The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Amy Coney Barrett Joins the Supreme Court | Chelsea Handler

Episode Date: October 28, 2020

Amy Coney Barrett becomes the newest member of the Supreme Court, Desi Lydic talks to undecided voters, and comedian Chelsea Handler discusses her stand-up special "Evolution." Learn more about your ...ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:00:27 Listen to 60 Minutes, a second look, starting September 17th, wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, what's going on, everybody? Welcome to the Daily Social Distancing Show. I'm Trevor Noah. Today is Tuesday, the 27th of October, which means if you mail in your ballot after today, there is a chance it won't arrive in time to be counted. So if you don't want to risk your vote not being counted, then you need to bring your
Starting point is 00:00:57 mail-in ballot to a polling place, a drop box, or go vote in person. After all, you don't want to miss what could be the last election in American history, do you? Anyway, coming up on tonight's show, America has a new top judge, and Desiletic asks undecided voters what the hell their problem is. So let's do this, people. Welcome to the Daily Social Distancing Show. From Trevor's couch in New York City to your couch somewhere in the world. This is the daily social distancing show with Trevor Noah. Ears Edition.
Starting point is 00:01:34 Let's kick things off with what's on everyone's mind right now. The US presidential election is just one week away, one week people, and passions are running high. In Florida, a man went on a backhoe blitz, stealing a bulldozer and adding his own curb appeal to homes of Biden supporters. James Blight drove around Haines City digging out Biden-Harris signs from front yards. According to authorities, he'd been drinking whiskey all day and stole the bulldozer from a nearby Arby's construction site. This is truly such an amazing Florida story.
Starting point is 00:02:08 The only question now is whether this guy is going to end up in jail or the governor's mansion. But it also goes to show how everybody is too obsessed with politics right now. I mean, this dude stole a bulldozer. And his first thought was to drive over campaign signs, he could have done so much more. He could have moved people's cars to another parking spot, or stolen an ATM, or knocked over a fire hydrant to watch the water spray out.
Starting point is 00:02:33 Guys, life is so much bigger than just politics. Also, did this guy think that bulldozing those signs was going to make a difference in the election? What was the logic here? Huh? It's not like the owners of those houses were going to walk outside like, oh no, my lawn sign is God, how will I remember who to vote for now? In fact, if I was one of the people he did this too, I wouldn't be mad. I'd just buy more yard signs and put them in my backyard missed the other one. That's the deep end. I put two there. And look, I hate to blame video games for anything, but maybe this wouldn't have happened if Grand Theft Auto would release a new game already. It's been seven years, Rockstar, the people are hungry for it.
Starting point is 00:03:18 Meanwhile, President Trump, the Florida man in chief, is holding coronavirus giveaways all across the Midwest. And he clearly is getting tired of attacking Joe Biden because now he's putting effort into getting Kamala Harris. Biden's running mate. How about her? Kamala? on television with the laugh. Ha ha ha. She kept laughing. I said, is there something wrong with her too? I said, is there something wrong with her?
Starting point is 00:03:47 She kept laughing and very, you know, serious questions. She's considered America's by far most liberal senator. She's more liberal than Crazy Bernie. Can you believe it? We're not gonna have a socialist president. We're not going to have it. We're not going to put up with it. It's not going to happen. Especially a female socialist president?
Starting point is 00:04:10 Especially a female, what does that mean? If we're going to have socialism, it better be a dude. Because I don't want some chick giving me free health care. What if she sticks a finger up my butt? I love that a female socialist president is Trump's worst nightmare because now I can just picture him waking up in a cold sweat and Melania just being like, oh no honey was it the female socialist president again? I'm just kidding. Melania and Trump don't share a bedroom. And by the way, who is Donald Trump
Starting point is 00:04:41 to say that anything about Kamala is weird? Rarely he's going to judge her laugh? Like my man, you look like you were built by the same company who made the Tower of Pisa. I'm shocked people don't pose in front of you as well. But let's move on. Because if anyone needed a reminder about what's at stake in an election, well, last night, you got it. Because last night, Republicans took full advantage of their their their to to full their to full to full to full to full to full to full to full their to full to full their to to their to their to to to their their to told told to to to to to told their their their. told. to told. told. told. told. to their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. true. tr. true. tr. true. tr. true. tr. tr. true. true. true. t. t. t. the t. took full advantage of their hold on the White House and the Senate by officially sealing the deal on their replacement for the late Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Beta Ginsburg. From Judge to Justice Barrett.
