Chelsea Handler

the more accepted it becomes by nature.

And there are more female comics than there've ever been, but I don't know when it started.

I mean, Joan certainly paved the way for all of us.

I can say that.

I didn't really realize that until she was dead.

You know, like I was like, no, I paved the way for myself.

I had an arrogance about my own success.

Like Joan Rivers wasn't somebody I had looked up to.

And then, you know, when I did my homework and grew up a little bit, I realized how

how, what she went through and like, you know, going to the comedy clubs, like women didn't even get on stage without being like, you know, they would get on stage as characters like housekeepers or, you know, maids or, or like, you know, just like, it was kind of a character.

Right.

And Joan was like being herself and dressing up and going to these gross comedy clubs.

And we, we all know how gross comedy clubs are.

They are.

That's where all disease begins.

And I, I,

That's where the disease in my shoulder probably began.

It's just presenting now.

But yeah, she was a trailblazer, of course, which is an annoying word for some reason.

I find that annoying.