'Harass-y': Comedian at Critics Choice Award proves the double standards of modern feminism

The 29th Critics Choice Awards were just presented last weekend to honor the greatest achievements of 2023 in filmmaking and television production.

Comedian Chelsea Handler was the host of the event, and her shtick for the evening was “overtly and uncomfortably sexual,” says Lauren Chen.

Just hearing Handler’s opening line is enough to confirm that this is true.

“Let's celebrate that 2023 was one of the horniest years for movies and TV!” Handler belted at the crowd.

“I can laugh at sexual jokes,” says Lauren, “but at least make them funny.”

And in Handler’s case, her jokes were not only unfunny, they made “the entire audience in front of her so uncomfortable.”

Especially the men in the audience.

At one point during her speech, Handler looked at Barry Keoghan and said, “Most male actors use prosthetics, so thank you, Barry, for keeping it real, and please thank your penis for its service,” referencing Keoghan’s nude dance scene in the psychological thriller “Saltburn.”

When the camera panned to Keoghan’s face, he looked anything but amused. In fact he stared down and shook his head in what appeared to be mortification.

“It kind of seems to me like he's not having a good time,” says Lauren, stating the obvious.

But Keoghan wasn’t the only man in the crowd Handler chose to single out.

“I prefer my men old and hot – men who have been around since the railway was invented. Speaking of which, Robert De Niro and Harrison Ford are here. I don't know which one of you was hotter. I mean both of you were total smoke shows, and you guys have both been so hot for so many decades and you just keep getting hotter … and I know you’re both spoken for, so I’m not hitting on you, but I am hitting on you,” Handler barked.

Like Keoghan, both De Niro and Ford looked unimpressed and incredibly uncomfortable.

“Unfortunately, Martin Scorsese isn’t here tonight, but that's not going to stop me from letting everyone in this room know that I would toss him around like a little Italian meatball,” she continued.

Not only were Handler’s jokes “uncomfortable and unfunny,” they also shed light on the double standards of modern feminism.

“Can you imagine the outrage if someone like Ricky Gervais had gone up on stage and said he wanted to toss around some actress like an Italian meatball?” asks Lauren. “I'm pretty sure the media would not have taken kindly to that.”

“This kind of feels harass-y.”

To hear Lauren’s entire analysis on Handler’s tasteless Critics Choice Awards speech, watch the video below.

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