. I'm like, I'm going to Tokyo. I want to go to Columbia, you know, for personal reasons. But also I could film to, you know, I want to go to, I think the documentary, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you know, you, you know, you know, you know, you, you, you know, you know, to, you know, to, you know, you know, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to Russia I went to I filmed you know a bunch of documentaries with them and they you know I wanted to do I think the documentary you're referring to or maybe one of them I did a couple on race but one was hello privilege it's me Chelsea which no one wanted to direct no

one wanted anything to do with it was before black lives matter it was before all of you know the stuff we experienced during COVID but but I but I Netflix said sure sure th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th the th the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their their their their the the the their their their the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. th. the. I theeeean. I thean. I thean. I theean. I theean. I theeean. I the the the, sure, to their credit, they always were like, you go do whatever you want. If you're the one who's going to take the beating or the criticism, and I'm like, whatever. Like, who cares about that? I'm actually being sincere in my questioning and my understanding of the issue to begin with. I wanted to know as a white person how to impart to myself and to other

white person, white people, like what is the problem? What are we talking about? What is white privilege? I assumed it was one thing, you know, like the Rockefeller's, like those people had white privilege. Not that everybody had it. And so, you know, it wasn't like a fun documentary to shoot. I hooked up with one of my ex-boyfriends that I went out with in high school who's been in prison for 10 years. I mean that was really difficult for me personally to have to like show up as this famous and successful person while this guy just got out of you know jail and has five children and you know can barely support himself. You know that stuff is always uncomfortable,

but I like uncomfortable. I think it's a great way to grow, and it's a great way to impart wisdom to the people that are looking for you or to you, right? The people that respect me are my fans, and how do I make them understand what I'm understanding, so that we're learning together. So I don't think of myself as a teacher as a a as a as a as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a teacher as a thi, thi, toa, toa, toa, toa, toa, toa, toa, toa, toa, toa, toa, toa, toa, toa, toa, toe, thi toe, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi., thi., thiiiiia, thiiiiiiaugh, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi., thi. thi, thi. I don't think of myself as a teacher or as any sort of, you know, esteemed person in that sense. I just think of myself as somebody who's willing to take risks and kind of put my feet to the fire. And you know, whatever

backlash there is, I can shoulder it. I'm a big girl. I'm tough. Like I've been criticized my entire career. So that doesn't bother me if anything, that fucking motivates me. Yeah, I think it really came through and the heart and that really, really came through in my opinion. Something else that you do that I've always respected and in the modern era of stand-up comedy, I would say it's less than 10, maybe less than five comedians who I believe consistently on a regular basis use their platform to uplift other comedians so that they can build their careers and have a solid foundation from which to build upon. Kevin Hart's done it a great deal. Cat Williams does it a great deal. You did it a huge deal with Chelsea lately and you know and all modesty aside,

you created a platform for stand-up comedians to come on TV on a regular basis every fucking week and be able to be funny and build their audience and create a relationship with viewers that after the show was even done they were still able to take the ball and continue running with. What is it about, because you even then did that here at the Daily Show is my point. You come here and guess host and then you do roundtable for two days, which hasn't been done before you ever in the history of the show and hasn't been done since, and I don't think it ever will be because roundtable is such a specific skill set in itself. why is it so important for you to bring that element, you know, during your time to the daily show? What is it about roundtables in general?

And then as you were planning the daily show, why did you also go, yeah, we need to do that here too? I just, I think that's a great, first of all, it's entertaining for the audience. When you have the right the right th th th th th th th th th thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, thi, thi, thi, to thi, to to to to to to to to to toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo... too, too, to to right mix of people and you have great comics, which there are plenty, it's a great way to entertain. You know, you've got four different perspectives rolling at you at the same time. And I think the art of that is very specific because being a comedian as you well know is you on a stage with a microphone all by yourself and no one else is allowed to talk. So so the idea of performers sharing, sharing stage time with other performers

is a little bit foreign for the idea of stand-up comedy. And I just thought, when I was doing Chelsea lately, it was such an easy way to have tons of laughs. It's like you're multiplying the laughter times four people, right? The perspectives, I mean, if you're watching that, there's somebody that you're going to relate to relate to relate to relate to relate to relate to relate to relate to relate to relate to relate to relate to relate to relate to relate to relate to relate to relate to relate to relate to relate to relate to relate to relate to relate to relate to relate to relate to to to to to the the the the the the the the the the their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the they.a.a.aughea.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a. tea. their their their their their their their their their their times four people, right? The perspectives, I mean, if you're watching that, there's somebody that you're gonna relate to more than you're gonna relate to one, person. If there's four up there, you're gonna relate to somebody, there's a higher probability that you're gonna relate to one of those people, if you don't relate to me, say. And I think that it is a great great to to to great great great to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to one one one, to one, to one, to one, to one, to one, to one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one, to one one, to one one, to one, to one one, to one one, to one one one, to one one one, to one, to one one, to one, the the the the the the the the the the to, the to, to, to, to, to, to, the to, the the to me, toe., toe.mea, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, think that it is a great way to show by example how easy it is A, to share that stage and to share that spotlight,

and that everybody succeeds with it when you have the right mix of people, which isn't that hard to do. And I like that format. And so I thought, oh, we're doing stuff, like let's try some stuff out. And since I was there for the whole week, I just thought, yeah, let's do it, you know. You had this quote the first night you were on, you said, and correct me if I'm butchering this, you said, this is where I get to talk shit about all the whack jobs and hot messes out there, which you did, you know, old Marjorie Taylor Green called some heat. Santos called some heat. Tucker Carlson. I don't know if I could call a lot of heat. Do you think it's still possible in the modern political satire era

