E! Talk Show Host Chelsea Handler Calls Sarah Palin 'Really Stupid'

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Late night talk show host and author Chelsea Handler was invited on Tuesday's Today show to plug her new book Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang and couldn't leave the show without taking a dig at earlier guest Karl Rove, as well as Sarah Palin who she called "Really stupid." When asked by 10:00am hour Today host Hoda Kotb how she felt about having her book released at the same time as the former White House advisor's the E! talk show host quipped she was worried about competing for the "stupid" audience with him and Palin, as seen in the following exchange that was aired on the March 9 Today show: [audio available here]

KATHIE LEE GIFFORD: It is, it is, It's laugh out loud though, it really is.

HODA KOTB: Yeah it really is fun.

GIFFORD: I've been reading it since we got it, for a couple weeks. I'm not a slow reader. It's just that I just read it in the morning.

CHELSEA HANDLER: Well it's an easy. It's like a third grade reading level.

GIFFORD: It's an easy read! Yes.

HANDLER: I like to write for my audience and I know that my audience are going, mostly going through some tough times.

KOTB: What do you think about your book coming out at the same time as Karl Rove's?

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HANDLER: Well I was on earlier with Matt Lauer this morning and talking about Karl Rove. And obviously I'm wildly attracted to him like any, any young girl is.

GIFFORD: Aren't we all? 

HANDLER: I mean he's a silver fox is what he is. And he, yeah his book came out and my publishers didn't tell me I had competition. I was like, you didn't tell me. They said, "Well we don't think it's the same audience." I'm like yeah but it's, I mean there's a lot of really, really stupid people out there that might buy this book. Look what happened to Sarah Palin. She's really stupid.

GIFFORD: Ohhh!

HANDLER: Is that a really close friend of yours? I'm sorry.

GIFFORD: I never met the lady.

HANDLER: Good.

GIFFORD: Never met her.

HANDLER: Let's try and keep it that way.

—Geoffrey Dickens is the Senior News Analyst at the Media Research Center. You can follow him on Twitter here

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Chelsea who?

Where's the love?

Check out the mirror for "Stupid".

Cheap laughs by a hack comedian.

Real simple Chelsea, you become a Mayor, Governor and VP candidate and we will then have a little debate on ANYTHING between you and Sarah Palin as up till now, you can't walk in her shoes "honey".  

 

 

 

A great man once said, YOU only get out of life what YOU put into it, he obviously wasn't a liberal.

   She's a comedian? 

   She's a comedian?  I've tried watching her show a few times but I couldn't see what the point was.  It seemed like she was just filling in time till the real show started.

Are they auditioning to be

Are they auditioning to be in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue?

Lotta skin going on.

You trying to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?

Nah, more like hookers. 

Nah, more like hookers.  They are doing anything they can to drum up ratings.  I wonder when they are going to install the pole?

"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws" Tacitus

Yup, Palin must be pretty stupid...

she doesn't even have her own personal Mexican midget to make fun of.

Like Handler. 

her 15 minutes of fame

Holeinthehull

Who ever this idiot is with the spatula in her mouth is an embecile.  Her 15 seconds of fame has come and gone.

Thank goodness 

Gads!

I just don't for the life of me understand these people.  The hateful snarkiness is foreign to this Southern boy, for I was raised with manners and to be respectful of everyone, whether I agreed with them or not.  I just can't comprehend the bitterness of The Tolerant Left in this country.  Just don't get it.  Didn't Chelsea's parents ever tell her, "If you have nothing good to say, then don't say anything"? Oy...

"The words of a President have an enormous weight and ought not to be used indiscriminately." - Calvin Coolidge

Don't worry, Chelsea,

Don't worry, Chelsea, whoever you are.  You've got the, "competing for the stupid people," all sewn up . . .

Meanwhile, Gifford, "only reads in the morning?" 

Unbelievable . . .

Hmmm...

During her constitutional, no doubt.   Captive audience, you might say.

Yes, this is the woman who

Yes, this is the woman who is a self proclaimed drunk.  What she has to say is soooo important.  Not.

Gifford and Handler?

These two together couldn't form an intelligent remark, but that doesn't stop NBC from allowing them to spew forth more garbage. 

And who says there is no media bias?

