CHELSEA HANDLER IS ON THE SHOW.
>> HI, HI GUYS.
>> HOW ARE YOU?
>> OH, GOOD.
I'M GOOD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
IT'S JOYOUS TO SEE YOU.
>> IT'S SO JOYOUS TO SEE YOU GUYS TOO.
>> James: WE'RE SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU.
BECAUSE THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU WAS, IT WAS VERY, VERY EARLY
COVID, WASN'T IT.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> James: WE WERE BOTH ON A WALK AT THE SORT OF TOP OF MY
ROAD.
>> WHICH IS THE FIRST TRICKY PART OF THE STORY.
LIKE WHEN HAVE WE EVER, EVER BUMPED INTO EACH OTHER ON A WALK
SWRZ NO, NEVER.
>> BEFORE COVID I DON'T THINK I EVER TOOK A WALK.
>> James: NO, NO ONE DID.
BUT ALSO THERE WERE A FEW PEOPLE, BECAUSE IT WAS A HIKE AT
THE TOP OF THAT ROAD.
PEOPLE WERE WALKING AROUND GOING, WELL, I GUESS IN IS WHAT
WE DO NOW, JUST WALK AROUND.
>> WALK AND-- AND THEN THAT WAS RIGHT BEFORE THE MASKS, THE
SERIOUS THING, SO PEOPLE WERE SILL FREE STYLING IT.
AND ONCE YOU HAD TO WEAR THE MASK AND WALKING I'M LIKE I'M
DONE WALKING, IT WAS LIKE TALK WITH SOMEBODY WHILE YOU ARE
SPITTING ON YOURSELF, MY MASKS AL SMELL LIKE CANNABIS, EVERY
TIME I PUT THEM ON.
OH, I FORGOT.
THIS IS WHAT SOMEBODY IS DEALING WITH ALL THE TIME.
>> James: THAT SOUNDS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL, CAN I
BORROW SOME OF YOUR MASKS?
>> Reggie: ABSOLUTELY.
>> James: JUST SO I CAN HAVE THAT SENSATION.
>> Reggie: OF COURSE SWRZ I WOULD LOVE THAT.
>> REG, WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE, RIGHT, YOU CAN HEAR ME, RIGHT?
>> OH HELL YEAH.
>> THE SAME VIBE GOING FOR SURE.
>> James: WELL, YOU ARE NATURALLY I THINK A VERY SOCIAL
PERSON, YOU LIKE HAVING PLANS, YOU LIKE GOING OUT.
HOW IS YOUR SOCIAL LIFE AND YOUR DATING LIFE, HOW HAS IT CHANGED
DURING COVID.
>> WELL, I HAVEN'T HAD SEX IN A REALLY LONG TIME.
I MEAN SINCE COVID STARTED.
>> James: SINCE MARCH.
>> I THINK MARCH, I WENT SKIING LAST YEAR IN MARCH.
I WAS ON A SKI DATE WEEKEND AND THAT WAS THE LAST TIME THAT I
EXPERIENCED PENETRATION OF ANY KIND.
>> James: WOW.
>> ACTUALLY I TAKE THATK BA, FASSAL PENETRATION I HAVE HAD A
LOT OF BECAUSE OF THE DING BUT THAT IS THE NO NOT THE SAME
THING, YOU KNOW THAT IS NOT THE SAME THING.
>> James: NO, IT TURNS ME ON BUT IT DOESN'T GET ME THE WHOLE
WAY THERE.
>> IT IS LIKE HALF A STORY, WE ARE LIKE CAN WE LAND THE PLANE
AND FINISH THUP ON THE OTHER SIDE OR BACK BACK AROUND,
SOMETHING.
>> James: SO DO YOU LOOK BACK ON THE SKI TRIP AND THINK OH, I
SHOULD HAVE PUT THAT IN A BIT MORE.
>> I SHOULD HAVE HAD MORE SEX THAT WEEKEND.
>> NO, I DON'T THINK ABOUT IT THAT WAY, I JUST THINK WHEN ARE
WE GOING TO GET TO A REGULAR PLACE AGAIN.
HAVE I DPON ON A COUPLE OF SOCIAL DISTANCING WALKING DATES
WHICH ARE EVEN CREEPIER THAN THEY SOUND.
I DON'T WANT TO GO ON A WALK TO GETS TO KNOW SFNLT I WANT TO
HAVE A DRINK.
SO I HAVE A NICE BACKYARD SO I CAN INVITE PEOPLE THERE.
BUT I HAVEN'T MET, I HAVE BEEN TEST THE WATERS A LITTLE BUT I
HAVE TO MEET SOMEBODY, THE LAST GUY I THOUGHT SOMETHING COULD
HAPPEN WITH SAID THAT HE DOESN'T THINK MASKS WORK.