to shame people into changing? Or are we approaching a shameless era in politics where I think those people try to take those criticisms and use it to make themselves stronger. Yeah, I don't know where we are in society. I know it's important to speak out, especially as a woman and especially during this time where everybody's rights are up for sale and it's just ridiculous. And I honestly feel like anytime there's progress in one direction, clearly there's like, you know, a pendulum swing. It's like women step up and we th and we th and we th and we th and we th and we th and we th and we th and we th and we th and we th and we th and we th and we have th and we have th and we have th, th. th. th. th. tho, tho, tho, tho, that, thi, I tho, I tho, I th. tho, I tho, I tho, I tho, I tho, I tho, I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th, I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I thin, th. I th. I th. I t. I tee. I te. I tell, th. I th. th. thin, th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I direction. Clearly there's like, you know, a pendulum swing. It's like women step up and we have this huge Me Too movement and then cancel culture has followed that and

then we get our rights taken away and then abortion is turned over. It's like everything leads to a stronger reaction from the other side. So this is just a product of, you know, the trans rights, the banning of the books, the LGBT community being under assault, is, is, is, is, is, is, th, and th, and a th, and a th, and a th, and a th, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, the, the, and, and, the, and, the, the, and, the, the, the, the, the, and, the, the, and, and, the, and, and, the, and, and, and, the, and, the, and, the, and, the, and, the, and, and, the, the, the, the, and, and, the, the, the, the, the, the, and, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the trans rights, the banning of the books, the LGBT community being under assault is a reaction to people saying we want more, we want more freedom, we want more equality, we want equity, like it doesn't, so we're always going to be dealing with it. It's two steps forward and hopefully one step back and it's just part and part it's part and parcel of the culture that we live in right now and now I don't think you're changing anyone's the the the the the the to their the culture that we live in right now. And now I don't think you're changing anyone's mind by going off on them, but I think you're reminding, for instance, straight white guys who don't want to get in on it or think they're being attacked. It's like, those are the people we're talking about, the Tucker Carlson's of the world.

So the guys that aren't like that should be standing up louder louder louder louder louder louder louder louder louder louder louder, especially when you're not in that, in that, you know, you're not in that population, fight for women's rights, fight for all of these marginalized groups because as we've known and as studies show, it hurts men just as much as it hurts the rest of us, this kind of discrimination and this kind of marginalization. So I don't really care what the result is. I thi, it's th, it's th, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's th. th. thi, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's th, it's, thi, thi, thi, th. th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, th, you, th, th, you, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th. th. th. th. thi, thi, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, th thin, th thin, th thin, th th thin, th thi, th thi don't really care what the result is. I think it's a it's just a reminder like women are coming into their own like we don't need to have kids and we don't need men to tell us that's what's going to make us happy. If you think I'm going to ever listen to a man telling me what will make me happy, that's wrong. That's not gonna happen. And I'm not speaking just for me.

There are millions of women who feel this way. To me, I've always felt like, you know, we're definitely past the John Stewart days of, I will shame Tucker Carlson, or, who's the money? Jim Kramer into coming on my show so we can back, back, back, back, but I do think that what we do in the modern-day political satire field can help change the minds of constituents and voters. I think the talking heads are going to be the talking heads. They are ingrained in there. They we're getting our check to say this thing. We're going to say the thing thane thi thi thin thin thin thin thin thin thin thin thin. thin. thin. thi thi thi thi thi. thi. thi. the the thi. the the the the the the the thi. thi. their thi. their ingrained in there, they, we're getting our check to say this thing, we're going to say the thing. But you tackle during your week, you

tackled everything from voting rights and body positivity and gender disparity in boxing and broad way. Help for the viewers who don't know how the week is laid out. Help them understand how you decided to choose the topics that you wanted to get in to to to to to to to to to to th. to the to the to the to to the to the the to the to the the the to. to. And the the the to. to. thoe thoe thoe thoe thoe. T. And tooe. toe, the, the, th. th. th. the the, the the, the the, the the, the the, the the, the the, the the, the the, the the, the the, the the, the the, the the, the the, the the, the the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the the, the the, they. And, to, toda, today, today, today, today, today, today, today, today, today, taughe, today, today, today, today, today decided to choose the topics that you wanted to get into in a broader sense And then also the day-to-day topics that you decided yes to that No to that what were the reasons for Including some things and excluding other things. Um well also I just want to piggyback on one thing from the previous exchange between us, you know, it's also not about Like okay, you know, shaming tucker Tucker Tucker Tucker Tucker Tucker Tucker to to to to to to to to to to tuck to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the today, today, today, today, the today, the today, today, to-s.e, to-s.e-u.e-u about like, okay, you know, shaming Tucker Carlson as it is to giving a voice to all those other people. Do you

know what I'm saying? Like for the women, like when I do that, that gives voice for other people and other women who feel like me and other people that feel ignored that they haven't been heard. So that's more of my MO than shaming Tucker Carlson, because obviously you're right, he can't be shamed. So, but, okay, so to answer that question, I was in communication with Jen a lot before the show because we were planning on who the guests were gonna be, we were going out to different people.

