Chelsea Handler Tour

Chelsea accepts role in kids movie?

Posted by deyb On June 16, 2011

In Chelsea Handler’s recent interview with The New York Times, she complained about the quality of today’s mainstream entertainment, particularly the ones being shown in the tube.

“We’re seeking out such grossness in human behavior and want such mindless entertainment. ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’ and some of these other shows are more racist. Or ’16 and Pregnant.’ Getting rewarded for being pregnant when you’re a teenager? Are you serious? I mean, that makes me want to kill somebody.”

Indeed, we are seeing a different side of Chelsea Handler these days. The no-holds-barred comedienne and late night host of E! network’s ‘Chelsea Lately’, whose vulgarity and utter candor has made her millions of dollars from book deals, sold-out stand-up tours and even her own NBC comedy series based on her second best-seller (‘Are You There Vodka? It’s Me Chelsea’, in which she works both as an executive producer and a co-star), is looking for other sensible avenues to exploit her wits and skills, or as The Hollywood Reporter quotes her, “I want to do something that’s going to utilize my brain a little more than this show (Chelsea Lately).”

Nickelodeon probably came across those pieces, which could be the reason why the popular children’s network is reaching out to her to play the role of Victoria Justice’s mom in the upcoming Nick flick ‘Fun Size’, according to a THR report.

The family-oriented role would give her a chance to broaden her demographic which will now include kids and wholesome fared parents. But most importantly, the role could buy her some time to keep her brain from “bleeding” with all the “celebrity-centered” stuff she has been doing at E! “I want to do something that’s more mindful and isn’t celebrity-centered,” Handler tells THR.