SHE ALSO HAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
HEARTS AROUND.
>> Reporter: FOR SEVEN SEASONS,
CHELSEA HANDLER STARRED IN HER
POPULAR, LATE-NIGHT SHOW
"CHELSEA LATELY."
>> YOU’RE NOT THEIR MOTHER,
YOU’RE DATING.
>> Reporter: SHARED HER BOLD
TAKE ON EVERYTHING FROM POP
CULTURE TO RELATIONSHIPS TO
POLITICS.
SHE’S THE BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF
HALF A DOZEN BOOKS ON HER LIFE,
HER ANTICS, AND HER
PHILOSOPHIES, WITH TITLES SUCH
AS "ARE YOU THERE, VODKA, IT’S
ME, CHELSEA."
SHOCKING AND CHARMING HER WAY
INTO STARDOM AND THE AUDIENCE’S
HEARTS.
INCLUDING MY OWN.
WE MAY HAVE TO ADDRESS THE FACT
WE CALL EACH OTHER SISSY.
>> WE’RE SISTERS.
YOU’RE SISTER.
I CALL ALL THE PEOPLE IN MY LIFE
WHO ARE SISTERS SISSY.
WHEN I MET YOU AND YOUR SISTER,
WE BONDED OVER THE FACT WE WERE
SO HAPPY TO HAVE SISTERS IN OUR
LIFE.
>> Reporter: NOW, SHE’S BACK ON
STAGE WITH AN HBO MAX SPECIAL
CALLED "SHELLCHELSEA HANDLER
EVOLUTION," A DEEPLY PERSONAL
AND DEEPLY FUNNY TAKE ON DATING,
LOVE, AND HER FREQUENT VISITS TO
THERAPY.
>> TRICKY TIME.
I FIGURED IT WAS TIME TO GO TO A
REAL THERAPIST.
HE SAID, I THINK YOU LACK
EMPATHY.
>> Reporter: IT’S BEEN SIX YEARS
SINCE YOUR LAST SPECIAL.
WHY DID WE HAVE TO WAIT SO LONG?
THIS SPECIAL IS CALLED
EVOLUTION.
TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW YOU’VE
EVOLVED IN THE LAST YEAR.
>> I WAS ABLE TO PUT IT DOWN IN
A BOOK, AND THEN I THOUGHT, IF I
COULD TURN THIS INTO A STAND-UP
SHOW, THAT’D MAKE ME INTERESTED
IN GOING BACK TO STAND-UP.
IF I COULD TAKE THIS NARRATIVE
OF GOING INTO THERAPY, OF
REALIZING I HAD, LIKE, YOU KNOW,
A TOTAL ATTITUDE PROBLEM, I
THOUGHT, OH, I’M JUST GREAT.
I’M HONEST, AND I TELL PEOPLE
THE TRUTH.
WHAT IS EVERYBODY’S PROBLEM?
THERAPY, TO ME, WAS ONE OF THE
MOST RIDICULOUSLY FUNNY,
EMBARRASSING, HUMILIATING
EXPERIENCES THAT YOU DRIVE TO
AND GO TO REPEATEDLY, JUST TO
PAY SOMEBODY TO TELL YOU WHAT’S
WRONG WITH YOU.
WHICH IS A GREAT TRANSACTION.
SO I WAS LIKE, I HAVE TO TELL
THIS STORY ON STAGE.
IT IS ALL THE THINGS I LOVE TO
SHARE, WHICH IS THE ULTIMATE
PERSONAL STORY.
>> Reporter: THIS SPECIAL,
"EVOLUTION," IS REALLY
BEAUTIFUL, AND THERE IS A
POIGNANT MOMENT WHERE YOU TALK
ABOUT LOSING YOUR BROTHER.
WHY DID YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEEDED
TO GO THERE?
>> I WANTED TO DO IT IN AN
AUTHENTIC WAY AND BE HONEST
ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE.
A LOT OF MY ANGER CAME FROM, YOU
KNOW, MY BROTHER DYING WHEN I
WAS 9 AND NEVER RESOLVING THAT.
I WAS JUST A LITTLE GIRL.
SO IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO,
LIKE, TELL THAT STORY ON STAGE
AND KIND OF TAKE THAT MOMENT AND
PLAY WITH IT IN THE FORM OF
STAND-UP.
WE HAD A GREAT LITTLE
RELATIONSHIP, YOU KNOW.
IT WAS SO FUN BECAUSE HE WAS THE
OLDEST AND I WAS THE YOUNGEST.
WE WERE LIKE BOOKENDS.
HE WAS THE BIGGEST IMPRINT OF MY
YOUNG YEARS.
>> Reporter: WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO
STAND ON THAT STAGE FOR THE
FIRST TIME SINCE THE PANDEMIC?
