115. Chelsea Handler: On Breaking Up & Being Unbreakable

We Can Do Hard Things

Glennon Doyle & Audacy

Society & Culture, Relationships, Education, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 21 July 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Chelsea Handler comes to We Can Do Hard Things to talk for the first time about her breakup with Jo Koy, her definition of real love, and her commitment to never abandon herself. About Chelsea: Chelsea Handler is a comedian, television host, best-selling author and advocate whose humor and candor have established her as one of the most celebrated voices in entertainment and pop culture. She was the host of E!’s top-rated “Chelsea Lately”, a tenure in which Handler was the only female late-night talk show host on-air. Her documentary series “Chelsea Does” was followed by her talk show “Chelsea” on Netflix in 2016. She has penned six best-selling books, five of which have reached #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list, including 2019’s Life Will Be the Death of Me. In 2020, she released her first stand-up special in over 6 years, the critically acclaimed “Chelsea Handler: Evolution” on HBO Max, which earned her a Grammy nomination for Best Comedy Album. Most recently, she launched her iHeart Radio advice podcast “Dear Chelsea” and embarked on the “Vaccinated and Horny” Tour, bringing her sensational stand-up set to 40+ cities across the nation and winning “The Comedy Act of 2021” at the People’s Choice Awards. TW: @chelseahandler IG: @chelseahandler To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to We Can Do Hard Things. Today we have our dear friend, Chelsea Handler, who
0:18.0	a few days ago announced her breakup from Jo Koi and who is here today to talk about
0:25.2	that breakup publicly for the first time. This conversation with her is, well, it just
0:32.0	changed my heart. It's a lesson in how to love and how to let go and how not to abandon
0:38.6	yourself. Chelsea Handler.
0:43.7	Let me start your podcast for you today, Chelsea. Please see what's up. Hi. I love you.
0:51.8	I love you on the podcast, Amanda. I just wanted to say you guys, you know, we have been
0:59.1	trying to schedule this for months for me to come on and I was going to come on with
1:03.9	my boyfriend, who's now my ex-boyfriend, Jo Koi, and I was scheduled and because Glendon
1:10.7	and I have a very beautiful, honest history together. When we were scheduled, we were
1:17.4	having some issues and I texted her and said, I don't think this is a good time for us to
1:20.9	come on and be representing relationships or couples or anything. We're going to head
1:26.0	to some therapy and try and sort this out. Now here I am alone and I just publicly announced
1:34.2	that Jo Koi and I are going our separate ways and I can't be happier to be spending this
1:41.4	morning with all three of you. I feel the exact same way. I wish I was actually just
1:46.1	on your couch right now, but this will do on my lap. I wish you were on my lap right
1:50.4	now. Same, same. Let's just holding me like a baby. That's what I wish. That's what I
1:56.4	wish. A reverse baby hold. That's how I feel right now. I mean, I just love you so big
2:03.7	and have for so long and I just, I'm grateful to be with you this morning. I can't believe
2:11.7	that it worked this way, but I know, right? It's the universe working all of us together
2:16.7	at the same time. So yes, yes, here I am. Yeah, yeah, here we all are. How are you right
2:23.8	now in this moment? I'm okay. I mean, I feel, you know, optimistic about the future now.
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