'You are always surprised that your people are wherever you go,' says chelseahandler of finding audiences on tour. The best-selling author, podcast host, late-night host and comedian appears at the VonBraunCenter on Sunday, May 7.
Chelsea Handler is sitting on her sofa, smoking a joint and reading a book. It’s around 12:30 p.m. on a recent Thursday when a publicist connects us for a phone interview. Later, Handler will hop on a plane to fly to Spokane, Washington for two shows on her latest stand-up comedy tour.
I can’t imagine you ever being nervous. But do you ever get nervous before the first show on a tour, or before each show starts? If not, is there something random that makes you nervous just in everyday life? So it was a nice surprise for me and I definitely made an effort this time around to return. To be like, “Oh OK, there’s like-minded people everywhere you go.” So you don’t have to assume that the South is just filled with people who are Confederate soldiers.Women are the only real people that can speak for women, so it doesn’t matter how many liberal-minded, with-it male talk show hosts there are. It’s not the same thing as being a woman.
When did you first know you were talented at being funny? Like, could you make your high school friends crack up?
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