--- title: Chelsea Handler Delivers PSA on Being Childless description: Chelsea Handler jokes in her PSA, "I'm here to tell you that being childless and alone are everything they're cracked up to be." canonical: https://time.com/4485238/chelsea-handler-childless-psa/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-09T13:48:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:03:20.539Z og:title: Chelsea Handler: 'Being Childless and Alone Are Everything They’re Cracked Up To Be' og:description: Watch her hilarious new PSA og:url: https://time.com/4485238/chelsea-handler-childless-psa/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4704adb662a2273e/6988a55afb4eac24d288f089/chelsea-handler-childless-psa.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: AOL Build Presents Chelsea Handler Dishing On The New Season Of Her Hit Netflix Show, "Chelsea" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chelsea Handler: 'Being Childless and Alone Are Everything They’re Cracked Up To Be' twitter:description: Watch her hilarious new PSA twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4704adb662a2273e/6988a55afb4eac24d288f089/chelsea-handler-childless-psa.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chelsea Handler: 'Being Childless and Alone Are Everything They’re Cracked Up To Be' > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Monica Schipper/WireImage) NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 25: Comedian and tv personality Chelsea Handler attends AOL Build Presents Chelsea Handler Dishing On The New Season Of Her Hit Netflix Show, "Chelsea" at AOL HQ on August 25, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Monica Schipper/WireImage) Monica Schipper—WireImage/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Sep 9, 2016 1:48 PM UTC [Chelsea Handler](http://motto.time.com/4316630/chelsea-handler-single-women-shaming/) has already spoken out about her [two abortions ](http://motto.time.com/4384468/chelsea-handler-abortions/)and her love of being single. The comedian posted a video to her Facebook and Instagram feeds Thursday delivering a PSA about why she loves being childless. In the PSA, [Handler](http://motto.time.com/4459197/chelsea-handler-tinder/) sits at her dining room table with a cocktail nearby and dressed in what looks like lingerie. She jokes, “I’m here to tell you that being childless and alone are everything they’re cracked up to be.” Handler distinguishes between the terms “[childless](http://motto.time.com/4449121/no-kids-lifestyle/)” and “child free,” the latter being the term she dislikes the most. It “sounds like a food restriction, like gluten- or dairy-free. I don’t want children in my food any more than I want them in my home,” she says. As she fake chokes back tears, Handler says, “Once you have a child, you never get to make another choice again…You can be childless and alone. 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