Chelsea Handler Talks Kids, Her Career and How to Survive Trump at She Media SXSW Session: ‘I Have the Body I Wanted at 20, and I’m 50’

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Cynthia Littleton Business Editor Chelsea Handler wasn’t afraid go there — discussing her body at age 50, her decision not to have children and what she won’t let Trump take from her this time around — and more during her lively session at the She Media Co-Lab Whole Life Health program, held as part of the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas.

Handler, the veteran comedian, told the crowd that the cultural obession on youth is overstated. In her mind, she’s never been better after reaching the half-century mark. “I have the body I wanted when I was 20, and I’m 50,” she said during the March 9 conversation with She Media chief Samantha Skey. “So everyone — you have something to look forward to.

It all comes together in your 40s and 50s.” The She Media installation is rooted in helping women navigate their paths to the later chapters in their lives and careers.

Handler dove right in to the question that is unavoidable for women — and she sought to set the record straight about why she never had children. “People think that since I don’t want children that I hate them.