Comedian Chelsea Handler claims she is a “threat” to “straight men” because she has consciously made the decision to spend her life as a “child-free” and “single” woman. Handler — who has seemingly fallen for the commonly-spread myth that one cannot be “free” or “happy” if they procreate and allow their DNA to continue on into the future long after they are dead — insisted that she has no regrets about her decision to remain childless. “I’m so glad I don’t have kids,” the 49-year-old told actress Kelly Ripa during an interview on Wednesday’s episode of the Let’s Talk Off Camera podcast.
“I don’t have to ask permission for anyone about anything,” Handler said, explaining that this is because she is “child-free and single.” “I have a great relationship with myself,” the comedian added, before claiming that she has had the ability to “get to know” herself because she has never put more of her own DNA on earth, bizarrely suggesting that a woman can only truly understand herself if she never gets the opportunity to see a miniature version of herself in someone she has given birth to. “Listen, that’s a luxury,” Handler insisted.
“Not everybody gets that kind of time to get to know yourself.” Handler went on to say that she became pregnant when she was a teenager, but aborted her child because her parents did not approve. “I did get pregnant when I was younger, and I did think I wanted to have a baby,” Handler a.