"Not for fame or reward, not for place or rank, not lured by ambition or goaded by necessity.  But in simple obedience to duty." - From the barracks at Ft. Benning

Somebody slap this schnook

Yeah right.....we're gonna take advice about our social calendar from a person who writes a book titled chelsea chelsea bang bang and then has the self righteous gall to call people she's never met stupid.  Is the  ignorant arrogance of this nong a voice of authority in America?  This woman thinks she's got the rocks in her pocket to call Rove and Palin stupid? 

Eventually people will tire of this inane, groundless name calling and turn off the chelsea chelsea bang bangs before they have a chance to utter the sixth grade insults that pass for knowledge in their world.  

Just read the first few pages

The first few paragraphs in this strumpet's magnum opus gives you all you'll need to gauge her "intelligence".  Makes her assertion that Rove and Palin are stupid sound....well....pretty stupid.   

A woman I've never heard of

writes a book at the 3rd grade level for her audience and she's calling other people stupid?   

Chelsea Handler

Chelsea Handler literally slept with her boss Ted Harbert - CEO of Comcast Entertainment.

In excerpts of her previous book she admitted she slept with anyone and was usually drunk or high on drugs.

Her opinion is worthless but she fits right in with Hollywood and the zero democrat values of today.

Handler v. Palin

I wouldn't take any thing that Chelsea Handler says too seriously. After all, she IS on the E! network, which is basically tabloid TV. And she did remark that her book was written at the third grade level. Then, to add insult to injury, she was interviewed by Kathie Lee Gifford. As I recall, she's more or less a song-and-dance act. That's what I call casting! And Hoda Kotb. Hoda who? Never heard of her. So, for the most part, you have a nobody chatting with a nobody. Nothing for anybody to get their knickers in a knot about 

She is right about one

She is right about one thing, her book is probably written for a third grade reading level. 

Chelsea, why don't you put the vodka bottle down, and pick up a real book, maybe you'll learn something, besides sleeping with someone to further your career.

Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.  .

I can tell how her book was

I can tell how her book was written.  She was staring blankly out the window trying to figure out how to change its channel when someone installed speech recognition software on her computer.  Then someone got it running, sat her in front of her computer, and then told her to speak her little mind.  After rambling for an hour or two the tech came back in, erased the final words on the document which were "This is boring, I haven't had sex all morning!"

Fear NOT !!!

Chelsea, fear not. There will be no competition between your book Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang and the work of someone who actually thinks for a living. 

I am always amused when these libtards call someone else "stupid" merely for having a different view.

If conservatives are RIGHT, then liberals must be WRONG.

Yah so, like, Palin is dumb

Yah so, like, Palin is dumb and junk and, like, this girl is, like, OMG!  So smart and stuff!  Like, what she said about, like, the Oscars was, like, deep and stuff.  She talks about, like, celebrities and junk with, like, so much wisdom and stuff!

Yah Rusty

That's exactly, like, what I heard.

Chelsea is making progress...

GIFFORD: I've been reading it since we got it, for a couple weeks. I'm not a slow reader. It's just that I just read it in the morning.

CHELSEA HANDLER: Well it's an easy. It's like a third grade reading level.

Bwhahahahaa,,,,,where to begin?  3rd grade level that still takes Kathy two weeks to get through and they want to call ANY ONE else stupid.  It's just too easy.  I am, however, very relieved to see Chelsea was able to keep her legs closed through the very short interview.  That's progress.

first of all

I've never heard of her. Secondly, she writes at a third grade level and she calls Palin stupid? 

People who attack Sarah Palin do so because they have nothing to offer, to anyone. The easiest way to get their 15 minutes is to attack her. They are simply useless, unimaginative, and ridiculous.  

 

Her humor isn't funny. She's

Her humor isn't funny. She's lame and read jokes that others write for her, she posed for playboy yet she calls Palin stupid? She must be jealous since she's 11 years younger than Palin and looks older.

Pretty arrogant

Chelsea Handler sounds pretty arrogant for someone who has never met Sarah Palin.  What qualifies her to judge someone who has done public service at the state and local level and brought up bright, well mannered children while doing these jobs.  Chelsea  Handler is just another snot nose liberal with a two ounce brain and a ten cent opinion.  As a betting man, I'll bet her book doesn't do squat.

Handler was on Leno

I first saw this woman on Leno last week.  She said she couldn't have Sarah on her show because she wouldn't be able to keep from telling her she was stupid.  A few minutes later in the interview she admitted to not knowing what "conjugal" meant.

Her book must be for idiots.

Her Reading Level.