It was Super Bowl week, we were hoping to time, you know how frenetic that kind of work environment is. There's things that fall out at the last minute and then there's people that cancel at the last minute. It's always just basically juggling. There's an electricity in that, you know, in that freneticism that makes it really fun if that's the kind of person you are who's always like, okay, okay, okay, okay, like, like, like, like, th, like, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thin-a, thin-a, thin-a, thi, thinetic, thi, and thi, and thi, and thi, and thi, thi, thi, thin-the, thin-the, thin-t, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thii, thi, thi, thi,'s always like, okay wait, let's think outside the box. Who would be interesting? Like for instance, you know, the box, the female boxer that came on, it was, it was, I had never heard of her before, and then my friend sent me a link and I read it and I watched her and I watched her and I watched her acceptance speech and Jen saw it and we were like, this would be awesome, and th. and th, and th. th. and th. and th, and th, and th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, the th, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the female, the female, the female, the female, the female, the female, the female, the female, the female, the female, the female, the female, the female, the female, the female, the female, the female, the female, the female, the female, the female, the female, the female, the female, the female, the female, the female, the female, the female, the female, the female, the the the the the the the female, the the the female, the the female, the female, the female, the female, the female the female the female the female the female the female theeean, the female the female the female, the female the female, the female, the female, the female having the latitude to move around quickly and to be dexterous and what

you're going to do and what you're going to say. And I think the most important things that we talked about are the biggest issues we had were just the biggest stories of the day. I mean I definitely went into that week like let's go after Lauren Bobert or Marjorie Taylor Green or any of these ridiculous. or Marjorie Taylor Green or any of these ridiculous, Matt Gates, I don't even know how to say his name really, and I don't care to find out. Ask a young girl, she'll tell you. Keep going. Sorry about that. And so, I like that vibe. I like that kind of workload, you know, when I like it. Listen, there have been plenty of times where I haven't wanted to work for like, you know, a year straight and I was in the mood for it. I was like, let's go. This is so much

fun because I do know how to do that. I mean, that's my, that's my skill set is is to just kind of be dexterous. You have to be quick too, like you can't be sticking to a script, as you also know, Roy, like you have to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a, to be a to be a, to be a, to be a, to be a, to be a, to be a, to be a thi. to be a to be a, thrifice. thi. thi. thrue, thrue, thrue, thrue, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu. thu. thu. thu. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thr. thr. thr. thr. throooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. thr. to add your own lines in and to know when you've made a point and to know when to keep going. So you have Raphael Warnock on as a guest. You have the wonderful model Ashley Graham. You have Alicia Bum Garner, the boxer they were just talking about. Leia Michelle as well. Was there a guest you wanted it that you just couldn't get? It just didn't work out?

Like was there just a scheduling thing that did? Like I really wanted Tiana Taylor for my week and then I found out she's not going to be in New York the week that I was guest hosting. So I was like, ah shit. Okay, well, tell her to come back to New York another time. But was there anybody in your panthe show? that's a the the the the the the thia. Was thia. thia. thia. Was thia. thia. thia. thia. thi thi. thi. thi's thi. thi's thi. thi. their their their that's that's thathea. Was that's just that's just that, was just that, was just that, was just that, was just their thi. their thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. Was. th. Was. th. Was. Was. Was. th. Was. Was. th. Was. th. Was thi. Was thi. Was thi. thi. thi. Was that, was their their their their that their that their thatea. Was their thatea. Was their their their their thateateateateateate. Was that back to New York another time. But was there anybody in your pantheon, let's go all time and daily show. Who's a guest? Who's a person you would love to sit down with? Oh, I mean, I don't look, I mean, yes, I can't remember who the people were

that we were trying to get, that didn't work out, but I'm sure there were there were there were there were there always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always are. That's the way that's the nature of this show of any booking show where you're booking talent. But I think the real important thing to remember is it doesn't matter who the fuck it is. It doesn't. It matters that you're interested and that you're creating a conversation and you're listening. Because you can have an interesting conversation with fucking anybody. It doesn't matter how boring they are. You can spice up something if you have that kind of talent. If you're able to just really engage with somebody and listen, you'll find something that's interesting to talk about. So, I mean, is there a dream guess that I have that I'd love to interview? Not really, quite frankly. I'm good with

almost, you know, I guess I recently interviewed somebody on my podcast that was surprising to me. th. th. th. th. I. I. I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I th. I th. I th. I the, I the, I the, I'm, I'm, I'm the, I'm the, I'm thi, thi, I'm, I'm, th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to thi. thi. thi. thi. thi, thi, that was surprising to me. Like I interviewed Matthew McConaughey for his, he's doing this live event. And like I had never thought about interviewing Matthew McConaughey for anything. And I read his book in a day, the day before I interviewed him because I hadn't read green lights. And I always just kind of had my own impression of Matthew McCannay, which was neither here nor there and I was blown away. Like I could have interviewed him, the the the the the the the the th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th. I, th, thi, thi, thee, th. I, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th.................. I, th, th, th, th, th, th. th. th. I, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thr-I, thr-I, thr-I. I, theeeeeeeeee, thi, thi, thi. I thi, was blown away. Like I could have interviewed him for three hours. I totally changed my perception and understanding of him and my respect for him. Like I have major respect for him and everything he put down in that book. So I feel like there are surprises all around, I'll be it. Matthew's a big star, you know, that's a big name and that's a big get, so it's easy to be interested but you can find interesting things in anybody and I find like regular people just as interesting as I do famous

people. Love it. Well after the break we want to talk about one of those quasi-famous people and get public spat we're talking about old Tucker Carlson and I want to get into the actual issue that it was that got so many people angry at you, but so many women saying thank you. This is beyond the scenes with Chelsea Handler. We'll be right back. Beyond the scenes, we are back with Chelsea Handler discussing her time. Guest hosting on the Daily Show earlier this year. Now Chelsea, there was a topic that garnered a lot of attention, which was still talking about being childless by choice.there was a topic that garnered a lot of attention, which was you talking about being childless by choice.

