Chelsea Handler shares actual purpose behind not interviewing celebrities
Chelsea Handler has just lately defined why she stopped interviewing celebrities on her late-night speak present.
In the course of the Q&A on the 2025 PHM Healthfront Convention in NYC on Could 1, the comic opened up on why she felt “tapped out” with these celeb interviews.
“When they said I would want you to do a podcast. I was like, yeah, I know, but everyone has a podcast,” stated the 50-year-old.
The previous Chelsea These days host recounted her early podcasting days when she was in her 40s. “
“I had just come out of a two-year, serious stint in therapy and I thought, ‘How can I do something where I’m talking to real people, not celebrities?’” talked about the bestselling writer.
Chelsea advised the viewers that she was “tapped out with that. I need to talk to real people”.
“And then I thought, ‘God, I’ve learned so much from this therapist,’” talked about This Means Struggle actress.
Chelsea continued. “His name was Dan Siegel, that I went to. His name still is Dan Siegel.”
The After These days star revealed that Dan appeared on Pricey Chelsea in 2022, saying, “He was very expensive, and I know not everybody has access to that.”
“I treated therapy like I was getting my master’s degree. I was so serious about learning about myself and learning about the mind,” said Chelsea.
The actress and comic opened up that she would “always be giving people unsolicited advice” whereas discussing her podcast format.
“I always have been, what if people actually called in and asked for advice for their life problems?” she added.
