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

this was a horrible book!

I had to stop listening to it because it was sickening to hear how horribly violating Chelsea is to her friends, family, and coworkers. I did not find anything she does to people she knows funny or even interesting. The only reason I purchased it was because several people I know say that she is "hilarious"...I did not find anything about her even remotely funny.

It was really sad to hear what people closest to her are willing to tolerate just to be near her or associated with her in anyway. It was disgusting. I regret to have wasted my money on this very sad tale of how she violates others and gets away with it, legally and otherwise. I hope that at the very least, the royalties for this "piece" goes to her victims and none to her.

I will never recommend anything about her to anyone other than those who want to study people with deviant behaviors.

Love all of Chelsea's books. But this one sucks.

It's weird bc I'm such a fan of Chelsea, but her friends are a tad annoying in this book. For example, it seems like they've all listened to her self-read audiobooks & sort of emulated her performance style. badly.

also....and maybe it's just me....but are all of these people super super stupid? if chelsea is such a known prankster, wouldn't most of these pranks have been visible from space? Once guy is duped into leaving his honeymoon early b/c he was told that TIME Magazine was putting the writing staff of Chelsea Lately on the COVER. Reeeeeally? Seriously? I mean, I know that Time Magazine does actually dumb down the American version of its publication by making it more pop culture skewed ((that's actually true...the rest of the world gets another version of the magazine....wtf)) but, seriously.....i don't think i need to continue. You get it. It's OBVIOUSLY a prank. Jeez.

so many other examples....and none really that funny, except probably to the people involved.

Oof. Wait for Uganda to Be Kidding Me to come out on audible.

Yuck and more yuck!

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

Nothing at all. These are horrible stories about practical jokes that are way to over the top for my taste. I do think she if funny but the things she does to the people in her life are horrible and cruel and I guess that is where I draw the line of funny.

Has Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me turned you off from other books in this genre?

No, not at all but will just be more careful in the future about reading others reviews.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

No, I could not even finish it. It made me want my money back for purchasing it.

Really?!!

I adore Chelsea Handler...on TV anyway. What a dissapointment. After I downloaded it, a friend said she wished she'd warned me. She said (and she was right) this is a poor account of immature mean spirited acts supposedly by CH. It doesn't roll out as funny or interesting...just kinda mean. I just kept saying, "wow, what an uncool thing to do to someone." Why would you want a book like this to come out? Sorry, Chels...I would've bought anything from you...not now. This book sort of weirded me out.

Unfunny

I loved 'Vodka' and I have to compare the laugh-out-loud humor of that book to this one, which offers just a few smiles. And these aren't worth wading through all the cruel pranks that are reported with no real explanation of why these people are Chelsea's 'friends' except that they're on the payroll. I tried hard to like this, but my mood and morale were deteriorating from all the pointless profanity, slimy images, and unchallenging, childish humor.

don't bother

From all of the books about Chelsea, this is by far the worst one. I missed at least a chapter where she talked, it seems like when she was supposed to talked they replace her voice with someone else. disappointing.

Meh. Maybe...

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

The energy from some of the narrators was a little dead. It felt as if they had been reading for hours, and they were at the very end and restless.

It would have been so much better if Chelsea Handler could have read her parts. Everybody else read their own parts. Chelsea Handler has such a nice voice...

Has Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me turned you off from other books in this genre?

No. I think I'll just have to pay more attention to the reviews before i purchase.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

I like that the stories were told by the people who wrote it, and by the people the events happened to. It was nice that they were able to mimic the sounds of surprise or the accents spoken. The pauses were accurate and done in a way that I would not have been able to imagine reading on my own.

See above for dislikes.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

The book was entertaining. It made me giggle on the inside often. It was just evident that none of these people are used to writing in book format. It was so poorly written, that even the decent performances couldn't save it. It was entertaining and worth a listen if it is free.

Kinda Disapointed

I Love Chelsea Handler, but this was probably the worst book of hers. I was really disappointed. I struggled to keep interested

Not funny

I used to like Chelsea but after listening to this money grab disaster, I'm convinced that although she may be smart, she is a terrible person who uses her wealth and power to manipulate and control people. I actually feel sorry for her.

Money Grab… Chelsea Owes Me a Credit!

First off let me say I am (or rather was) a huge Chelsea fan! When she is on her A game she is possibly the funniest woman alive. Her previous 3 books have had me laughing out loud and sharing them with all my girlfriends.
This book however is simply a sad attempt at a money grab. It appears as though Chelsea had nothing to do with this book, yet has shamelessly plastered her name and image all over it. Granted the stories are about her (for the most part) but are written by others poorly attempting to emulate her style. Its truly terrible and they should all be ashamed. *Spoiler Alert* One chapter is ‘written by’ Chunk… Yes Chunk. Her dog. Need I say more?
I have never been more annoyed over the complete waste of a credit! I warn you, if you are hoping for classic Chelsea, skip this and just re-enjoy one of her old books.