It was a longer death segment, but the sketch, if I'm just going to describe it as quickly as possible, you wake up and you just have a great fucking day. You just, it's just a person having a good fucking day. And it got turned into a Tick-Tock. Conservatives got very, very upset with you about this. I'm not going to go into detail on a lot of the things that they called you. But did you even anticipate this type of response when you decided to put this sketch together? And what's the real reason that's fueling people's anger with you about this? Lack of humor, A? Lank, I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I'm in in. I'm in that's. I'm in that's in that's in that's in that's in that's in that's in that's in that's in that's in that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's all. that's all. that's all. that's all. that's all. that's all. I's all. I's all. I's all. I's that's that's that's that's all. I's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I's that's that's that's that's all. that's all. that's all. that's that's all, I's that's all, I'm not, in that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's th. that's that's that's that's that's that's that's ing people's anger with you about this. Lack of humor, A, is I mean, hello. I'm in the sketch or whatever it was,

I fly to Paris for lunch and I go to Manchapichu to go for a quick hike in the same day and then I'm back at home. Like, obviously... It's like three continents. Yeah. Now it's time for a workout, so I hit Mount Everest for a quick climb. I invent a time machine, go back in time and kill Hitler.

Freeze, you bastard! It's amazing what you can do when you have this much free time. And that's a day in the life of a childless woman. It was just so ridiculous, but obviously it really ruffled some feathers and conservatives because, you know, conservatives are all about patriarchy and religion is their umbrella or their subterfuge for patriarchy, which is if anybody knows anything about history, that's where patriarchy began with religion to give men, like, you know, power over women. And the idea that men are threatened,

first of all, we have a planet that's fucking melting. So having a child at this point in your life, go for it, but for me, like that's just another reason. Like I don't want my kid growing up with wearing, you know, a mask for the rest of his life. There are many reasons not to produce. And the idea that that's our responsibility and by saying we don't want to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to to to to to to be to be to be the to be to be to be the to be the to be the the to be the the to be the the to be to be the the the the the the the the the the thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, thi. thi. thin. thin. theean. tooooooooooooome. the. thii. thi. thi. their, thi. their, the idea that that's our responsibility and by saying we don't want to do that of choice is not to be believed. Like it can't be possible that a woman would be happy, not being married and not having children. There's just no way that could happen. And there are multiple conservative men who've, you know, gone, banged on about that. That is a lie that I'm selling women a lie about, you know, gone, banged on about that. About that, that is a lie, that I'm selling women a lie

about, you know, being a girl boss, I think they called it a girl boss. And it's like, but it's not a lie because I'm living it. So, and you're telling me that I'm not living it, but I am. Behold, a day in the life of a childless woman. The point is to make you feel good about being an aging deeply unlikable woman who never had kids. Narcissism, it makes you happy. Feminists like Chelsea Handler, they've been lied to by their society forever. That you could be a girl boss and you can do anything a man can do, which everyone who's ever seen a woman back up a vehicle knows that's not true.

Your womb resembles a dried-up tumbleweed blowing down an old western town. And your Valentine's Day date for the 10th year in a row is a 10-year-old copy of Magic Mike and a half full bottle of Xanax, and you're trying to pretend like you're happy, but you're not happy. You know, when I heard Tucker Carlson's video about me, which I actually didn't hear for a long time because I was in Whistler, in my bedroom, smoking a joint, reading a book, I was in heaven, taking the day off from skiing, I had my TV on, there was a documentary on the TV, I'm in my bed with a joint and a book.

Like these three things are my happiness, okay? And I'm just like, oh my god, I was sitting there literally that morning going, God, this is exactly what I hoped adulthood would be. You know, just me, fucking having the time of my life, educating myself, getting stoned, and I have, you know, the mountains right outside anytime I'm ready to ski. And I kept getting buzzes on my phone and, you know, people were just texting me, saying, have you seen this? Tucker Carlson's talking about you. But I didn't look, because who cares? He's always talking about something I've done. And then Jen Flans, your EP, she texted me and said, hey, let's, we think you should respond to the Tucker Carlson, you know,

we'll write something up for you. And I said, okay, great, this is what I would want to say to say, you to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, to, to, to, t.e. ttoo, te. ttoo, te. ttoo. ttoo. te. te. too. too. too. too. too, this in. And then I just remember thinking, I have to fucking get up and take a shower for this fucking asshole and film something to respond to this moron. I'm like, all right. So I got in the shower, I blew out my hair and then I called my friend over. I'm like, you got to come film something. And then at the end of it, filming it, he goes, who's Tucker Carlson, I, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to film, to film, to film, to film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film, film I go, I mean can poor Canadians they don't I mean lucky Canadians they don't have to be exposed to the George Santoses and Tucker Carlson's of the world in the way that America has to suffer. Hey everyone I woke up this morning well more like this afternoon and noticed that there was an emergency meeting of the receding

hairling society to discuss a comedy video I filmed about not wanting kids. Wow. Why would I even need my own children when I get to hear these crybabies all the time? I mean, I can't believe that bearded version of Tucker Carlson thinks I would take a half a bottle of Xanax. I'd take way more than that, you silly goose. Look, I don't want to debate whether or not I'm a girl boss although I did just look at my bank account and think that's pretty girl boss and then I thought about the 10 different people plus 10 plus different

people I've been able to put through college and then I remembered my six New York Times best-selling books or was it five? Oh no no it was six and then I remember my recent standup special that was just released on Netflix called Revolution, and I thought, yeah, you are a girl boss. You guys seemed so triggered by me. I mean, my goodness, Tucker, I think it is time for you to ask yourself a serious question. Are you really upset about how much freedom I have?

