Chelsea Handler will host the 2010 MTV VMAs

[Dpantherman]

By DAVE ITZKOFF

Published: August 18, 2010

She is already the rare woman on the roster of late-night comedy hosts, and now Chelsea Handler, the star of the E! network series “Chelsea Lately,” is about to join another mostly male club.

On Wednesday, it was officially announced that she would be the host of the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, which will be shown Sept. 12.

That makes Ms. Handler the first woman in that role since 1994, when the awards program was hosted by Roseanne Barr.

“If there’s one awards show that I should be hosting, it’s probably this one,” Ms. Handler said in an interview by phone. “My personality probably wouldn’t jell with the Emmys or the Golden Globes.”

Ms. Handler is better known for her bawdy best-selling memoirs like “Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea” and “Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang” than for her program’s occasional roundtable discussions with rap artists like Lil Jon, Big Boi and Rick Ross.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/arts/television/19mtv.html

It might actually be funny...

[Boltergeist]

for the captioning people, it's spelled coslopus

[Panthro]

Who

[SmootsDaddy89]

I don't think I've cared about the VMAs since I was like 13.

[Dpantherman]

haven't seen them in a while. i did see the kanye thing though

[bleys]

Chelsea Handler is another crush of mine.. I love a girl who talks poo with confidence..

I haven't seen MTV music awards for about 10 years.. but I'll be damned if I miss this one.. only one reason...

with that said, Jennifer Aniston is on her show tonight.. I can die in peace..

[Carolina Husker]

Who

I don't think I've cared about the VMAs since I was like 13.

this + this + she is not funny + she only has that job because she has the CEO of E's penis in her gullet = omg im so excited

[Captroop]

I don't understand the whole Chelsea Handler thing. Is she supposed to be hot or funny? No woman in the history of time has been both. And to me, she is neither.

Besides, I am painfully aware that the VMAs will have a heavy dose of Twilight and Lady Gaga; therefore, I shant be watching.

[pstall]

She is the poster child for diversity's dark side.

[Scrumtrilescent]

She's scared of redheads. fug her.

[Carolina Husker]

Didn't know that. I take everything back.

[TheSaint]

do you start threads just for the sake of starting threads?

[The Saltman]

yes

[Happy Panther]

doesn't she have a sex tape?