--- description: helsea Handler shared a photo on 'Chelsea Lately' Tuesday night of her shockingly messy hair. title: VIDEO: Chelsea Handler Shares Her Hair Disaster image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74a0c97a9d34fc68/69868adce8524bbf88602673/lnh1280x720-jpg.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # VIDEO: Chelsea Handler Explains a Hair Disaster by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 16, 2014 2:28 PM CUT  Peter Kramer—NBC NewsWire/Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 16, 2014 2:28 PM CUT As far as bad hair days go, this is one for the books: Chelsea Handler shared a photo on _Chelsea Lately_ Tuesday night of her shockingly messy hair. And the worst part? She didn’t even know how bad it was until a friend snapped a photo to show her. “I can’t believe that I got up, went to the airport, and it never occurred to me that, ‘Hey, you might want to check the back of your head,'” the late-night host said. Handler blames the embarrassing ‘do on the hair extensions she had at the time. Needless to say, she doesn’t have extensions anymore. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/64893/chelsea-handler-hair-disaster-embarrassing/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/64893/chelsea-handler-hair-disaster-embarrassing/"},"headline":"VIDEO: Chelsea Handler Explains a Hair Disaster","datePublished":"2014-04-16T14:28:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:19:57.248Z","description":"The comedienne got real about her coiffure","url":"https://time.com/64893/chelsea-handler-hair-disaster-embarrassing/","keywords":["Television","chelsea handler"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74a0c97a9d34fc68/69868adce8524bbf88602673/lnh1280x720-jpg.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74a0c97a9d34fc68/69868adce8524bbf88602673/lnh1280x720-jpg.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Chelsea Handler","caption":"","creditText":"Peter Kramer—NBC NewsWire/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/64893/chelsea-handler-hair-disaster-embarrassing/","name":"VIDEO: Chelsea Handler Explains a Hair Disaster"}}]}] ```