>> WELL, IT WAS GREAT TO, A,
ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING DURING THE
PANDEMIC, BECAUSE I JUST WANTED
TO GET THIS SPECIAL OUT BEFORE
THE ELECTION.
IT WAS JUST RELEVANT TO THIS
TIME.
WE PICKED THIS OUTDOOR VENUE,
AND IT’S A CITY SKYLINE OF NEW
YORK THAT I WAS LOOKING AT
PERFORMING TO.
WHICH WAS BEAUTIFUL.
THE AUDIENCE WAS SOCIALLY
DISTANCED AND WORE MASKS.
I WANTED TO BRING SOMETHING TO
THE TABLE DURING THIS REALLY
DARK TIME THAT WE’RE ALL IN.
YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO BRING
LAUGHTER AND JOY.
>> Reporter: SHE RELIABLY
DOESN’T HOLD BACK FROM SHARING
HER FEELINGS FOR NEW YORK’S
GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO.
WHILE YOU WERE STAIRRING AT THE
SKYLINE, WERE YOU FANTASIZING
ABOUT GOVERNOR CUOMO?
SEVEN MONTHS INTO THE PANDEMIC,
DO YOU STILL HAVE A THING FOR
HIM?
>> I HAD STRONG SEXUAL FEELINGS
ABOUT HIM.
WHEN HE CAME ON THE SCENE, HE
LOOKED LIKE THE INCREDIBLE HULK
ALSO.
YOU KNOW, THE BIG ITALIAN
GORILLA.
I WANTED TO FLATTEN MY CURVE,
THEN I WANTED TO FLATTEN HIS
CURVE.
YES, I WAS VERY SEXUALLY
ATTRACTED TO HIM.
>> Reporter: HAS HE REACHED OUT
TO YOU THOUGH?
>> I HAD AN EXCHANGE OR TWO WITH
HIM, YEAH.
>> Reporter: COULD THERE BE A
LATE?
I THINK THE MAN IS SINGLE.
>> IS HE SINGLE?
I THINK HE IS SINGLE.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN A DATE, NO,
NO.
JENNA, I’D TELL YOU.
>> Reporter: I KNOW.
HAVE YOU GOTTEN ANY SOCIAL MEDIA
DISTANCE DATING?
>> IF BE YOU’RE NOT INTERS EED
IN THE
-- INTERESTED IN THE GUY, YOU
CAN BE LIKE, I’M SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
BUT I’M ON THE HUNT.
>> Reporter: I WAS LOOKING AT
YOUR INSTAGRAM, AND YOU POSTED
ABOUT 57.
I’M LIKE, SHE’S RELIVING THESE
GOOD DAYS.
WE HAVE TO FIND HER A NEW MAN.
>> I’M HANGING ON TO THE PAST,
GIRL.
>> Reporter: SISSY, I MISS YOU,
AND THIS SPECIAL IS GOING TO
MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH AND FILL THEM
WITH JOY AT A TIME I THINK WE
NEED IT THE MOST.
>> OKAY.
I’LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME, SISSY.
LOVE YOU.
>> LOVE YOU.
>> I KNOW.
SHE’S --
>> ARE WE A LITTLE JEALOUS?
WE THOUGHT WE WERE SISSIES.
>> YOU ALL ARE, TOO, BUT NOBODY
CAN TAKE CHELSEA’S PLACE.
I’M JUST KIDDING.
>> WHAT’S COOL ABOUT YOU AND HER
TOGETHER, I KNOW CHELSEA HAS
MADE -- POKED FUN AT YOUR DAD ON
OCCASION.
>> DID SHE?
I’M JUST KIDDING.
>> BUT YOU GUYS ARE STILL PALS
REGARDLESS.
>> I ASKED HER ABOUT THAT.
I SAID, LIKE, HOW IMPORTANT IS
CIVIL DISCOURSE, LOVING SOMEBODY
EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY NOT AGREE ON
EVERYTHING?
>> YES.
>> I THINK WE POST THINGS THAT,
YOU KNOW, ARE OPINIONS AND WE
DON’T MAKE ROOM FOR PEOPLE THAT
THINK DIFFERENTLY.
SHE’S LIKE, YOU’RE MY SISSY.
WE MAY NOT AGREE ON EVERYTHING,
BUT WE AGREE ON WHAT MATTERS THE
MOST.
WE TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER.
THAT WE LIKE EACH OTHER.
ANYWAY, SHE IS VERY FUNNY, AND
HER NEW SPECIAL, "EVOLUTION," IS
AVAILABLE ON HBO TO STREAM RIGHT
NOW.
SHE MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN IN A
TWITTER WAR WITH FIFTY SINCE
THIS HAPPENED.