Chelsea Handler Just Told Us Her Food Hot Take, and We’re Shocked (Exclusive)


Key Takeaways

  • Chelsea Handler’s morning routine includes moisturizing, meditating and working out.
  • In this exclusive interview, Handler shares she doesn’t like pineapple on pizza.
  • She also talks about her partnership with Yasso and what’s in her freezer.

About five years ago, comedian Chelsea Handler had a very limited cooking series on her YouTube channel where she would share family recipes, holiday staples and casseroles. Honestly, we miss it and are manifesting its return, but until then, we’re happy to see Handler back in the food scene with her latest partnership.

Just in time for the weather to warm up, the I’ll Have What She’s Having author has teamed up with Yasso to launch their Handle Your Freezer giveaway, where one New York City-based winner will get their cluttered freezer raided and cleaned out by Handler herself—enter now through May 21!

Ahead of the giveaway deadline, we were given the chance to talk to Handler all about this partnership, including the details of what’s in her own freezer. Plus, learn more about the star’s morning routine, the supplements she takes and more below.

What does your morning routine typically look like?

I wake up in the morning, and I moisturize before I meditate. I put on this little serum oil that I use every morning just to make sure my face is always hydrated. Hydration is my key to everything. I feel like when I hydrate on the outside, I become hydrated on the inside—I know that doesn’t track, but I like to tell myself that’s what’s happening; I’m not a huge fan of water, I don’t drink enough of it, so I get my hydration from the outside.

But I wake up, I meditate [and] I always work out first thing in the morning. And if I don’t have time for a big workout, I’ll just do a quick workout in my hotel room. I’ll do an abs class or something like that, just to get my blood flowing and get up for the day. I get up very early, like 6, 6:30 a.m., and I also go to bed early, between 9:30 and 10 p.m., and 10 p.m. is a late night unless I have an event or something. My early morning hours are where I get my work done. That’s where I get the most stuff done, between the hours of 7 and 11 a.m. And then after that, I turn into a type Z.

What does it mean to be a type Z?

Well, I’m a type A when I need to be, and then I just let it rip after. If I want to go have fun at the beach all day, if I want to have cocktails with my friends, if I don’t have work, I usually crunch everything before 11 a.m. so that if I want to go on a huge bike ride or go ski for the day, I do. My days are usually spent skiing in the wintertime. I just like to be physical and I like to be outside and have a good time.

Any favorite pre- or post-workout snacks you love?

I will always have a Yasso bar after a long workout, especially when I’m in the heat, because I need a treat for myself and it’s too refreshing not to have. But before I work out, I usually take some amino acids and I mix that in water so that I can really amplify my workout. Amino acids are really important for women to hold on to their lean muscle, and I’m all about holding onto the muscle.

Do you take any other supplements?

I do. I take a lot of peptides and all of your basic vitamins, but I take a lot of brain health stuff like neuro plasmalogens, colostrum, CoQ10, all that good stuff. It keeps me sharp, awake, all the things I need to get through my day.

Why partner with Yasso?

I like their ethos. Their whole brand is fun and charismatic, vibrant, all of the things that I aspire to be. And I just love the idea of not having to feel apologetic about anything. When you have a snack, it should be fast, easy, quick and healthy for you. So I love that there’s only 100 calories and four grams of protein. My favorite is the sea salt caramel flavor. I use it as a nightcap before I go to bed at night—I actually eat it in my bed, a habit that I picked up from my mother, who’s no longer with us, so thanks for that, mom.

Greek yogurt is great on its own, but to find out that you can freeze it and it tastes this good? I was like, “Oh my God, this is healthy for you?” And I don’t want anyone to deprive themselves; we should all be enjoying all the good things that life has to offer, and Yasso is one of the good things that life has to offer.

Yasso. EatingWell design.


In the theme of “Handle Your Freezer,” what does your freezer personally look like and what do you like to keep stored in it at all times?

My freezer is a mess, a hot mess. I can’t say that I clean out my own freezer, I want to be very honest. This is a cleaning-out-a-freezer campaign which we thought would be hysterical in that I show up to one lucky winner and actually clean out their freezer—because that’s something that should be, you know, a paid entry. But my freezer is filled with all sorts of things, lots of frozen Mexican food like taquitos, burritos, chilaquiles… even though you can’t freeze those, I have some of that in my freezer and I was like, “Where did this come from?” A lot of plant-based chicken nuggets, which is my favorite food because I’m still nine years old. But yeah, it’s a disaster. I don’t know a lot of people who don’t have a disaster in their freezer.

Do you have any food hot takes? Any least favorite foods that come to mind?

I don’t like pineapple on pizza. It’s a lot. I don’t like fruit in my meals. I don’t like fruits in a green salad. I don’t like when there’s a blueberry or a pomegranate in there. I feel like fruits are made to be enjoyed with cold items, not with hot items and not with salads. So I’ve never understood that at all, and I wish that they would all stay away from me.

What does “eating well” mean to you?

It means not restricting yourself. It means eating with balance and mindfulness, really be mindful in the morning when you’re having your coffee or your tea or your water or your juice, whatever you’re into. I remember hearing this podcast with Oprah and Eckhart Tolle once about mindful eating and that if you want French fries, have the French fries. But if you pay attention to eating the French fries, you don’t need to have 40. You’re actually going to be satiated after you have about 10, and that’s OK. Everything is fine as long as you don’t overdo it, and that’s applicable to almost everything in life, I think.

Editor’s Note: This interview has been edited for clarity and length.


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