Chelsea Handler

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name: "Chelsea Handler"
relatedPeople:
  - "pamela-anderson"
  - "sarah-michelle-gellar"
  - "jamie-lee-curtis"
  - "amy-poehler"
date: "2012-11-21"
sources:
  - sourceTitle: "Chelsea Handler"
    sourceUrl: "http://www.laweekly.com/2008-05-15/news/horizontal-hostess/"
  - sourceTitle: "Comedy With a Side of Disgust"
    sourceUrl: "http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/22/fashion/comedy-with-a-side-of-disgust.html?pagewanted=2&_r=3&"
  - sourceTitle: "Chelsea Handler."
    sourceUrl: "http://www.celebatheists.com/wiki/Chelsea_Handler"
  - sourceTitle: "Chelsea Handler Entering Politics To Take Ann Coulter Down"
    sourceUrl: "http://jezebel.com/5856219/chelsea-handler-entering-politics-to-take-ann-coulter-down"
  - sourceTitle: "Chelsea Handler on Sarah Palin, Boehner, Trump, Schwarzenegger and Obama"
    sourceUrl: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjx18ZCMMsM"
  - sourceTitle: "Chelsea Handler gets political"
    sourceUrl: "http://www.politico.com/blogs/click/0811/Chelsea_Handler_gets_political_.html"
  - sourceTitle: "Chelsea Handler Gives $100,000 to Obama Super-PAC"
    sourceUrl: "http://www.wilshireandwashington.com/2012/04/chelsea-handler-gives-100000-to-obama-superpac.html"
summaries:
  religion: "Handler comes from a Mormon/Jewish background, but appears to be totally non-religious, irreverent and maybe an atheist."
  politicalViews: "Handler is a liberal Democrat with nothing nice to say about Republicans."
---

Chelsea Handler was born and raised in Livingston, New Jersey.

Handler comes from a rather diverse religious background, with a Jewish father and Mormon mother as the youngest in a family of six children.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.laweekly.com%2F2008-05-15%2Fnews%2Fhorizontal-hostess%2F" title="Chelsea Handler">[1]</a>

She seems to identify with Judaism, but invoking a classic, iconic episode of Seinfeld, she might just be in it for the comedy. She once said, justifying the content of her race-oriented comedy:

>I try to make fun of everyone as often as possible, especially minorities. I'm a Jewish woman, so…<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2011%2F05%2F22%2Ffashion%2Fcomedy-with-a-side-of-disgust.html%3Fpagewanted%3D2%26_r%3D3%26" title="Comedy With a Side of Disgust">[2]</a>

There is much speculation that Handler is an atheist–or at least demonstrably skeptical of religion. Apparently, she referred to Jesus and Moses as fictional characters once on her show<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.celebatheists.com%2Fwiki%2FChelsea_Handler" title="Chelsea Handler.">[3]</a> and in her book, Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea, she "finds religion" in a bottle of Grey Goose.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.laweekly.com%2F2008-05-15%2Fnews%2Fhorizontal-hostess%2F" title="Chelsea Handler">[4]</a> (It actually makes even more sense when you realize the title of her book is a reference to the famous teen girl, coming-of-age book by Judy Blume, Are You There God, It's Me Margaret.)

It's a bit tenuous admittedly, but if Handler isn't an atheist, she's certainly irreverent. She proudly proclaimed that she had had an abortion at the age of 16 to the New York Times.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2011%2F05%2F22%2Ffashion%2Fcomedy-with-a-side-of-disgust.html%3Fpagewanted%3D2%26_r%3D3%26" title="Comedy With a Side of Disgust">[5]</a> Whether you think that was right or wrong, it's certainly a bit strange to just bring it up to the New York Times. I would say it's a conscious decision to fly in the face of religious conceptions of morality. Maybe you disagree–that's what the comments are for.


## You can't Handler these politics

Handler is relentlessly antagonistic toward Republicans. Seriously, the list goes on and on. She has said she wants to enter politics just to "take [Ann Coulter] down."<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fjezebel.com%2F5856219%2Fchelsea-handler-entering-politics-to-take-ann-coulter-down" title="Chelsea Handler Entering Politics To Take Ann Coulter Down">[6]</a> She has called Republican Speaker of the House, John Boehner, "ridiculous."<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dgjx18ZCMMsM" title="Chelsea Handler on Sarah Palin, Boehner, Trump, Schwarzenegger and Obama">[7]</a> And she nailed the two most famous ladies of the Republican Party in one shot, saying:

>Sarah Palin is a little bit more frightening than Michele Bachmann. Well, she's dumber.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fblogs%2Fclick%2F0811%2FChelsea_Handler_gets_political_.html" title="Chelsea Handler gets political">[8]</a>

So? Democrat, then? It would appear that way. She's a pretty big Obama fan. She proclaimed her intention to vote for him before the 2012 election, saying that he hadn't had enough time to clean up a big mess.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dgjx18ZCMMsM" title="Chelsea Handler on Sarah Palin, Boehner, Trump, Schwarzenegger and Obama">[9]</a> And if that wasn't enough, she gave $100,000 to an Obama Super-PAC.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wilshireandwashington.com%2F2012%2F04%2Fchelsea-handler-gives-100000-to-obama-superpac.html" title="Chelsea Handler Gives $100,000 to Obama Super-PAC">[10]</a>

And if you're wondering: Is she a liberal Democrat? Refer to the previous discussion on abortion.

MD. Kibrya

Speaking to CNN's Jake Tapper at Politicon

Fact about the Political Affiliations of Chelsea Handler

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