Fellow Comics Roast ‘Offended’ Chelsea Handler
Woke comic trashes Shane Gillis, Tony Hinchcliffe, inspiring peers to fire back
Chelsea Handler was shocked, shocked to hear inappropriate jokes at “The Roast of Kevin Hart.”
Not long ago, Handler was the one dishing out wild punchlines, sometimes involving ethnic stereotypes.
Now, she’s part of the woke comedy movement, eager to police stand-up comedians for sharing the “wrong” jokes. She fit right in during the height of Cancel Culture.
Today, she appears out of step with the return to “anything goes” comedy.
She just skewered two fellow comedians who told roast-worthy jokes at the Hart gala – Tony Hinchcliffe and Shane Gillis. The gags involved the suicide death of Sheryl Underwood’s husband, George Floyd and lynching.
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And Handler made it personal, calling Hinchcliiffe and Gillis racist and sexist for sharing them.
“It was gross. I don’t find those jokes to be funny, jokes about lynching Black people …Lynching is not a joke. That’s worse than rape. You’re not joking about rape, are you? … You know you can’t do that, but you can say ‘lynching’?”
“If [Underwood] says she’s fine with that, she’s fine with that. I wasn’t fine with that. I thought that was disgusting too.”
Gillis’ reaction?
“This is a big moment for Chelsea. I am glad she’s capitalizing. Good for her. We’re all rooting for her. Anyway, come see me July 17th at the football stadium in Philly.”
Other comedians also weighed in. Steve Byrne shared a personal anecdote about Handler that was less than flattering.
— Steve Byrne (@stevebyrnelive) May 21, 2026
2007, CH does The Tonight show w Jay Leno. She makes fun of Angelina Jolie & her newly adopted son, 3 yr old Pax, who is Asian. CH: “He probably doesn’t even realize he’s Asian yet! He certainly doesn’t know he’s going to be a horrible driver… or that he’s going to be amazing at doing nails!”
The next few days there was plenty of outrage, disappointment & accusations of racism levied against NBC. 2 weeks later, I’m booked on The Tonight Show & I’ve already had my set approved.
I was told, I can’t tell any of my jokes because of the blowback of her hacky, racist jokes. Yes, I couldn’t tell jokes about being Asian because she did so much damage making fun of Asians. Then, weeks later of 2007, I performed at a showcase where CH was present.
Prior to, I had never spoken to, met or interacted with her & as I was wrapping up my set, I mentioned her in the crowd? It’s odd to see a comedian sitting in a showcase watching w audience, so I mentioned it in passing. She then yelled out “you’re doing a great little Asian job”
MY POINT: I personally know Shane & Tony aren’t racist. In fact, I don’t think Chelsea is racist. Sure, she’s got a long history of promiscuity, an affinity for day drinking, publicly stated she’s prescribed a healthy dose of anti depressants, rumored to be awful to work for or with, has a punch card to a plastic surgeon, accused of punching down in her comedy, never been married or had kids & lives alone in her 50s, had dinner with Jeffrey Epstein but c’mon gang, she’s not racist.
Ouch.
Fellow comic Sam Tripoli also mocked Handler.
— Sam Tripoli (@samtripoli) May 20, 2026
Fun Fact: One time on the Chelsea Lately set, Chelsea Handler held up a picture of a gorilla and then made a joke about how it was Loni Love’s family! This is a true story and it was told to me by multiple people who saw it happen. Jokes are jokes, folks!
Fun Fact: One time on the Chelsea Lately set, Chelsea Handler held up a picture of a gorilla and then made a joke about how it was Loni Love’s family! This is a true story and it was told to me by multiple people who saw it happen. Jokes are jokes, folks!
Now, these are accusations lobbed against Handler. We don’t know her side of the story. And, this all could get uglier should Handler choose to respond.
One thing is clear. The culture has shifted dramatically since the early 2020s when comedians were afraid to share select jokes and some comics were punished for mocking the “wrong” groups.
That was made clear today by a new story at the far-Left Hollywood Reporter. The site noted that Handler is facing pushback for attacking two Roast comics. It’s the kind of article the site wouldn’t have published a few short years ago.
Now, it’s fair game, suggesting it’s taking sides against Handler. The article quoted from a NY Post op-ed by Kirsten Fleming and suggested Handler was “clutching her pearls” over the gags.
The woke movement will linger indefinitely, but this is another sign of its fading clout.
That tells you, Chelsea Handler was never funny to begin with, and becoming a Woke fanatic just exposed her as being unfunny.