Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me

By: Chelsea's Family Friends and Other Victims

Narrated by: Johnny Kansas, Stephanie Stehling, Heather McDonald, Roy Handler, Brad Wollack, Amber Mazzola, Josh Wolf, Soshanna Handler, Eva Magdalenski, Amy Meyer

Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins

Publisher's summary

"My tendency to make up stories and lie compulsively for the sake of my own amusement takes up a good portion of my day and provides me with a peace of mind not easily attainable in this economic climate."
—Chelsea Handler, from Chapter 10 of Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang

It's no lie: Chelsea Handler loves to smoke out "dumbassness", the condition people suffer from that allows them to fall prey to her brand of complete and utter nonsense. Friends, family, co-workers - they've all been tricked by Chelsea into believing stories of total foolishness and into behaving like total fools. Luckily, they've lived to tell the tales and, for the very first time, write about them.

©2011 Chelsea Handler (P)2011 Hachette Audio

Excellent!!

Love the book, The woman never ceases to amaze me, even though I would have loved for her to read this herself, it was still pretty darn funny! Looking forward to more books!

OMG Chelsea is Crazy

This is so funny, Chelsea can play a mean joke., which is always done with love and way over the top. I guarantee you will not stop laughing. I heart Chelsea!

some major coslopus!

A must read/listen for those of us who love to laugh! I enjoy Chelsea Handler's crude, dry and honest humor. The form in which this book was written is spectacular for listening. You can share in the real life humiliation of other people while they share the story of how it happened. Thank god for people like Chelsea Handler who have the coslopus to actually do unto others for the sake of entertainment. Thanks to all authors who had me rolling in laughter the whole time.

Not as good as "Vodka, it's Chelse..."

I got this after literally rolling on the floor listening to "Vodka, it's Chelsea." While this was kinda of funny, it just wasn't as good. Could be cause it is based entirely on pranks she pulls rather than her self-deprecating humor that was so funny.

Hilarious

Absolutely hilarious. Really wish Chelsea would have lended her talents, but everyone else is voiced by their actual selves. First-hand experiences told by writers, and those in the late-night shenanigans of this comedy group.

You probably know already if you're going to get this or not. If you're interested in a first-listen to the life of Chelsea Handler, you should probably start elsewhere.

The characters become real

What made the experience of listening to Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me the most enjoyable?

The characters in all of Handler's previous books finally become real and take the reins in this book.

What did you like best about this story?

Chelsea graciously replies to each story with her own rebuttal in the only way she knows how: delightfully insulting.

Which scene was your favorite?

Chelsea is able to bring those around her into her schemes to make them more realistic. She convinces can take somebody's weakness and exploit it to the brink of destruction. She had an OCD colleague convinced that her employee was becoming her adoptive son, living with her, going on vacations with her, not paying rent... but it was never true. This wouldn't bother most people, but Chelsea knew an OCD wouldn't be able to take it. Brilliant.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Everything. I'd love to be Chelsea's friend.

Hilarious!

Love everything Chelsea! I would recommend any, and all of her books. Another good one.

Not by C.H. but still worth the listen

Would you listen to Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me again? Why?

Yes, and I have. It's not written or narrated by Chelsea Handler but the stories are funny and very "so something Chelsea would do/say/create". It is (as the title announces) a collection of lies Chelsea has told her coworkers, family, and friends at different times about different things. It is narrated by these people in Chelsea's life and is entertaining and funny.

Who was your favorite character and why?

As I've answered in other books that were actually written by Chelsea Handler, Chelsea Handler is my answer for this book as well. Who wouldn't love a crazy, hillarious sociopathic liar?

What aspect of the narrators’s performance would you have changed?

There is a brief section at the end of each chapter that is in fact written by Chelsea Handler that addresses the events/lies in the chapter that precedes it that isn't narrated by Chelsea Handler. I'm not clear on the reason for this choice, but I think it would have greatly enhanced and personalized the book as a whole if C.H. had of narrated these sections.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

No extreme reactions...I did laugh and it was out loud but there weren't any life changing events that were revealed in this collection of stories except that Chelsea Handler loves to lie for absolutely no reason....but we already knew that from her own books.

Any additional comments?

I've read several reviews on this book, attacking it for being deceptive on the contents since the cover shows Chelsea Handler and she is listed as an author. I don't really understand these attacks, I went into the book without this assumption... Overall the book was good, I'm glad each person narrated their own chapter, that made it personal and unique. I think it could have been better if it had featured C.H. narrating the chapter comments herself, it would have tied the book together and made it a more personal experience. Other than that, it was a solid book and I'd recommend it to Chelsea Handler fans.

Funny

Wow, she is a hoot.. I'm a fan so I really thought it was funny, I loved hearing all the stories.. It was much better than I expected considering all the poor reviews. I liked it a lot!

trashy

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horrible..horrible..horrible!!!!

not even good for a freebie.