Or are you upset that you haven't been able to to to to to to this issue important to bring on the show and talk to me a little bit about the construction of it? Because I feel like you walked in the door with this one kind of already like the framing and the scaffolding was already there. How much did you help with assembling the last couple of pieces and putting up the walls if we want to compare it to construction construction the the the the the the the the construction.. the the the the the they. And. And, they. And, they. And, they. And, they. And, they. And, they. And, they. And, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, they. And, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, to, to, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, to, toe, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, the, the, the they, they. And, they. And, toluuu. And, tolu. And, toluu. And, tolu. And, tolu. And, tolu. And, tolu. And, tolu. And, the walls if we want to compare it to construction. Yeah, it's definitely something I came in wanting to do, talking about it, because I've seen the response. I mean, I do it a lot on my Instagram, making fun of like, you know, kids they're not that great. You don't have to do it.

Marriage, you don't have that great, is something that was actually carried over from, I think, my Netflix show. And we started it there. And I realized by the reaction and the volume of people that would post, repost it, and the views it got, and the comments it got that I was hitting a chord with women. And I'm not the first person to do this, but I definitely realized, oh, there's like a whole group of people of the population that are just constantly shamed for not doing something that nobody ever said we had to do in the first place. It's just like this archetype that we're supposed to fulfill this prophecy that we're supposed to like be

built into like molded into and it's like no no no don't tell me what to do because I'll do the opposite. I don't you I'm not here to be controlled or or make men happy. That's not my purpose. If anything my purpose is to make women free, you know, I speak to women my large part of my audience are women. And I want them to know, like, I got your back. You're not gonna, you know, you're not gonna fucking deal with this forever because you've got somebody who's not gonna be pushed around or told what to do or, you know, treated in that way. Like, I won't stand for it. And, you know, there's a lot thrararararaight tha tha, tha, tha, tha, tha, tha, tha, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, you're that, you're thi, you know, you're their, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you're th. their, you're their, you're their, you're, you're, you're, you're, you's, you's, you's, you. their, you. their, you's, you's, you's, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're their, you're th. thi. thi. thi. thi. to. to. to, you're not to, you're not to, you're not to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to thi. that they're on our team, but they're not doing enough to be on our team.

You know, like we need active team members. It's the same thing with any allyship. Like, it's great for you to say you're on our side, but what are you actively doing to promote that equality and that women shouldn't be to be married, when are you going to have a baby? Like, it's personal and it's none of your business. I mean, people have just stopped asking me that. And I've been talking about this for my entire career.

I've never wanted to have kids, and I just didn't think I was parent. I think that's a very valid way to look at something and more people should look at that. Like, you know, do I have what it takes? Am I selfless enough? Do I have the time? Do I have the bandwidth? Do I have the patience? Seth Rogan was in an interview a while back and I should have him. And he talked about his decision to not have children. Zero criticism! There weren't a big calvicade of people attacking Seth Rogantin' team. He should be out there raw-dog and everybody and making more babies. Why is there a double standard?

And that's not an attack on Seth. Shout out to Seth for making the life choices he chose to bake. I'm just comparing the response from the public. Why do you think he got the response? He got, oh excuse me, lack of response. Well, praise even to some degree. And you were like, how dare you, woman, you know what that uterus is supposed to be for?

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I mean, I don't know him that well, but I do like him, but it's a perfect example of the way that's a tode what to do but you're not allowed to tell him what to do or be disappointed? I mean it's just so stupid but listen this has been going on since the beginning of time so it's nothing new to any of us we're just like oh my God it's laughable. What role as as someone that has been in and around entertainment you know I would say for a greater three decades of your career at least? What role do you think society and entertainment plays in reinforcing the traditionalistic views, the patriarchal views, that's not a word, the patriarchal, views? Well, that's not a word, boy. But patriarchal is a word. I had it the first time.