Starting point is 00:05:14 I, Amy Coney Barrett, exactly one of the month after being nominated by President Trump, Amy Coney Barrett now joins the nation's highest court, concluding one of the quickest and most controversial Supreme Court confirmations in modern American history. The late evening event punctuating the most partisan confirmation in more than 150 years. All but one Senate Republican, Maine's Susan Collins voting in favor of Barrett. Every Democrat voting against her. President Trump relishing in the made-for-t-t-v. It is highly fitting that Justice Barrett fills the seat of a true pioneer for women. It's Justice Ruth, Bader, Ginsburg.
Starting point is 00:05:55 Say what you want about the GOP, man. But this shit, this was gangster. They swapped out a Supreme Court seat in four weeks. This whole process, this whole process in four weeks, was like watching a chop shop strip down your car for parts. Like, yo, I'll miss my Audi, but you've got to admire their technique. And I don't know about you.
Starting point is 00:06:15 But I was shocked to see the Senate move this quick. I mean, normally they take months to do anything, but here they moved so fast it was disorienting. It was like when you call customer service and immediately speak to a human being. This is Janet, how can I help you? Ah, I wasn't ready. I mean, they just hustled Amy Coney Barrett straight from the confirmation to a midnight ceremony.
Starting point is 00:06:39 It should look like the basic cable version of Eyes Wide Shots. And guys, you know that any time you're doing a daytime event at night, something is wrong. Like, if you're digging a hole during the day... But if you're digging that same hole at night... And you gotta admit, Trump's comment about Barrett being the perfect replacement of RBG is grade A trolling. He knows what he's doing. Because yes, RBG and Barrett are both women, but Barrett is going to dismantle all of RBG's good
Starting point is 00:07:25 work. So this would be like if the Lakers replaced Lebron with Ben Carson. Technically yes, they're swapping one black man for another, but good luck on making the playoffs next season. I'm going to take the shot as soon as I... But while Republicans were celebrating, Senate Democrats had some ominous warnings for their colleagues who had finally crossed the line. Our Republican colleagues are shattering the norms and breaking the rules and breaking
Starting point is 00:07:58 their word and there will be consequences. I think there are now new rules in the Senate and I think Republicans have set them. The next time the American people give Democrats a majority in this chamber, you will have forfeited the right to tell us how to run that majority. If all of this rule-breaking is taking place, what does the majority expect? What do they expect? They expect that they're going to be able to break the rules with impunity and when the shoe maybe is on the other foot, nothing's going to happen. Who? Democrats are not happy. This is the kind of warning you hear
Starting point is 00:08:36 at the beginning of a horror movie. You'll rue the day you burned me alive for being a witch. And I don't blame the Democrats for being so pissed. For them, it has been a constant four-year losing streak and every now and again they get a win. At this point they basically the nix of politics, but by the sounds of it, if Democrats take control of the Senate, the gloves are coming off. Except for you, Mitch McConnell, your gloves need to stay on so people can eat. And these aren't just empty threats either. If the polls can be trusted, Democrats actually have a very good chance of taking control of the Senate and the presidency next year. So the question is, what are
Starting point is 00:09:18 they going to do for revenge? Well, according to Joe Biden, it's on. If elected, would you move to add to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the to the their their their just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just to to to to their just just just juste juste just to to to to to to to Joe Biden, it's on. If elected, would you move to add more justices to the Supreme Court? If elected, what I will do is I'll put together a national commission of, bipartisan commission of scholars, constitutional scholars, Democrats, Republicans, liberal, conservative, and I will ask them to over 180 days come back to me with recommendations as to how to reform the court system because it's getting out of whack the way in which is being handled. And it's not about court packing, there's a number of other things that are constitutional scholars have debated, and I'd look to see what recommendations
Starting point is 00:10:04 that commission might make have debated, and I'd look to see what recommendations that commission might make. Really, Joe Biden? Democrats could have threatened to do anything. Expand the number of justices. Make all the bathrooms in Congress gender fluid. Get drunk and bulldoze the Supreme Court. But instead, they're like, you just wait, Mitch, because in six months, the Democrats are gonna bring a bipartisan commission all up your ass.. to. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th, th, th, th, th, th, th, the, Joe, Joe, the, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the. the. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. theea. theea. thea, Joe, Joe, Joe months, the Democrats are going to bring a bipartisan
Starting point is 00:10:25 commission all up your ass. Rest in peace, Ruth, we got you. I mean, a six-month commission? I don't know that you could filibuster yourself. Read the room, Joe. When everyone's like, we're going to the club to shut shit down, beep, bam, bee. You don't go, or hear me out. Who's ever heard the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thi???. thi. thi. thi. thi, here's th. th. thi, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here's thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. the. the. the. the. theea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea, thea You don't go, or hear me out? Who's ever heard of Scrabble?
Starting point is 00:10:47 Look, here's the thing. The other day, Mitch McConnell had a simple response to everyone who was concerned about how he got Barrett onto the Supreme Court. You know what he said? He said, You can't win them all, and elections have consequences. And you know what? He's right. And there's another
Starting point is 00:11:05 election coming up in a week and that's also going to have consequences too. But elections are only the beginning of the story. Republicans didn't take over the court just because they felt like it. They did it because the people who elected them made it clear that it was a priority. So whatever your priority is for the Supreme Court going forward, you better vote next week. And then let the people you put in office know what you expect from them. All right, when we come back, Desilightic gets real with undecided voters. When 60 Minutes premiered in September 1968, there was nothing like it.
Starting point is 00:11:41 This is 60 Minutes. It's a kind of a magazine for television. Very few have been given access to the treasures in our archives. You're rolling? But that's all about to change. Like, none of this stuff gets looked at. That's what's incredible. I'm Seth Done of CBS News.
Starting point is 00:11:58 Listen to 60 Minutes a second look on Apple podcasts starting September 17. Welcome back to the Daily Social Distancing Show. With the election already underway, polls show that fewer than 5% of voters are still undecided. But why is that even that high? Well, Desiletic finds out. Every election season, we hear about that rarest, most mysterious of demographics. The undecided voter. Those few voters who may still be on the fence. People who matter more than anyone else in this election. These voters are very important to harness in for either the Biden or Trump campaigns.
Starting point is 00:12:40 The undecided 30% of voters usually decide elections, and that's why politicians spend a lot of time trying to persuade them. But how could anyone be undecided choosing between these guys? This close to the election, all of you are still undecided voters. Yes. Regrettably, yes. Completely undecided. I don't know if I am or not, so I don't know.
Starting point is 00:13:10 So when do you think you're going to decide if you're undecided? You know, I don't know what I want to do? So I think I'm waiting. I feel like I'm stuck behind those people who try every single flavor at Baskin-Robbins, and each of them have their own brand of indecision. There's Biden curious, Republicans. I voted straight-ticket Republican until the party was pretty much taken over by Donald Trump, but I'm pro-life.
Starting point is 00:13:40 So I voted for Trump in 2016, but I don't know that our country can survive another four years of what feels like pure turmoil. There are also Democrats who are hiding from Biden. Something that, you know, I've seen with the Democratic Party is how they, you know, would take the African-American on a black vote for granted. And the Independent, who's pissed off with everybody. What each candidate is offering is lip service. The fact that someone can go bankrupt
Starting point is 00:14:11 because of an emergency I think is embarrassing. And I think that we lack maternity care for uninsured women. Stephen, stop flirting with me. I'm married, okay? Don't get any ideas. All right, sorry. Go on. Okay. Maybe picking a president is too big of a decision. How about we start with something smaller? All right, Coke or Pepsi? Coke. Pepsi. Coke. Chicken or fish? Chicken? Fish? Fish. Chicken. Fish. Fish. Fish? Chicken. Fish. Fish.
Starting point is 00:14:46 Fish. Fish. Great. I'm vegan. All right, shut the fuck up, Seveen. So they can make decisions. Then what's so hard about this one? Will election forecaster Rachel Bitticoffer has a provocative theory on whether the
Starting point is 00:15:01 undecided are even real? In the world of political science, like we don't have all this mystery this the undecided are even real. In the world of political science, like we don't have all this mystery about undecided voters. Like if I was to talk to a grip of undecided voters, like the first thing I would ask them is do you lean to the Democrats or Republicans? And then if they told me that they did, nine out of ten times, I can tell you who they're going to vote for. Sounds like a simple idea, but it made Rachel's forecast for the 2018 midterm elections one of the most accurate, thanks to a key theory.
Starting point is 00:15:30 Winning elections isn't about persuading the undecided. It's about motivating your team to show up, and the biggest motivator is how much you dislike the thii. I knew like like the the th, like is like is the th, like th, thi, is how thi, is how thi, is how thi, is how much thi, is how much thi, is how much thi, is how much thi, is how much thi, is how much th thi, is how much thi, is how much much much the thi, thi, is how much much much much much much much much much thi, thi, thi, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. to toooooo, tooooe tooooe toooeateateauu.eateau.eaui.eaui. toooo. toea, to called negative partisanship which is the fear and the hate that people feel towards the opposition party. It's like when I kept voting for Dancing with the Stars just to get Sean Spicer on. That's exactly right. That's negative partisanship. I don't even like dancing with the stars. When it comes to voting off D-list celebrities, I'm more of a mass singer kind of girl. So if negative partisanship decides every election, why is anyone still pretending to be undecided? There's some
Starting point is 00:16:11 sexiness to being undecided, right? I mean, especially these presidential elections, like, you know, you've got, if you're in a swing state, you get all these stump reporters wandering around and you know who's undecided? Who's undecided? Are you undecided? You're saying that they just identify as undecided, even when they're not actually undecided. Like, they're basically Rachel dolezoling indecision.
Starting point is 00:16:36 You can tell their fake as f-fix because they are, you know, they can't decide between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Right, they're fake as fakes, fake as fuck. I'm gonna tell him to their face. Come on to you guys. You're not actually undecided. You're just telling me that you're undecided to keep me on my toes for suspense.
Starting point is 00:16:57 Well, guess what? It's not working. Let's just go around. Which way are you leaning? Biden. Biden. Biden. Joe Biden. I'm leading towards Trump. Ah!
Starting point is 00:17:11 Okay. Fine. So, you're not undecided. You do know who you're voting for. Can we still be friends? Let me think about it. I'm a little undecided. So Rachel is right. Most of these undecideds were just faking it for attention.
Starting point is 00:17:29 But I still had to ask her about the only thing that really matters this election. I want to know who's going to win. But don't tell me if it's bad news. And if it's good news, don't say anything. Okay. It is good news. I'm undecided about it, you know? What? Don't fuck with me!
Starting point is 00:17:55 Political science has a term for that. Fake is f-hawk. Thank you so much, Desi. All right, when we come back, I'll talk to the hilarious Chelsea Handler. You don't want to miss it. When 60 Minutes premiered in September 1968, there was nothing like it. This is 60 Minutes. It's a kind of a magazine for television.
Starting point is 00:18:16 Very few have been given access to the treasures in our archives. But that's all about to change. Like none of this stuff gets looked at. That's what's incredible. I'm Seth Done of CBS News. Listen to 60 Minutes a second look on Apple podcasts starting September 17. Welcome back to the Daily Social Distancing Show. Earlier today, I spoke with best-selling author and comedian Chelsea Handler. We talked about her new stand-up special, the upcoming election, and so much more. Chelsea Handler, welcome to the Daily Social Distancing Show. Hi Trevor, how are you? I'm doing fantastic, thank you very much.
Starting point is 00:18:56 How are you doing? I feel like you have been on quite a journey over the last few years. I know we spoke about some of the things you experienced in your book, but your new stand-up special is out and it has been six years since you were lost on the stage. So how are you and why now? I feel like I wanted to bring some relief, you know, to this time that we're all stuck in, between the pandemic and this administration, I really felt compelled
Starting point is 00:19:26 to like figure out a way to shoot this stand-up special during COVID and going home to New Jersey just seemed kind of apropos of everything in the special I'm talking about. And it was just for me a big reminder of humanity and the fact that we're all kind of struggling together and not to forget that and to remind people like, hey, there is laughter in pain and you know, all of that good stuff. So it was meaningful to me to shoot it during COVID and to, you know, and to run the show during COVID and practice the sets and all of that stuff and to give and to bring everybody together for a night for many people who had not been out since COVID started.
Starting point is 00:20:06 So. I've always loved how you put your specials together, you know, whether it's traveling to Africa and then coming back with a different perspective on life or doing all the drugs in the world and then doing a special about that experience. Jobs are always a theme in all of my specials and all of my work. But the why of this was really interesting to me, because it has been six years since you were lost on the stage doing a show like this, and I wanted to know why. I'm always intrigued by why someone comes back when they come back.
Starting point is 00:20:36 I didn't really feel like I had anything to say in the stand-up medium. I think I was just exhausted by doing all of my shows and my books and my touring that I didn't feel like I was making a contribution. You know, and when I took a step back after leaving my Netflix show a few years ago and really sat and thought and thoublap and went to therapy and thought about my privilege and thought about the I really going to do? What am I here to say and who am I here to be an ally to? All of those things started to, you know, marinate in a different way for me.
Starting point is 00:21:14 And I stopped spinning eight plates at the same time and was able to focus on one thing, you know, whether it be my book or my documentary or this special evolution, the integrity changes when you are focusing on one thing. So the more, the deeper I can get, the better off, you know, and the more I can impart and hopefully help and toucest people, you know, in ways I had him before. What I love about the special is how you talk about therapy. What are some of the biggest things you learned about yourself in therapy that have now changed how Chelsea Handler approaches the world? Well, first of all, I got the gift of self-awareness,
Starting point is 00:21:50 which is, you know, invaluable to find out that I've been behaving like a bitch for so many years without even thinking about it. I was like, oh, I'm just hereto hear it from me, or is interested in hearing it from me. So it was a big, it was very revelatory A, to find that out about myself, to find out that I had, you know, delayed grief about something that happened as a little girl and that I had trauma that, you know, moving to LA, you live in this world where everyone wants to talk about trauma and triggers and manifestation and kale and eventually you fall into and you end up at a silent retreat, you know, sipping
Starting point is 00:22:33 kale juice with explosive diarrhea going, how did I get here too? But it's true, you know, it helps to go to therapy and talk with somebody about your problems and it's the most humiliating experience. And that's why I had to share it because, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, the, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. You, thi, thi, the, it's the most humiliating experience it's and that's why I had to share it because like you find out things about yourself that you're too embarrassed to even say out loud right right and you have to admit all of your shortcomings you know you have to admit your impatience the fact that you know I can't even stand in the booksellers at the airport because the slowness of the transaction annoys me. It's too slow.
Starting point is 00:23:08 You know, I mean, going over all of these things with a therapist and they're like, so what do you think I have, ADD? And they're like, no, it's a little bit more serious than that. In my case, it was, it was like a light bulb. Once that went off, and I realized he was telling me the truth, and I realized I did lack empathy, I was like, oh, okay, okay, I'm here to stay, give me the information and, you know, go back, and then once I realized, you know, everything's funny, you know, if you're a comedian,
Starting point is 00:23:35 everything's funny, whatever your specialty is. And so I was really excited to share this with everybody and just kind of really show myself in a way that I hadn't been seen before either. It was, and it wasn't scary. It was like, it was new and exciting. Yeah, it also felt a lot more vulnerable than we used to. I mean, it's a special way you talk about death in your family, about your father dealing with your brother's passing. You talk about the pain that you experienced. You share a lot in a way that is very vulnerable
Starting point is 00:24:10 and it feels very different for us to see with you. Even you talking about not drinking as much, you know, which is very funny, but also really honest in the way that you were telling the story. Did you enjoy being that vulnerable? Because I mean, like as a comedian, you always have the shield, you know, but it felt like you had a few cracks in the shield and you allowed people to peer in further than they have before. Was that a little frightening for you?
