With age comes knowledge, and for Chelsea Handler, 50, that knowledge manifested within the type of studying to like the pores and skin she’s in.
Whereas showing on an episode of “The Jamie Kern Lima Present” podcast launched Tuesday, Handler opened up concerning the unrealistic expectations she had for her physique in her 20s.
“I would weigh myself 15 times a day,” the comic mentioned. “If I weighed a certain amount, I wouldn’t go out that night. I would exercise. I would run for two hours on the beach and then come back and weigh myself to see how much water weight I lost.”
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Handler lamented that the time she spent obsessing over her look in her youth was time she may by no means get again.
“I hate that every woman in this world deals with that,” she mentioned earlier than emphasizing how girls haven’t actually been in a position to have protected areas to like their our bodies.
“Even though we’re beginning the conversations, it’s going to take another thousand years for girls to understand everyone is different. You all have different parts,” Handler added.
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Although she now has a more healthy appreciation for her physique, Handler additionally admitted she’s not solely freed from insecurities, saying, “I still care. I still care about what I look like in a bathing suit.”
“I’m much more freer about the fact that I do have cellulite and it’s not shameful,” Handler continued. “I also take really good care of myself because I want to look my strongest and my healthiest. I want to be powerful. I lift weights because I want to be strong and I want to be able to ski like a badass, you know? I train all the time because I want to be strong for skiing.”