SO OBVIOUSLY I CAN'T HAVE SEX WITH SOMEBODY WHO SAYS I DON'T
THINK MASKS, WITHOUT, ONCE YOU SAY THAT, I DON'T CARE IF YOU
CHANGE YOUR MIND, I CAN'T DO IT, IT'S TOO STUPID.
>> IT COULD BE BRAD PITT AND WOULD YOU BE LIKE NO.
>> NO, I TOLD HIM KNOW SEVERAL TIMES, HE KNOWS HOW I FEEL.
>> James: IS THAT TRUE?
>> YES.
>> NO, OF COURSE NOT.
>> I LOVE THAT YOU BELIEVED IT.
>> James: I DID.
>> I THOUGHT YOU WERE WITH ME, UH-HUH.
>> James: NO I BELIEVE THAT BRAD PITT.
>> HI SEX WITH HIM TWICE BEFORE I GOT HERE TODAY.
>> James: SURE, REALLY NOTHING SINCE MARCH.
>> NO, THERE IS NOT A LOT HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, I MEAN I'M
OPEN TO IT FOR SURE BUT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE
HAVE HOOKED UP.
MY NIECES AND NEPHEWS HAVE GIRLFRIENDS AND BOYFRIENDS, HEY,
I DON'T WANT TO SOUND LIKE A CROTCH ETY OLD AUNT BUT LIKE
WHEN AM I GOING TO GET MINE, WATCHING YOUR 21 YEAR OLD NIECE
HOOKUP WITH A BLOI FRIEND AND TRYING TO BE HAPPY FOR HER, I
WANT TO HAVE SEX TOO.
YOU KNOW, IT'S LITTLE PATHETIC.
SO BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HOOKING UP DURING COVID AND
HALLELUJAH, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, I AM HAPPY FOR PEOPLE, I'M
GLAD IT IS WORKING OUT.
WE ALL NEED WHATEVER COMFORT WE CAN GET THESE DAYS.
>> SURE, YOU HAVE BEEN SEEKING KART IN QUITE INTERESTING WAYS
BECAUSE IS THIS WHY, YOU RECENTLY WENT ON A SILENT
RETREAT IN MY SPECIAL I TELL A STORY ABOUT BEING DRAGGED TO A
SILENT RETREAT BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF MY BIGGEST FEARS, YOU ARE NOT
FROM HERE SO YOU KNOW HOW STUPID THE CITY CAN BE, RIGHT.
>> SO I'M FROM NEW JERSEY, SO WE DON'T TALK LIKE THIS IN NEW
JERSEY, PEOPLE AREN'T TALKING ABOUT MANIFEST TAITION AND
GRATITUDE AND KALE 24 HOURS A DAY, YOU KNOW.
>> James: YOU'RE RIGHT, YEAH, SOMEONE OPENED A CAFE GRATITUDE.
IT WOULD NOT LAST TWO WEEKS WITHIN OFF THE TURN PIKE, IT
WOULD BE A HOT MESS.
SO YOU KNOW, I'M NOT INTO THAT EITHER.
BUT AND I'M NOT INTO GOING TO A-- BUT MY FRIEND FROM NEW
JERSEY, NEW WERSY IS HOW YOU SAY IT IF SPAIRN, FROM MY HIGH
SCHOOL, WE WANT TO A SILENT RETREAT ONLY BECAUSE AFTER
SPENDING TWO DAYS WITH HER, IN THAT NEW JERSEY ACCENT I WAS
OPENING TO GO TO THE SILENT RETREAT.
>> James: OKAY.
>> SO I DID GO BUT I DIDN'T PARTICIPATE IN THE WAY, THEY HAD
>> James: DON'T EVEN START TO WITH A SOUND BATH.
>> HAVE YOU BEEN.
>> James: I MEAN THIS COMPLETELY WITH ABSOLUTE
SINCERITY A SOUND BATH CAN [BLEEP].
I-- I-- I HATED IT.
MY WIFE GOT ME A SOUND BATH FOR MY BIRTHDAY AND THEN I REALIZED
THEY WERE ETS ISING UP TWO BEDS AND I WENT OH, YOU GOT YOURSELF
A SOUND BATH AND I'M DOING SOMETHING I DON'T WANT TO DO I
WAS WATCHING ALMOST FAMILIAR NEWS BED WHEN SHE SURPRISE
IMMEDIATE WITH IT I WAS NEVER MORE ANG REERKS I WAS LIVID,
SOME DUDE IS GOING-- WITH LIKE BOWLS, I GOT SO ANNOYED I STOOD
UP COMPLETELY NAKED AND WENT SORRY, BUDDY.
