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With her stand-up, best-selling books, notorious talk show and new sitcom based on her writings, Chelsea Handler is a stunningly busy woman. Now, though, she gets to showcase her comedic persona — the pottymouthed drunken best friend you never wanted — on the big screen in McG’s “This Means War,” as the friend and confidant to Reese Witherspoon as Witherspoon is torn between Tom Hardy and Chris Pine. We spoke with Handler in Los Angeles about her plan for media domination, why McG may not be the best PR man possible and why, in fact, the children are not our future. 

MSN Movies: I was just talking with the genius director McG and he says, “Well of course we’re introducing Chelsea Handler to the world.” You have books; you have a talk show–

Chelsea Handler: McG is an idiot. 

I was about to say, “Is he Amish?” Does he not know?

He knows he’s an idiot. I’ve told him he’s an idiot several times. Again he’s an idiot, if he thinks he’s responsible for anything in my career. He’s wrong.

 Did you think about changing your name to McH?

No, I think about changing his name to McMess.

Because he’s got that freaky eye thing going on today, right?

He’s a mess. What is wrong with his eye? What does he have a sty?

He’s blown out a blood vessel.

Good, that’s his karma. He deserves it.

But apparently he blew it out when he was in the editing room to remove some of your more choice remarks.

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