First published 2011
Chelsea Handler has turned deception into an art form. She fabricates pregnancies, creates fake emails, and invents smuggling schemes to fool anyone within reach. Her friends, family members, and coworkers have all fallen victim to her elaborate pranks and outrageous stories. Handler admits that inventing tales and lying compulsively fills her days and brings her joy in difficult times. She targets what she calls "dumbassness" in people, exploiting their gullibility with complete nonsense. No one stays safe from her schemes, whether they're working quietly at their desks or honeymooning across the globe. Her pranks range from carefully planned operations to spontaneous moments of mischief. Handler will go to any length for a laugh, creating fake sports bets and phony business deals. Now her victims fight back, sharing their own accounts of how Handler's fictional tales made them behave foolishly. These stories reveal the comedian's relentless pursuit of amusement at others' expense.
Genres: humor, contemporary, comedy, deception
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, intimate
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
292 pages · Hardcover · Grand Central Publishing