AND I WENT BACK.
AND I MISSED THE TINY DANCER SCENE IN ALMOST FAMOUS.
>> FIRST OF ALL, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT A SOUND BATH WAS.
>> James: NOR DID I.
>> AND I DON'T WANT ANY PART OF THAT, I THOUGHT IT WAS A BUNCH
OF DJ'S WAS GOING TO RINSE US OFFER, LET'S GO UP TO THE WOODS
AND I GET THERE AND THERE IS ROOM TEMPERATURE WATER AND KALE
CHIPS AND A DRUM CIRCLE AND I'M LIKE I DON'T THINK SCO.
I AM NOT PARTICIPATING IN THIS KIND OF CHICANERY.
>> James: I WOULD SETTLE FOR A REGULAR BATH.
>> I WOULD SETTLE FOR DRUGS.
>> James: FOR SURE.
>> THAT IS WHAT I WOULD PREFER TO DO WITH MY FREE TIME, AND IF
I'M GOING TO A REFREET LET'S GET THE PARTY STARTED.
I'M OPENING TO DO WHATEVER HALL US NO AGAINS WHAT WHAT EVERYBODY
ANYBODY HAS, THAT IS WHAT A TRE TREAT IT FOR IS TO MEDITATE ON
WHATEVER YOU HAVING TO DEAL WITHK AND REFLECT AND
HALLUCINATE.
>> James: YOU HAVE DONE, THIS THE YOU HAVE DONE THE-- THE
IOACTA.
>> ST NOT, THAT IS NOW HOW YOU SAY T IT IS I OW ACTA.
>> James: LET'S CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF.
LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR NEW STANDUP SPECIAL, CHELSEA HANDLER
EVOLUTION, NOW A FEW YEARS AGO I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU HAVE DONE
THIS SPECIAL.
BECAUSE A FEW YEARS AGO YOU SAID YOU WERE DONE WITHSTANDUP.
WHAT CHANGED?
WHERE DID THIS COME FROM?
WHAT MADE YOU THINK NO, I HAVE TO SHOW, I HAVE SOMETHING TO
SAY.
>> I DIDN'T THINK I HAD ANYTHING TO ADD TO THE STANDUP AT THAT
TIME.
AND I WENT ON MY BOOK TOUR AFTER MY MOST RECENT BOOK AND I WAS
HAVING-- BEING ON STAGE BEING INTERVIEWED BY PEOPLE AND
TELLING MY STORY ABOUT STHRPEE WHICH IS HUMILIATING.
AND SELF-DEPRECATING AND HORRIFYING IN ALL THE WAYS I
LIKE TO SHAIMPLET I LIKE TO SHOW YOU MY DIRTY LAUNDRY.
AND SO I WAS, AS I WAS DOING THE TOUR I THOUGHT IF I COULD MAKE
THIS INTO A STANDUP SHOW, IF I COULD ACHIEVE THE MOMENT FROM
THAT MOVIE, I KNOW WILL YOU KNOW THIS, STEEL MAGNOLIAS WHERE
JULIA ROBERTS CHARACTER DIES AND SALLY FIELD IS LIKE, I JUST WANT
TO HIT SOMEBODY.
I JUST WANT TO HIT SOMEBODY.
AND OLIVIA O LIMP MEA SAYS HERE, HIT WHEEZA, HIT HER, YOU
KNOW, THAT GREAT MOMENT OF EMOTIONALITY, WHERE IT JUST GOES
FROM HYSTERICALLY CRYING TO HYSTERICAL LAUGHTER, I WANTED TO
CAPTURE THAT WITHIN THE FORUM OF STANDUP.
AND ONCE I SAW HANNA GATSBY DO T I WAS LIKE I'VE GOT MY STORY TO
DO THAT.
AND I WANTED TO DO IT AND I WANTED TO DO IT DEURKS COVID
BECAUSE I WANTED TO BRING SOME RELIEF AND JOY AND HUMAN I HAD
DURING THIS REALLY KIND OF DARK BUMMER TIME WE ARE ALL DEALING
WITH, MORE THAN A BUMMER.
>> THAT IS WHAT I LOVE ABOUT IT, THAT IT IS SHOT NOW, IT IS IN
THIS NOW, SO THE UD YENS-- AUDIENCE ARE THERE,
WATCHING, IT IS INCREDIBLY SAFE, ARE YOU OUTDOORS, THE BACK DROP
LOOKS INCREDIBLE.
BUT YOU ARE RIGHT THERE, TALKING ABOUT IT, NOW I'M SO HAPPY YOU
DID T I THINK IS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT.