Chelsea Handler on Her Latest Book and Turning 50

Bad On Paper

Becca Freeman

Skincare, Beauty, Society & Culture, Comedy, Advice, Books, Arts, Careers

4.9 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

We’re thrilled to interview Chelsea Handler this week! We talk about her forthcoming book: I’ll Have What She’s Having, coming out on her 50th birthday. She tells us about her reading life (and how she could never date someone who doesn’t read), thoughts on aging, and why Jane Fonda gave her notes on one chapter in her book.

Chelsea’s book, I’ll Have What She’s Having is out February 25th and is available for pre-order now at chelseahandler.com/book.

Obsessions

Becca - The Agency on Paramount+

Olivia - Daughter

What we read this week

Olivia - The Safari by Jaclyn Goldis (Out May 20), The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

Becca - The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden

This Month’s Book Club Pick - Isola by Allegra Goodman (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hi, everyone and welcome to Bad on Paper podcast. I'm Olivia Mentor. And I'm Becca Freeman.
0:23.1	And today we have a very exciting, sort of different episode for us. We haven't done an interview
0:29.7	like this in a while, let alone with someone famous. It's been a while. It's been a while. We have
0:35.2	Chelsea Handler with us today, who has written a new book that is coming
0:39.5	out later this month called All Have What She is Having. It's in celebration of her 50th birthday.
0:44.9	So we got to talk to her all about the inside baseball of her books and recording her audio books
0:51.9	and how it works when you tell stories about celebrities in your book.
0:57.8	And if you have to ask Jane Fonda for permission, we are talking about her relationships with young people in her life, even though she is not a mother.
1:09.6	We are talking about what she likes to read.
1:13.8	I'm very excited for it.
1:15.1	I think it's a different side of Chelsea Handler than maybe you have gotten other places.
1:20.4	Yeah, I was surprised.
1:22.0	I don't know what I expected, but I read this book and during the conversation, I just, I think it'll be different.
1:27.4	Yeah, I think it'll be different than what people expect for sure.
1:30.0	Very excited about that.
1:32.0	But first, tell me your high.
1:34.3	Okay, my hi, I shared about this briefly on Instagram, but I went on to Instagram the other day.
1:40.5	I feel like anytime I basically open any sort of media, it's like the worst news I can
1:45.6	possibly imagine the world's falling apart. Sure, sure, sure. But it's very bleak. So I'm trying to stay away.
1:52.2	But I open the app and I interact a lot with Barbara Kingsolver's post because I think Barbara
1:57.7	Kingsolver, the author, is one of the most interesting people.
2:01.6	Like, I am obsessed with her.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -48 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Becca Freeman, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Becca Freeman and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.