Admittedly it is sandwiched between boobs and softcore porn shows, and it’s highly likely that you’ll see the 793rd repeat of the Jonathan Ross interview, but Chelsea Lately is the best thing to be on E! since Kathy Griffin did their red carpet coverage of the Golden Globes and told everyone that then nine year old Dakota Fanning had entered rehab for drug and alcohol abuse. Yes, it’s that good.
Hosted by sometimes Jew and often alcoholic Chelsea Handler, the show is a sort of cross between Loose Women (only witty), Have I Got News For You (only with actual women with something funny to say) and the many late night talk shows usually hosted by old pasty white men. Ooh and there’s the Mexican midget Chuy.
The main reason that you have to watch this (or add it to your DVR because E! often randomly swap the show’s timeslot) is that while on some talk shows it doesn’t make for good television if an interview isn’t going well (Have any of us really recovered from the Parkinson/Ryan incident?) on Chelsea Lately, it does. Big style. When it happens, and it does a lot, Chelsea Handler excels. She’s sharp, barbed and like a shark, she can smell fear, and even the slightest hesitation from a guest will have her verbally rip them to pieces for our entertainment. In fact I’d go as far as to say that had the Roman Empire had Chelsea Handler, there would’ve been a lot of starving lions and more living Christians. So frankly, the Pope should make her a Saint.
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No praise for The Soup? Cmon L C!