What role does entertainment play in reinforcing that upon women and men for men to think, yeah, well, you know, you're supposed to be my wife and you're supposed to be at home in the kitchen? I mean, of course, I mean, we reflect our society, right? Television, movies, reflect where, what, that's why television's in the middle of a huge transformation. That's why there's more their their their there's their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, th. their, their, t. t. tha. tha. theat. th. th. th. thi. thi, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, th. th. th. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. te. te. te. te. te. te. I's is, te. I's, te. I's. I's, te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. t. tlevision's in the middle of a huge transformation. That's why there's more people of color on TV. There's more people, there's more Asians being recognized. It's like, because it's time, it's fucking time. It's not all just about white men controlling everything. And I know that people get sick of women banging on about it,

but you have to think about why that bothers you. You know, like, why does does does does does does does does does does does does does does does does does does does does does does does does does does does does does? We want equality, just like everybody deserves to be equal. And I think all marginalized groups coming together and like supporting each other is scary, very scary for patriarchy because they're going to be outnumbered. And, you know, and that's why it's so important also to, you know, to have all all these groups and actually to be in tune and understand what the LGBTQ community is fighting for, what trans people are fighting for. You know, I can't tell you even how many liberal friends I have talking about, well, is it

right for people to be transitioning at this age? And I heard that three girls that were eight transitioned without even telling their parents. And I'm like, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, that, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, I thi, I that, I that, I that, I'm that, I'm thi, I'm thi, I'm th. I'm that that that that that that that thi, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, to to have, to have, to have, to have, to have, to have, to have, to have, to have, to have, toean, toean, toean, toean, toean, to have, tha, than, than, to have their parents. And I'm like, oh my God, do you really think in this country that eight-year-olds got, what are you talking about? Like everyone's just so misinformed that it's important to really stay up on all of those topics. You know, I mean, it's like everyone's fighting the future in a sense. Like, the people that are like, we're not, it's not a new group, but it's a louder group than it has been. And we're saying no more, we're done with it, we're all sick of it.

And that's changing in television too, and rightfully so, it has to change even more, obviously, it's still not enough. It won't be enough for many years. How are you able to... Sleep at night? That one. How are you able to sleep at night without a child keeping you awake in the next room? Everyone knows that that's joy.

How are you able to address issues this seriously? Because your stand up to me has never struck me as anger being a key ingredient in the construction of your thoughts performatively. I'm not saying that you aren't angry, but how are you able to take these issues that a lot of people are angry about and not necessarily let that be the sole driving emotion for how you address it. All right, let's let's go with Tucker Carlson, right? Turcler Calps back at you, you clap back at Tucker, you all kind of go back and forth.

It's never really angry. Then you deliver what I consider to be the Coutagra, you are topless skiing on your birthday, which is a tradition that I have separate questions about how to hell that came about. But you're topless in skiing and then M&M without me comes on and you're just, just cruising down a mountain instead of sitting alone in a room with a microphone going, let me tell you what's wrong with tucing across and see all of these man and all of that. Talk to me a little bit about, because for the people that are angry about this, what are the things, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thin, thin, that, that, that, that, that, that, thin, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, that's, that's that's that's that's that's that's thrown, thrown, that's thrus, thrus, thrown, that's, thrown, thus, the things that you're able to, how are you able to just ski with no shirt on and choose that over plugging into the raw emotion of the issues? Well, he doesn't deserve my emotions.

I mean, come on. You have to be, first of all, telling me the truth before we can talk about exchanging an emotional field. But, no, I'm angry. I've always been angry and I've been angry in my career. And that doesn't really serve me as well as being able to distill it into a something with levity. Like levity attracts more attention, and you bring more people in when you can joke about the preposterousness of a person's claims. And I've just, as I've grown older and gotten into my,

you know, more comfortable in my skin, I guess, and I've just been able to modulate the tonality of what is gonna have an impact and what is too, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, you know, if you're screaming all the time, it's very one-noted. And that doesn't work for me. I already have a very strong personality. I already come across strong, you know.

So I need to bring people in, not push them away. And I've slowly, you know, I've learned how to do that in a much more efficacious way than I used to when I was younger. You know, I didn't care so much about about the patrin the patri about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about the patriarchy then because I wasn't as clued in as what was happening as I am now. You know, I didn't have struggles becoming successful. It wasn't that difficult for me. I worked really hard, but doors were always opening, you know?

And so it took me a long time to actually look at it in the face when I didn't experience it myself but other people were talking about it. And I thought, okay, well, what's my responsibility here? It's like when you talk about women and sexual assaults, I haven't been sexually assaulted, but that's, it's my job as a woman to understand what the fuck that means and what that means when somebody goes through that and to talk about it, just because I don't have personal experience with it doesn't mean that I can ignore it. You know, when I think that my responsibility is to women.

So I think all of that stuff, you just figure out, okay, how can I be more effective in my delivery? It's the same with my stand-up. I used to talk in this really high pitch and scream and yell, and when I was in th, I was th, I was th, I was th, I was th, I was th, I was th, I was th, I was th, I was th, I was th, I was th, I was th, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, thi, thin, thin, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th......... I, th. I, th. I, th. I, I, th. I'm, th. I, th. I, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, th. I, to, to, thrown, thrown, thrown, thin, thin, thin, the. I couldn't hear myself. Like I would watch myself and cringe. Now it's nice to be able to watch myself and not cringe. Well after the break, we'll bring it home with Chelsea Handler. We're going to talk a little bit about diabetic medication that's been used for weight loss. And I want to talk to you a little bit about your podcast, Dear Chelsea, the the scenes. We We'll be right back. Beyond the scenes we are bringing it at home with Chelsea Handler discussing her guest week on the Daily Show. Now there was a there was a

topic you tackled on the show about these celebrities losing weight with this medicine that's for people with diabetes. Ozemic I think is called. I don't yeah. I didn't know that this was a thing th. T thing th. T thing th. T thing th. T th. T th. T th. T th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th thi was was was was a thi thi thi thi thi thi th the th. thi. thi. the th. th. th. th. th. th. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the they. they. they. the they. they. they. they. they. th. th. th. th. the. the. the. the. the. te. te. te. te. te. te. th. th. th. they. they. the PIC, I think it's called. I don't know. Yeah. I didn't know that this was a thing that was happening all over Hollywood. Like, I know people lose weight on diabetic medication, but I never do that people were like, oh, yeah, let me get it and then create a shortage. How did you first hear about this? Like, thiiiabetic? Like, like, like, like, like, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. I, th. I, thi. I, thi. thi. thi. that. that, that, that, that that that that that thi. thi. that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, thi. thi. that's thiiiiiiii. that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's thi. th, but was it because of like a legit diabetic reason? Or because-

