Chelsea Handler Jokes About Choosing Childlessness in Netflix Special: 'Know When You Don't Have the Skills'

Mar. 15, 2025

Chelsea Handleris talking about her life with a smile.

She quipped, “We should get a carbon credit for not polluting the mass population.”

“I have rescued nine dogs in my life — I’ve returned four,” she explains

She continues the riff:, “Like any other animal lover here tonight, when you have a type, you stick to the type, and my type is slow and overweight. That is what I’m looking for in an animal.”

Chelsea Handler.NETFLIX/© 2022

Revolutionis the comedian’s first standup special since 2020’s Grammy-nominatedEvolutionon HBO Max.

According to a description from Netflix: “The celebrated, award-winning comedianlets loose on her life— including her choice to remain childless and alone (with the exception of her dogs), dating during the pandemic while her family invades her home, and her vision for a future where men don’t wear flip flops.”

Handler previously commented aboutlife after her breakupin a July episode of theWe Can Do Hard Things with Glennon Doylepodcast.

“I’m OK,” she said. I feel, you know, optimistic about the future now. I’ve changed so much and my love was so big that it just blew me open. And as painful as the ending of something like that is, I’m so well-versed in therapy and understanding that every door shutting is a new beginning and I do believe it."

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Revolutionpremieres on Dec. 27 exclusively on Netflix.

source: people.com