Chelsea Handler Torches Pickleball and Spills Tea in Her Wild New Netflix Special
Chelsea Handler is back and as unfiltered as ever! Netflix has dropped an exclusive first look at her upcoming comedy special, Chelsea Handler: The Feeling, set to premiere on March 25. And trust us, she is coming for everything—including, but not limited to, pickleball.
In a sneak peek from The Feeling, Handler, 49, hilariously takes aim at the sport that’s taken suburban America (and your overly enthusiastic neighbors) by storm. “I blame COVID for pickleball, right?” she quips. “We didn’t have to hear about f—ing pickleball before COVID. That is not a subject that I can take seriously. When people bang on and on about pickleball—that is not real exercise, okay, so shut the f— up about it!”
And because one spicy take is never enough, she doubles down with a visual you won’t soon forget: “You would burn more calories shoving an actual pickle up your ass on a pickleball court than playing a game of pickleball.”
But don’t get it twisted—pickleball isn’t the only topic she’s torching in The Feeling. Handler tells People, “I stand by my comments about pickleball. I also stand by my stories about Andrew Cuomo, George W. Bush, and Bill Cosby. I shared lots of tea in this special, just when I thought there was no more tea to spill.”
If you’ve been craving classic Chelsea candor, this special is about to serve it up on a silver platter. Her last standup special, Chelsea Handler: Evolution (2020), earned her a Grammy nomination for Best Comedy Album. In 2022, she followed up with Chelsea Handler: Revolution, which was directed by her then-boyfriend Jo Koy.
The Feeling promises more of her signature no-holds-barred humor, with Handler “recounting her own birth, unexpected encounters, her adolescent business ventures, and a frenzy of ill-timed events all motivated by ‘the feeling,’” per Netflix’s official logline.
And that’s not all Handler has in store. She’s dropping her seventh book, I’ll Have What She’s Having, on Feb. 25, and kicking off her Las Vegas residency, Chelsea at The Chelsea, on March 21 at The Cosmopolitan.
So, whether you love her, loathe her, or just want to see her take down pickleball enthusiasts one joke at a time, Chelsea Handler: The Feeling is definitely one to watch.
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