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Chelsea Handler Says She’s Immune To Cancel Culture

Author Laila Abuelhawa
Chelsea Handler attends 2022 amfAR Gala Los Angeles at Pacific Design Center on November 03, 2022 in West Hollywood, California.

Chelsea Handler is known for being unapologetic, so when asked by The View host Sunny Hostin about the threat of cancel culture, the comedian said only “idiots,” “racists,” and “sexists” have to worry about such things. During her appearance on the talk show Thursday (January 12), Hostin asked Handler, 47, “Do you ever get worried about getting canceled?”

“No, because I’m not an idiot, you know what I mean?” Handler says with a smile. “All you have to do is not be racist and not be sexist and not discriminate. That’s not a tall order. So everyone complaining about that is so annoying! You can’t work within these parameters and think of clever material that doesn’t harm other people or make another person a target?”

She added, “Start with yourself: I’m very self-deprecating because my life is a hot mess and I like to advertise that. And I have plenty of material to draw from. And I think anyone complaining about that should get a little more creative.”

The comedian said she found Twitter CEO Elon Musk “repugnant” and would leave Twitter if he remains in charge. “I want him to let go of Twitter. I would like that to be a nice, more organized place and forum that it was before.” Handler said. “Doesn’t he want to go to Mars or something? Why doesn’t he just go?”

Handler will be a part of a team of guest hosts who will fill in for the retired Daily Show host Trevor Noah. “I’m definitely going to talk about Elon Musk and George Santos. I’m chomping at the bit,” she said. Though she is only filling in for the time being, Handler said she is open to the possibility of taking over permanently as the first woman to host a “male talk show.” Handler told the ladies of The View, “Men are doing a great job on late night representing us, but they’re not women. We need women representing women.”

Watch Chelsea Handler on The View below:

17 Celebrities That Constantly Get Mistaken For Each Other

There are over seven billion people alive on this Earth. So the possibility of a doppelgänger walking around looking exactly like you is highly probable. A doppelgänger is defined as a biologically unrelated look-alike, or a double, of a living person. In fiction and mythology, a doppelgänger is usually seen as a harbinger of bad luck or seen as an evil twin. Research has found that people who are “true” look-alikes have more similar genes than people who don’t feature a resemblance to one another.

Doppelgängers In Media

Doppelgängers have made their way into modern literature, films, and television. Some of our favorite examples include the series finale of Twin Peaks. In the chilling scene, Special Agent Dale Cooper encounters a variety of doppelgängers in the Black Lodge, one of whom is a malevolent version of himself. His doppelganger switches places with him at the conclusion of the 1991 finale, trapping the original in the Black Lodge. In the show’s sequel, Twin Peaks: The Return, three different doppelgängers are dispatched from the Black Lodge.

Christopher Nolan’s 2006 psychological thriller, The Prestige, based on the 1995 novel of the same name by Christopher Priest, revolves around rival stage magicians in Victorian London. They feud over a perfect teleportation trick in which the performer appears to transport across the stage instantaneously. It is revealed that one of the illusionists has actually been using a doppelgänger to perform the trick — his twin brother.

Another great use of doppelgängers appears in Stephen King’s book, which was also made into a fantastic HBO series that was canceled way too soon: The Outsider. In it, the antagonist can use the DNA of individuals to become their near-perfect match through a science-fictional ability to transform physically. The allusion to it being a doppelgänger is made by the group trying to stop it from killing again.

Take these 17 celebrity pairs, for example: in Hollywood alone, there are plenty of celebrity lookalikes. You wouldn’t believe they don’t share the same genes. See what the stars have in common besides their physical traits as well as how they handle the comparisons below:

Laila Abuelhawa is the Top 40 and Hip-Hop pop culture writer for Beasley Media Group. Being with the company for over three years, Laila's fierce and fabulous red-carpet rankings have earned her a feature on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert!' Her favorite stories are those surrounding the latest in celebrity fashion, television and film rankings, and how the world reacts to major celebrity news. With a background in journalism, Laila's stories ensure accuracy and offer background information on stars that you wouldn't have otherwise known. She prides herself in covering stories that inform the public about what is currently happening and what is to come in the ever-changing, ever-evolving media landscape.

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