Well, she wrote it on a 3rd grade level so I'm assuming that means she can't read above a 3rd grade level. If you've ever tried to stomach her show for more than 10 minutes...you quickly learn she not only is an idiot...but she has to surround herself with even bigger idiots so she'll appear smarter.  So I'm thinking Sarah would show her up and as is the liberal way...smear what might make you look as stupid as you really are...

 

When did funny become just trashing people night after night?  Kathy Griffin and CH are of the same mind...just go for the carotid and call it humor.  I blame Bush.

Another dumb blonde calling Palin "stupid"

Wow! what a suprise! Do any of these bimbos try to challange Sarah on issues? Well no because first of all they don't know what the issues are! Btw nice gam fest in that shot!

"I'm madder than a midget with a yo-yo" -- Larry the cable guy.

Blondes

I do know smart blondes...but they're all Republican or Independent blondes.  Sorry....don't know any smart liberal blondes...okay...smart ATTRACTIVE liberal blondes.

You know buddy...

I am sooo good I converted a dumb liberal blonde into a beautiful conservative blonde by just making her fall in love with me. How's that for machismo? MM rules!

"I'm madder than a midget with a yo-yo" -- Larry the cable guy.

You Rock

Those are some serious skillz...but I have to wonder if she wasn't faking the liberal thing until she met a guy who could handle a real conservative blonde!!!  Being a blonde conservative, myself....looks are deceiving if you think I can't walk and chew gum at the same time.  Git 'er done.

LOL

Dude, we met in Boulder frikin' Colorado.. she was as liberal as they come (they don't come anymore tree hugging than that). And thank you, I do "Rock" for this accomplisment. :-)

"I'm madder than a midget with a yo-yo" -- Larry the cable guy.

MM, My brother met his wife at CU

She is from New York, blonde, and drop-dead gorgeous, but she was already so conservative she made my brother look like a new-dealer lefty.

And that ain't easy.

-Dave

So Dave

Does that make him the stay at home dad? Lord I would give anything for that right!

"I'm madder than a midget with a yo-yo" -- Larry the cable guy.

MM,

Nah, he is out there working his butt off, but yeah, a stay-at-home dad gig would be pretty cool.

When he was attending CU back in the late '80s, I flew out there a few times.

One night, we were in a bar (okay, every night) and I remember this one really hot girl I was getting a little friendly with.

Anyway, she asked me where I was from, and I told her Atlanta, and she immediately launched into how racist we all were against black people.

What was so funny, right after that, she turned to one of her friends and said something completely racist about Mexicans.

I found out later that she was from California, and had never ventured east of Boulder.

LOL - Blondes. Go figure.

-Dave

Dave I grew up near Boulder, in Evergreen CO

 

I also lived in Boulder for 3 years.

All of Hawaii is like a big Boulder, lefty squared...and some of the deepest thoughts are, like well..

Moisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of
beauty.

And "Think Snow" bumper stickers ....

The bottom line on Obama: He puts our money where his mouth is.

upcountry

Small world,

I grew up near the four corners, and lived in Hawaii too.

But I gotta say the leftist town in CO has to be Telluride.  Great skiing, and the summer festivals make woodstock seem lame.

I think the mushroom festival was my favorite! 

"Relativity applies to physics, not ethics" Albert Einstein

I left the Republican party because the Republic party went to the LEFT of me.

I did a 4 of July there in "To hell you ride", oppsTelluride

in <gulp> 1975, that was such a major blow out, that in 1976 they the city council closed the town.

hells angels all over the place, the air bursts, that were shot off before sunset echoed off the canyon walls,  the whole town howled man oh man a touch of lawlessness.

You once  lived in Cortez ?

The bottom line on Obama: He puts our money where his mouth is.

upcountry

good guess!

Graduated from MCHS!

actually I grew up in Mancos, moved to Cortez my senior year.

Funny you mentioning Telluride in 75 and 76, must have been a little different then!  (I was born about that time).  Now every summer it's hippie ville, bluegrass festival, among other things. 

"Relativity applies to physics, not ethics" Albert Einstein

I left the Republican party because the Republic party went to the LEFT of me.

I love Boulder

I get there every couple of years. I love arguing with the nitwits, and spending my days at Eldorado Canyon or Rocky Mt Park.

I have had my run-ins with idiocy there. But I rather enjoy it. 

