Chelsea Handler hit back at her many critics, VMAs had record ratings

CB and I both really disliked Chelsea Handler’s handling of her hosting duties for Sunday’s VMAs. Personally, I had time to prepare myself for how badly she was going to suck, and how many racist, dumb, and drunk jokes she was going to make. So I went in with my expectations pretty low, and Chelsea met them. I think CB was more surprised – CB emailed me expressing shock with some of the casual dumb race-tinged jokes that Chelsea made.

Anyway, we’re not alone. Most television critics and casual snarkers thought Chelsea kind of sucked too. Entertainment Weekly nicely noted that Chelsea “felt a little like Host the VMAs Paint-by-Numbers”. NYT television critic Jon Caramanica sniffed: “And then there was the awkward plight of the night’s host, Chelsea Handler. She was among the worst in the show’s history — purposefully out-of-touch, with brief, alarming flashes of off-color racial humor… she never looked comfortable, undone by nerves, brittle material and the wattage of those around her.” That’s the classiest way of calling someone an old whore that I’ve ever encountered. The LAT’s critic complained of Chelsea’s “steely-eyed tackiness” with “ill-advised, racially tinged humor.” THAT’S SO TACKY!!!! Maybe Julia Roberts was talking about Chelsea all along! Actually, “tacky” is a great way to describe Chelsea. I’m taking it.

Anyway, it doesn’t matter how many frou-frou TV critics and offended bloggers Chelsea left in her wake – the VMAs were one of the biggest show’s in the last decade of MTV programming. They got 11.4 million viewers, the biggest audience since 2002. So does Chelsea deserve some of the credit for the success? Or was it just a case of people tuning in despite of Chelsea’s poor performance, because they wanted to see Kanye and Taylor Swift and Drizzy and Lady Gaga and Eminem and my girl Florence? Well, Chelsea has seen our criticisms and she’s throwing the numbers back in our faces. With a special shout-out f-ck you to Perez.

[From Chelsea’s Twitter]

Ugh. God, who to choose in a war between Perez and Chelsea? I’m easing more towards Perez, just because the “your life is a bomb” comeback it totally kindergarten. I’m surprised she didn’t respond “Your MOM is a bomb. Your mom has sex with black guys. You’re so HISPANIC.” Bitches, both of them.

Header: Handler backstage at the VMAs on Sept. 13, 2010. Credit: WENN.

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