Chelsea Handler New Contract With E! Is Not Happening; Chelsea Handler Slams E! as “Clueless”; Handler’s New Manager Says `No One Like Her On Television’ She’s a `Total B*tch’

Chelsea Handler says no to new contract with E!. Chelsea Handler will not renew her contract with the E! network once it runs out this year.

Irving Azoff, Chelsea Handler's manager, told the Hollywood Reporter. "Chelsea intends to leave when her contract expires. She hired me to figure out her life after E! We have at least seven suitors and many ideas."

Azoff hinted that Chelsea Handler is sifting through offers like radio or digital show, or another TV show on another network.

E! told The Hollywood Reporte: "Chelsea has nine months left on her contract and E! will not comment on the future of Chelsea Lately at this time."

Chelsea Handler hasn't held back about her frustrations with E! Network. Handler told Howard Stern on his radio show "They don't know what they're doing. They have no ideas. It's a failure."

Azoff took over as Chelsea's agent in October. He said "She is an original and there's no one else like her in comedy and on television.  She can be a total bitch, but I've dealt with a lot of those before.  Chelsea is damn good at what she does and has an undeniably strong brand.  She and the guys have exciting ideas for the future of her career and production company."

The last time Chelsea Handler's contract was up for renewal, E! conducted intense talks and Handler walked out with a $25 million two-year extension.

According to Kantar Media, Handler makes about $9 million. About 572,000 people tune ijn a night, which is down from her 2010 numbers of 839,000 viewers. Ad revenue dropped off more than 15 percent to $134.5 million, according to Kantar Media.

Chelsea told Howard Stern that E! has changed during her run, "It was a much different network, you know? It was bigger, and it was cooler, and and now...it's just sad. It's a sad place to live. They don't know what they're doing, they have no ideas... everything they do is just a failure."

Handler is in talks to the end of her $25 million two-year E! contract.

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