East Coast Media Can't Handle the Chelsea Truth

Female entertainers who make upwards of $20 million a year normally get a little more media respect than Chelsea Handler. According to an entertaining profile in Newsweek, that’s how much the host of E!’s Chelsea Lately earned in 2010 thanks to an ever-expanding empire that encompasses books, large venue stand-up comedy performances and various in-progress TV spinoffs.

Handler tells reporter Jennie Yabroff she is aware of the discrepancy between her success and media coverage, but that overall she’s fine with “being a bit under the radar.”

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