Chelsea Handler's Triumphant Return: Critics Choice, Netflix Special, and Sold-Out Shows

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The big Chelsea Handler headline of the week is her announced return to E to host the 2025 Critics Choice Awards on January 12. This marks her third consecutive year hosting but the first time since her iconic Chelsea Lately era that the ceremony will air on E. Handler calls it a return to her birthplace joking in a statement that nothing makes her feel more at home. This news comes with buzz as the Critics Choice Association celebrates its 30th anniversary, suggesting Handler’s influence in live hosting is not only established but also growing. Just a few days ago, Handler roasted Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni during the event’s kickoff, referencing their It Ends With Us legal drama for a laugh-packed opener, and demonstrating her continued talent for timely pop culture skewering, as reported by Just Jared.

There’s also major movement in Handler’s streaming career. According to Gazettely, she has a fresh comedy special called The Feeling debuting on Netflix this spring. Handler wrote and performed the special with director Shannon Hartman at the Wellmont Theater in New Jersey, and it’s packed with personal anecdotes from her childhood through her early entrepreneurial ventures, plus viral moments like her uncensored riffs on pickleball. Handler turned heads this week across entertainment news outlets for her blunt take, joking that you would burn more calories shoving an actual pickle up your you-know-what than you would playing pickleball at all—a classic example of her signature edge seen in first-look clips from the special.

On social media, Handler is in high event mode. Her official Instagram and TikTok have both lit up with news that tickets sold out for her Westhampton Beach shows on August 21 and one August 22 date is “just released” according to posts dated July 27. Meanwhile, her upcoming appearance at the ESL Rochester Fringe Festival on September 13 is being heavily promoted via festival accounts, adding to her already jam-packed live calendar.

No recent reports have emerged of any major new business ventures or public controversies. There’s no credible sign of personal drama or open letters tied to Handler, in contrast with the rumor mill that sometimes crops up around her family or private life. The sum total of her media activity this week is all about career momentum, sold-out dates, streaming headlines, and a network hosting return that feels downright full circle. This has the feel of a year-defining moment in Handler’s biography, fortifying her status as both comic provocateur and awards show mainstay.

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