Comedians who have fallen head over heels in love! Before they started dating, Chelsea Handler and Jo Koy had known each other for nearly 20 years — but their romance was perfectly timed.
When Koy was a regular guest on her late-night talk show, Chelsea Lately, which ran on E! from 2007 to 2014, Handler admitted that she may have harbored feelings for him, but she “suppressed” them.
Then again, who cares? Is Vodka there? Says the author of “It’s Me, Chelsea.” We’ve come a long way since we first met. It’s possible that I would have destroyed it if I’d had those feelings earlier.”
Koy and Chelsea Lately host were frequently at odds during their time on the show. However, she now believes that she was unable to express her feelings for the stand-up comic because she was too shy.
On the red carpet of the People’s Choice Awards in December 2021, Handler said, “In retrospect, that was my version of flirting… In my mind, “I think I was so disconnected from my own feelings that they were my currency.”
According to her, “He keeps telling me that this whole time I was in love and didn’t know it,” I’m just choosing to believe.
Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo writer, a New Jersey native, also believes that she has been able to succeed because she chose to focus on herself first.
For her to get healthy, “I had to really dig deep and get my stuff sorted out,” she said in December 2021. “Then all of a sudden I saw him through a completely different lens.” As soon as I saw him, I thought to myself, “Wait a minute—my that’s the guy.”
My Horizontal Life author Koy made her believe that “The One” is out there, and she wants her readers to believe it, too.
“If you’re still looking for your soul mate, don’t change who you are or shrink to fit in with the crowd. In November 2021, the Girls Behaving Badly alum wrote on Instagram, “Be patient and never settle for anything less than you deserve.” As long as you’ve been here, “your person” has been standing right in front of you.
After dating Ted Harbert from 2006 to 2010, Handler began a relationship with André Balazs, a hotelier. Two years later, the two were no longer together. In 2010, there were rumors linking her to the rapper 50 Cent. Koy, on the other hand, has a son with ex-wife Angie King, Joseph Herbert Jr.
For more on how these two came to be more than just friends, read on.
2007-2014
Handler and Koy first met on the set of Handler’s E! late-night show Chelsea Lately, where Koy was a frequent guest.
June 2021
Rumors of a relationship between Handler and the Washington native began to circulate after she started posting videos of the two of them together on her social media.
September 2021
The Chelsea Handler Does star hinted on Instagram that she had a special someone in her life, but she didn’t reveal the identity of the person.
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In Mallorca, I’m thinking about how fortunate I am to have so many people in my life, to be living this lifestyle, and to be on tour doing what I love. A photo of herself captioned “I’m finally in love, with the best kind of guy there is.” “Everyone can have hope! That sort of thing.”
September 2021
For the first time on Instagram, Handler posted a picture of herself and Koy kissing.
October 2021
When Handler finally realized that Koy was more than just a friend, she couldn’t be happier.
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On an episode of Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show, she said, “One day, I just looked at him and I thought, ‘Oh, that’s my guy!'” In other words, he’s both my best friend and a sexual partner. A good time!”
“Man, I’m in love with her. She truly is a marvel. She’s the one in charge. “She’s incredible,” Koy exclaimed on “Good Morning Washington” when asked about her girlfriend. In my opinion, there is nothing better than falling in love with someone you have known for a long time. Throughout our relationship, she’s always had my back.
Finally finding love with a person you’ve loved for a long time is a wonderful feeling, he said.
November 2021
On Instagram, Handler gushed about how Koy “renewed my faith in men” by loving her for who she was.
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What a thrill it is to have a man fall in love with my honesty, strength, and self-assurance. the Chelsea, Are You There? alum commented. Someone who appreciates the fact that I’m not afraid to stand up for what I believe in?”
November 2021
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For Chelsea’s host, the back-and-forth exchanges were just right. ‘We filmed this prior to our relationship,’ she wrote in the caption. “Who was the real fan here??” “I was shocked to see this,” I said.
December 2021
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Handler admitted to E! correspondent Laverne Cox that she was the one who started their romance on the red carpet at the 2021 People’s Choice Awards.
“I was forced to take action. He’s a gentleman, but he’s overly polite “it was revealed by the book’s author, Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang “In the end, I asked, ‘Jo, what’s going on?’ ‘Is there a crush between us or not?’ After that, I savaged him with my bare hands.”