My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful

"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg

I have been to Atlanta several times Dave

I found it to be one of the least "racist" towns in the US. I rode the subway, went to the "underground" even the Coke Museum. Had a great time. I saw no racism there...of course I was just visiting.

I really believe Institutional and even sociatal racism is dead in America. The only ones who keep it alive are those who make money on racism.

"I'm madder than a midget with a yo-yo" -- Larry the cable guy.

Coloradans aren't racist

When I was growing up we only hated Californians and Texans!

Reminds me of an old huntin joke.

Yes, sir, I realize thats your deer, but can I at least get my saddle off of it first? 

"Relativity applies to physics, not ethics" Albert Einstein

I left the Republican party because the Republic party went to the LEFT of me.

You ever hear about Boudreaux's hunting

Trip to CO?

 

My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful

"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg

gc

nope 

"Relativity applies to physics, not ethics" Albert Einstein

I left the Republican party because the Republic party went to the LEFT of me.

Well it's to long to type

So I swiped a version : ]

 

Every year Boudreaux goes to Co to hunt Bear. One November morning, old Boudreaux come out of the woods on a four-wheeler dragging a big black bear behind him. The game warden, Gaspard, just happened to be there and saw Boudreaux head straight for his truck. Now, let me tell you Gaspard had been trying to catch Boudreaux hunting illegally for the past twenty years or so but could never catch him. This morning was his lucky day, he just knew Boudreaux didn't have a hunting license, much less a big-game license. Gaspard waited until Boudreaux loaded up his four-wheeler and put the bear in the back of his pick-up and then drove up to him. He got of his truck and confronted him, "Boudreaux, let me see your hunting license for killing that bear." Old Boudreaux whips out his hunting license and shows it to Gaspard. Gaspard say, "Boudreaux, you also need a big-game license." Gaspard say, "Mais, Boudreaux, I thought I really had you. You know I have been trying to catch you for the last twenty years. Now, I'm going to have to let you go, but before I leave, let me see that bear." Mais, Gaspard looked at that bear and tell Boudreaux, "I see you shot him three times, once in the head, and one time in each in the paws." Boudreaux say, "What you mean three times, I only used one bullet." Gaspard say, "Boudreaux that's kind of hard to do with one bullet." Boudreaux then say, "Now I remember, Gaspard. He put his paws over his face when I shined that spotlight on him."

 

 

My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful

"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg

Thanks gc

Yes I have heard it, of course a little differently, and a loooong time ago.  

It gave me a great laugh, luckily I finished my afternoon coffee! 

"Relativity applies to physics, not ethics" Albert Einstein

I left the Republican party because the Republic party went to the LEFT of me.

When I was in Colorado we only hated

The Califonian and Texan Drivers. Because they couldn't (drive that is).

"I'm madder than a midget with a yo-yo" -- Larry the cable guy.

California stop

lol, rolling through a stop sign 

"Relativity applies to physics, not ethics" Albert Einstein

I left the Republican party because the Republic party went to the LEFT of me.

Or change lanes correctly. It's like Kalifornia Kars had no

turn indicators!

"I'm madder than a midget with a yo-yo" -- Larry the cable guy.

MM the flatlanders!!!!

my dad was so pissed the the speed limits were so slow, he said that if you drive any slower, one would slide into the on coming lane because the slope of the corners on the highways,, keep the speed up Centrifugal force! one must keep the speed up even on ice, lololol dad

The bottom line on Obama: He puts our money where his mouth is.

If they went any slower they'd be goin in reverse!

We would get so pissed stuck behind sum idjut goin 30, you'd a thought they never seen a cliff before!

Then when we passed them, they were so scared, buggeyed and whiteknuckled, license plate from Texas!

It's even funnier that my sister was born in Austin! (she can't drive either) 

"Relativity applies to physics, not ethics" Albert Einstein

I left the Republican party because the Republic party went to the LEFT of me.

You Turned a Tree Hugger!!

Whoa!  Who IS Worthy???  Too damn funny!  But call me, 

'Dudette'.

*

Don't ask.

You don't want to know.

C'mon dave spill! Tell the story!

 

"I'm madder than a midget with a yo-yo" -- Larry the cable guy.

Yeah I'm braggin on that one...

But I think the "why" is still up in the air.. Just an average guy ya know. :-)

"I'm madder than a midget with a yo-yo" -- Larry the cable guy.

MM My theory: most of the time, If one can give the correct info

Then, and no matter how twisted they are... the correct information.

will straighten them out... Thanks for proving my theory...  