Starting point is 00:24:32 Uh, you know, it was hard, you know, as a comedian, it's hard to be on stage and to hear laughter. So when I showed that show that show, you know, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, th, th, th, the show, th, th, th, the show, th, the show, th, th. th. th. th. th. that, that, that, tho, that, their, that, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, th. And, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, thr, thr. And, thr. And, thr. And, thrown. And, thrown. And, thrown. And, thrown. And, throwne. And, thr. And, tho, tho, th, you know, the special, when I showed it to my agents and I said, hey, I think I have a special ready, and they came to see it, you know, my one agent was like, you have to sit with a serious moment longer and let it breathe. And I'm like, I can't, I'm allergic to not having that, you know, that instant gratification. Right.
Starting point is 00:24:57 That comedians, that's what's what makes Chappelle so genius. And he doesn't feel the need to go after for the laughs. He's provoking your thoughts. And so it's really hard. I mean, it was hard for me in that sense to really stick to the moment and let the moment breathe when I do talk about my brother, because I know, it is emotional. And you don't get emotional every time, but when you're really present with some things that it shows up in your work, you know, and it was a great lesson in how to be diligent and be focused, you know, be focused through the beginning of a set and then taking it all the way to filming the special and to be present and not to be drunk or wasted, you know, to be you can be a little stone now, that's my thing. But, but, you know, the other the other the other the other the other the other. the other. the other. the the the the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, to be, you can be a little stone now, that's my thing, but, but, you know, the other stuff is like, oh, that's old me.
Starting point is 00:25:47 You know, there's like a new thing happening. So, it's fun to share it with people, but it's definitely no. I like to walk through challenges. I love take anything seriously, you've always been really engaged in politics. One of the more interesting political discussions you've gotten into recently was between yourself and the teaunt that the most interesting relationship over the past few years and the latest update that I've seen is 50 cents said he will be voting for Trump because despite him not doing well with black people or not being great for black
Starting point is 00:26:27 people, 50 doesn't want to pay as many taxes. You then stepped in and said I'll pay your taxes if you if you vote for Joe Biden and then you said and maybe I'll even have sex with you. I mean you alluded to it and then 50 came back and responded and said all right I'm voting for Biden. I mean, this seems like allyship on the next level is what you've done here, Chelsea Handler. Well, first, let me say something. I spoke to 50 cent last night on the telephone, and I'm going to tell you all about it.
Starting point is 00:26:54 But first, I want to apologize for having to say, I was reminding him that he was a black man. That's inappropriate and I think as an ally, I need to set an example by always apologizing when I make a misstep and that was a misstep. I'm a white woman saying that's a black man, that's not cool. So I apologize to everyone who was offended by that. I will say that if any of my ex-boyfriends come out in support of a white supremacist president that we have, I am going to call them out on it. So he and I did have a conversation last night on the phone for about, I don't know, 25 minutes, 30 minutes.
Starting point is 00:27:29 I just wanted to make sure, I wanted to talk to him about what he tweeted and to see if he was serious, because sometimes he tweets things that aren't serious, as do I. And he's not. He's supporting Biden. So, you know, he was just kind of pissed about the taxes, and we were joking about that, but I, you know, we talked about, like taxes are, you know, when you make a lot of money, you have a bigger responsibility. That's what society is. And plaid away, if you want to evade your taxes,
Starting point is 00:27:57 Republicans have a whole handbook about in to do just that. So it was a very healthy conversation. I did get the impression that he did ask me about taking a little spin, as I paraphrased it. I said I would be interested in taking another spin because you can't legally pay somebody to vote for someone. So I'll have, I am open to figuring out another form of payment for him, but he's already a Biden supporter, so I don't really even have to do that, go down that road. Well, I can safely say that if more politics was engaged with in the way that you have engaged with it,
Starting point is 00:28:39 politics would not only be a lot healthier, but a lot more interesting. Chelsea, thank you so much for joining me on the show. Congratulations on your new special and also, I think your new place in life. It's wonderful to see you. Oh, thanks, Trevor. It's always great to see you.
Starting point is 00:28:54 Thank you. Thank you so much, Chelsea. Don't forget, Chelsea Handler, remember, we are partnering with World Central Kitchen for their new Chefs for the Poles program. And what they're doing is really cool. They're getting local food trucks, restaurants, and caterers owned and operated primarily by people of color to serve food to people who are waiting in line to vote, especially in communities where the voting lines are historically longer. Until tomorrow, stay safe out there, wear a mask, and remember, don't tear out your neighbor's yard signs.
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