{"id":1663,"date":"2026-05-11T16:11:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/chelsea-handlers-dinner-with-jeffrey-epstein-dragged-into-kevin-hart-roast\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T16:11:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:11:44","slug":"chelsea-handlers-dinner-with-jeffrey-epstein-dragged-into-kevin-hart-roast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/chelsea-handlers-dinner-with-jeffrey-epstein-dragged-into-kevin-hart-roast\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Handler&#8217;s dinner with Jeffrey Epstein dragged into Kevin Hart roast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/127462580.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Pulling no punches.<\/p>\n<p>Host Shane Gillis dragged Chelsea Handler\u2019s dinner at Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s New York home <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/82194570\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">into Netflix\u2019s\u00a0\u201cRoast of Kevin Hart\u201d special<\/a> on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>Both comics attended the event as <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/11\/entertainment\/tom-brady-savagely-drags-kevin-harts-affair-into-revenge-roast-f-k-it\/\">part of the streamer\u2019s 2026 Netflix Is a Joke<\/a> festival, with Gillis making the surprising Epstein joke shortly before introducing Handler to the stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChelsea is a Zionist. Not saying that\u2019s a good or bad thing,\u201d the \u201cTires\u201d star, 38, began. \u201cSpeaking of dead kids, she\u2019s a big fan of abortions. Chelsea\u2019s been scraped more times than the grill at Benihana.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Shane Gillis (pictured here) dragged Chelsea Handler\u2019s dinner with Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s into the \u201cRoast of Kevin Hart\u201d special. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cChelsea Handler went to dinner at Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s house in 2010,\u201d Gillis, who hosted the event, said during the Netflix special. \u201cLook it up, there are articles.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>He continued, \u201cSpeaking of tossing tiny shrimp into a child\u2019s mouth, Chelsea Handler went to dinner at Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s house in 2010. Look it up, there are articles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gillis went on to say that the dinner wasn\u2019t \u201clike a big party\u201d because there were only \u201clike seven people there,\u201d including \u201clike\u00a0Prince Andrew\u00a0and\u00a0Woody Allen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the Epstein jokes didn\u2019t end there, because Handler appeared to make one of her own shortly after taking the stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWelcome to tonight\u2019s episode of \u2018To Catch a Predator,&#8217;\u201d the former \u201cChelsea Lately\u201d host, 51, said. \u201cThis is a real who\u2019s who of statutory rapists.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Handler appeared to make her own Epstein joke after taking the stage to roast Hart. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cThis is a real who\u2019s who of statutory rapists,\u201d the comedian said. \u201cWe\u2019re all just lucky none of you could afford an island.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She added, \u201cWe\u2019re all just lucky none of you could afford an island.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Handler previously spoke about the \u201cawkward\u201d and \u201cweird\u201d dinner she attended at Epstein\u2019s home <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/02\/06\/chelsea-handler-recalls-weird-dinner-at-jeffery-epsteins-home\/\">during an appearance on Rob Lowe\u2019s \u201cLiterally!\u201d podcast<\/a> in February 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The podcast episode came less than two years after the disgraced fiancier\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/08\/10\/convicted-pedophile-jeffrey-epstein-dead\/\">died in an apparent suicide<\/a>\u00a0while in jail <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/07\/06\/billionaire-pedo-jeffrey-epstein-held-in-manhattan-on-new-underage-sex-case\/\">on\u00a0child sex-trafficking charges<\/a> in August 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did go to dinner at Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s house,\u201d Handler told Lowe. \u201cI didn\u2019t know who Jeffrey Epstein was. It was like twenty \u2013 I don\u2019t know what year it was, but it was a long time ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued, \u201cI went with Katie Couric. Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn were there. Charlie Rose was there.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Handler (pictured here with Gillis and Hart during the roast Sunday night) spoke about the \u201cweird\u201d dinner she attended at Epstein\u2019s New York home while on Rob Lowe\u2019s \u201cLiterally!\u201d podcast in 2021. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cI\u2019ve never been on the private island, and I\u2019ve never been on his plane,\u201d she told Lowe in February 2021. \u201cI\u2019ve met him one time, and that was the time.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Handler also told Lowe that she didn\u2019t stay at Epstein\u2019s home \u201cfor very long,\u201d although she said she did run into then-Prince Andrew at the dinner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we got there, I was like, \u2018What is this gathering?\u2019\u201d the comedian recalled. \u201cOh yeah, Prince Andrew was there with \u2014 no, with no one. He was there with Jeffrey Epstein.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cYeah, we had dinner, and it was so awkward and so weird. I was like what are we doing here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201c<a data-aps-asc-tag=\"pagesix-20\" data-aps-asin=\"0593596579\" data-wrapped-template=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url\" href=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FIll-Have-What-Shes-Having%2Fdp%2F0593596579%3Ftag%3Dpagesix-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fpagesix.com%2F2026%2F05%2F11%2Fcelebrity-news%2Fchelsea-handlers-dinner-with-jeffrey-epstein-dragged-into-kevin-hart-roast%2F%26asc_source%3Dweb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">I\u2019ll Have What She\u2019s Having<\/a>\u201d writer insisted that the 2010 dinner was the only time she crossed paths with Epstein.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Epstein (pictured here in September 2004) died by suicide\u00a0while in jail on\u00a0child sex-trafficking charges in August 2019. <span class=\"credit\">Corbis via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><figcaption>Epstein\u2019s Little St. James Island (seen here in March 2022) made recent headlines after the US Department of Justice released over 3 million pages connected with the late financier. <span class=\"credit\">Emily Michot\/Miami Herald\/ZUMA Press Wire \/ Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never been on the private island, and I\u2019ve never been on his plane,\u201d she told Lowe. \u201cI\u2019ve met him one time, and that was the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Epstein\u2019s Little St. James Island and private jet made recent headlines after the US Department of Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/30\/us-news\/epstein-files-photos-release-live-updates-from-documents-disclosed-by-doj-2\/\">released over 3 million pages<\/a> connected with the late financier.<\/p>\n<p>While the documents reportedly showed that many people visited Epstein\u2019s private island or flew on his private jet, the Justice Department stressed that being named in the documents was not evidence of wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-330-0226.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/11\/celebrity-news\/chelsea-handlers-dinner-with-jeffrey-epstein-dragged-into-kevin-hart-roast\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pulling no punches. 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