And good Job, My Man... MM

The bottom line on Obama: He puts our money where his mouth is.

MM is glad to be of service upcountry!

 

"I'm madder than a midget with a yo-yo" -- Larry the cable guy.

You Don't Bring Me Flowers...

Oh Mighty One...

..you finally got your other half completely converted eh...that wonderful gesture of yours with the flowers on Thursdays must have worked magic...or something like that.

...uh-oh, I may have the Coulter Thursday's love-fest, and you remembering flowers on Fridays mixed up...lol.

...long ago~far away.

'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart

BT

Don't get me wrong. I have to work EVERY DAY on this relationship. Can you explain why? Some days she is yelling at me and some days I am slapping her butt(and to my surprise she likes that). What gives?

"I'm madder than a midget with a yo-yo" -- Larry the cable guy.

MM,

A'hem, slapping her butt???

LOL - Oh, never mind. I'm in enough trouble around here as it is. :-)

-Dave

Mighty One.. What

Mighty One..

What gives?

...LMAO...come on now friend...surely you jest...

I think that would be...YOU.

... they say, it takes two....and lord knows... it do.

Been there, done that...still a work in progress.

...Ya gotta do... what ya gotta do.

'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart

Lol BT

Been married for 12 years. Total of like 34 years. So basically I have known (not biblically) 3 women.. My mom (the not biblical one) and two wives (the biblical ones). I am just doing my best to pass before any of them do.

"I'm madder than a midget with a yo-yo" -- Larry the cable guy.

You're doing the right

You're doing the right thing Mighty One...it's the American Way dontcha know?

Gosh, ya  know, sometimes that thought and situation can be and is reversed by some of us out here...(I know you may not follow what I'm mean...but as long as I do and my posts aren't deleted in the morning, I'm a happy camper.)

Btw..I'll explain someday MM...I really will.

'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart

Bt

You already have shared, you might not remember. Night Lynn.

"I'm madder than a midget with a yo-yo" -- Larry the cable guy.

Night James... I already

Night James...

I already 'shared' what?

...and 'no' I haven't already 'shared' that...not at all.

Maybe we're crossing paths here..please let me know what you mean when ya can...got to hit the sack...

Catch ya when I catch ya next Might One.

'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart

Watch Wild Kingdom

I'm sure lions wonder how something that worked yesterday can cost them sensitive parts of their nose today.  Got change it up...bob and weave...yes...it's all part of the dance.  I'm laughing too hard to go on...

After all....

 ...Having a show on E! requires mighty itelligence. Anna Nicole Smith, The Kardashians, Lindsay Lohan's Mom, Howard Stern, Snoop Dogg, Hugh Hefner and his 3 girlfriends and Chelsea Hanlder all have something in common...shows on E!. That list reads like a who's who of MENSA...ya know?

I'm sorry I ruined your New Years Eve party, Lt. Dan. She tasted like cigarettes.

We need dates on these stories.

It is simply getting too close to April Fools day to not mark an article as not a spoof.    I still canot believe this actually happened. 

Wow - a drunken skank who

Wow - a drunken skank who writes at a third grade level thinks Sarah Palin is stupid. 

Ohh - that's going to leave a mark...

            Stup

            Stupid is as Handler does.                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Chelsea Handler is a liberal marxist idiot

Chelsea Handler is a dumb left wing neo-marxist comedian. I have seen her on E! wear a Obama shirt in 2008 in response to the time Elisabeth Hasselbeck wore a McCain/ Palin campaign t-shirt on the View. She also makes fun of Republicans a lot on her show. I quit watching it due to her liberal stances.

She had country woman Lee Ann Womack on in 2008 and treated her so badly on the show. Almost like Lee Ann was an idiot. My thinking was at the time, it had to do with Womack being a conservative. Either way she leans left of Letterman.

She is a liberal hack like Whoopi Goldberg, Sarah Silverman, Janeane Garofalo, and Alicia Silverstone among other well known leftist actresses and comedians.

She is your typical hollywood left-wing skank. I take offense to her pimping for Obama, or whatever her latest left wing idol is, every chance she gets. If obama girl was morphed with Sarah Silverman then that would be Chelsea Handler.

So not surprised she hates Sarah Palin. Well I don't like Chelsea Handler. She is a mean woman. She is a perfect example of how blinded to reality the left has become. She has Palin Deranged Syndrome.

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