After eight seasons of "Chelsea Lately," Chelsea Handler has decided leave E! to pursue other options.
Handler's manager, Irving Azoff, has told The Hollywood Reporter, "Chelsea intends to leave when her contract expires. She hired me to figure out her life after E! We have at least seven suitors and many ideas.” Handler is reportedly looking towards radio or another platforms such as Netflix to start her new life post E!
It's no secret that Handler and her relationship with E! has been shaky for a while. Handler went on Howard Stern's radio show in March and expressed her frustrations with the network by saying it's a "sad, sad place to live."
Once she splits with E!, she will be walking away from her $9 million-a-year salary but she made it clear that her decision was final.
"They don’t know what they’re doing. They have no ideas. It’s a failure."
Though some sources may think her unfiltered public criticisms of the network will backfire on her while she meets with new networks, most believe she will be okay because they understand that that is just the nature of her humor.
While her New York Times best-seller, Uganda be Kidding Me, sits on the top of the charts, Chelsea has a lot to look forward to after her split with the network and the end of "Chelsea Lately."
It's sad but it's been a great eight years. The real question is, what will happen to Chuy?!
[via THR]
