Chelsea Handler to Leave E! at End of Year
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NBC Universal(NEW YORK) — After eight years of hilarious interviews and an attitude that screams “I don’t care,” Chelsea Handler is calling it quits with regards to E!’s Chelsea Lately, ABC News Radio confirms.
The Hollywood Reporter revealed Sunday that the comedian, 39, plans to leave E! after her contract expires at the end of the year.
“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’s manager Irving Azoff told THR.
Her next career move? Radio and/or a nightly or weekly late-night show are some of the possibilities.
Handler is currently making around $9 million a year and bringing in more than 500,000 viewers a night, according to THR.
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