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I was like, all right, let me try this. And I went out to lunch, and so I injected myself. I went out to lunch like a week later with a girlfriend, and she was not eating. She's like, I'm actually nauseated, I'm jet-lagged and that the nausea was stemming from that because I'd been gone for so long. So I was here waking up at 3 in the morning in LA every morning so I just felt like maybe my nausea was derived from or had come from that. And then she's like oh I'm on Ozempic and I was like oh I'm not on Ozempi and she's like well are you on anything. I'm like well I'm on something called tie-I th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm something. I'm something. I'm something. I'm something. I'm something. I'm something. I'm something. I'm on something. I'm on something. I'm on something. I'm on something. I'm on something th. I'm th. I'm on something something something something something something. I'm th. I'm on something something. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm on something something something something something something something something. I'm something. I'm something. I'm something. I'm something. I'm something. I'm something. I'm th. I'm on something. I'm on something. I'm on something. I'm on something. I'm something. I'm something. I'm something. I'm something. I'm something. I'm something. I'm something. I'm something. I'm something. I'm something. I'm something. I'm th. I'm on something. I'm on something. I'm on something. I'm on something. I'm on something. I'm like, I'm on something. I'm like, I'm on something. I'm on something. I'm on something. I'm on something. I'm on something. I'm on something. I'm th. IZempic. And I was like, oh, what? And I'm like, oh my God, I've been OZEPA these last two weeks, no wonder I felt like shit. So I was on OZEPC and then I wasn't.

And then I started, and then I just had some at my house that I gave away to my friends and whoever wanted it. It was, it was on OZNPIC. But yes, there's a shortage because everyone in Hollywood is on it. And people don't care that you get nauseated or feel nauseated. They don't give a shit. They want to be thin. And people will do anything to be thin. So there you go. So now there's a shortage because I guess too many celebrities are taking it. What responsibility does the medical community have to just not prescribing or just giving this stuff away to people who don't legitimately need it? They don't

care. Listen, look at there's a shortage on Adderall too in this country. They prescribe that to anybody and everybody. I mean half the women I know in this down are on Aderal also that don't don't have ADD. So you take it and it makes you just feel like you know you know you know you know you you th. You know you to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to just. to just. to just. to just. to just. to just to just to prescribe to prescribe to prescribe to prescribe to prescribe to prescribe to prescribe to prescribe to prescribe to prescribe to prescribe to prescribe to prescribe to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the the the the the the they. their. their. their their their. their. their. their. their. their. to to their. their. their. to their. their. their. the women I know in this down are on Adderall also that don't have ADD. So you take it and it makes you just feel like, you know, you did two lines of Coke. I mean, people abuse and pharmaceuticals, like that story is, I mean, look at the Sackler family, look at the Purdue Pharmacy, look at all that. I don't trust farm, unfortunately, and they do have a big responsibility. We have a, you know, the FDA has a big responsibility, but as we've seen so many times, a lot of these agencies are kind of corrupt, and there's a lot of proflicacy that is going on. So there's, I don't know, it has to be of like a personal value or moral system for somebody running these pharmaceutical agencies

to have and they don't. They want to make money. So you have a podcast called Dear Chelsea and you give advice to people, which I think is one of the most noble things to just create human connections with people because I always feel like advice is as much for the people consuming it as it is the person you're speaking directly to. Have you ever met any of the people out there on the old, I call it the campaign trail, during your comedy tours, have you ever met any of the people that you've touched with some of your words? Yes, I have. I have multiple times and I get tons of DMs which the the the the the the the tons of thiiiii thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi tons of tons of tons of thi thi ti thi te. things, thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi advice advice advice thi advice thi advice advice thi advice advice thi advice advice thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi th th th th th th th th th th th. th. th. th. th. thi thi thi thi the the the the things, the the the things thanks toee thanks toeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee things things things things, things, thingours, have you ever met any of the people that you've touched with some of your words?

Yes, I have. I have multiple times and I get tons of DMs, which I try to go through on a regular basis, you know, for people who really are asking advice that don't get picked for dear Chelsea or if they've written a letter and they haven't heard back, and then people that and then people that have that have that have that have that have that have people that have people that have that have that have that have people that have that have that have that have that have th people that have th people that have th people that have the people the people the people the people the the the the the the the tho tho tho tho tho tho tho- tho- tho- tho tho their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their tho tho tho tho tho to tooooooooooooooo-n. too-n. tooooo-m. tooooooooo-m. to' toe. t to do another celebrity interviewing podcast because obviously I've done there, I've been there done that. And I wanted to do something that was actually, something that was just a little bit, I like human beings. I like people and I like helping people. I am that personality. I'm a leader. I like to get in there and be like, no, no, no, you're in a crisis crisis counselor. I can't tell tell tell tell tell tell tel tel tel tel tel tel tel tel tel tel tel tel tel tel tel. I tel tel. I tel th th the the. I the. I the. I thi thi the. I thi thi thi thi. I thi. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm, I'm, I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm thi. I'm the. I'm te. I'm toda. I'm toda. I'm te. I'm to the. I'm the. I'm the. I the. I'm th. I there and be like, no, no, no, you're in a crisis, I'm a crisis counselor. I can't tell you how many girlfriends in my life have gone through whether it's a divorce or a death in their family and I can come in and I know how to do that.

And so that's my good superpower and I wanted to spread that around. And all my audience, it turned into something a lot more meaningful and profound people call in and are making life-changing decisions about ending relationships that are toxic or leaving their family because their family's Mormon and they're gay and their family, you know, wants to excommunicate them and stuff. And stuff like that. It got serious pretty quickly and I was like, oh fuck. I mean, it's still fun. You know, we have a good time and we try to have some light stuff too, but we do get in there with some really dark and deep personal issues. And I love that. I got a lot out of going to therapy. I went for two years. I wrote a book about it. I did a special about it. I got so much out of it that all I wanted to do it. to give it to everybody. to to give it to give it. I to give it. I to give it. I to give it. I to give it. to give it. to to the to give it. to their to their their to to their their their to to to to their to to to to to their their their to to to to to their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their their their their their their their their their their their their their their tip. tip. tre. true. to true. to to their their to have Osempic, Roy. I want everyone to have my, you know, like not even like I know better than you do, just I want you to have my confidence and

my like get your pick yourself up out of that situation like it's okay. It's gonna be okay. We're all going to be okay once you get your shit together. So it's like a kind of a big sister, you know, impact that that has. Okay, so then here's a dear Chelsea on the spot. What advice do you have for the rest of the guest hosts for the Daily Show? To be agile, like be, be there and be in the moment, and listen. You know, the best performance comes from listening. And whether that's the voice inside of you, like your good, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, the good, you, the good, the good, the good, the good, the good, the good, the good, the good, the good, the good, the good, the good, the good, the good, the good, the good, the good, thi, thi, thi, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, the the the the the the the the th, th, the, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the, the the, the the, the, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, th know, the best performance comes from listening. And whether that's the voice inside of you, like your good gut, you know, the good voice, not the bad voice, or whether it's listening to someone you're interviewing, you got to be like in there.

You can't be in your head, you can't be thinking about anything else. You just have to be in that moment. First of all, it's such a fun moment to be in. So, you know, the nerves are good. That's a good sign. That means you give a shit. So don't worry about your nerves. You know, you don't worry about any of that. Just enjoy it all and embrace it all.

I mean, everyone has had a great, there isn't one bad guest week that has happened. And that is a machine that can be successful whomever hosts. So you're walking in there in such good hands that no one has anything to worry about. Okay so I want to show you a clip we're going to end on a clip we rarely do this I don't think we've ever done this. We went back into the Daily Show vault. There's actual in this is true. There is a building in New Jersey that has hard copies of every episode that has ever been shot of this show. It's not

just all living on Paramount Plus. There's an actual fucking building with DVDs, mind you. So somebody made a drive out to Jersey and found this little clip from a 2014, from a 2014 episode of The Daily Show with then host John Stewart throwing to a moment of Zen. Give us that clip real quick. Here it is, your moment of Zen. You're a terrible interviewer. Well you just weren't keeping my attention.

Listen, it doesn't matter how interesting I am. You signed up for this job. Well, maybe that's why your job is coming to an end. That's Chelsea Handler going at Pierce Morgan on his then-C&N show, which was getting ready to be canceled. What, what happened up into that point? Like, what, was it just a shit interview all the way up into that point? Like what was it just a shit interview all the way up until that point? Did you say something? He was checking his phone while he was asking me questions. He was looking at his phone and I just was like you're a fucking asshole. And you know what he is a fucking asshole. And you know what he is a fucking asshole so he deserves that. I can't wait to run into that piece of shit again. Well we cannot wait to

see you topless down a mountain saying this is for you, Pierce at your next topless skied celebration. I have a whole fan group Tucker, Pierce, Ben Shapiro, it goes on and on and on. Give us a moment of Zen. if you have a moment of Zen. Oh God, a moment of Zen, that's a lot of pressure. Oh, God. It doesn't feel like they're thears. You drop some gems this whole podcast. Oh, really?

Okay. I guess find the humor. Find the humor in your day because if you can't laugh at some of this shit, it's, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, this, this, this, this, it of this shit, it just becomes insurmountable, emotionally insurmountable. And I think the best thing, gift we can all give each other is like, put a smile on your face, give it to other people when you see that they're in need. And really try to listen and take care of each other because we're in ugly times. And everyone said that for the beginning of the history of the world. I'm sure it's been like this forever, but I would just say, you know, be sensitive to the people around you and and listen. Like there's so many learning opportunities every single day when you are really present and tuned into people. And so it's not that funny and it's not that, but I find it to be trueer and asurer as life goes on, I like to just learn from others. Chelsea Handler, thank you so so much for going beyond the scenes with me.

The podcast is dear Chelsea, the stand-up specialist revolution. We love you. You're always welcome in this building. And I will talk to you when I'm finally a trained skier. I tried it twice. The shit ain't for me. I will meet you at the at the ski lodge. Okay, well that's fine too. I spent most of my time there anyway. Perfect. Listen to the Daily Show beyond the scenes on Apple Podcasts, the I-Heart Radio app or wherever you get your podcast.