Chelsea Handler mocks Blake Lively and Kanye West in savage Critics Choice jokes

The awards ceremony took place on Friday night as celebrities poured intoBarker Hangar in Santa Monica to celebrate the achievements in filmmaking and television over the past year.

Handler thanked Lively, 37, and Baldoni, 41 – who were not present – for providing a ‘distraction’ from all the negative news.

‘Waking up every day, not knowing what news we are going to hear will disappoint or horrify us, it is so important to have a distraction in times like these.

‘And that’s why I want to personally extend my gratitude to Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively. Thank you for providing us with that distraction. I’m grateful, we’re all grateful.’

‘I think everybody in this room, no matter whose side you’re on, we can all agree to accept that there’s probably not gonna be a sequel,’ she joked.

‘It ends with us, guys,’ Handler added.

She also took aim at Kanye West who was also not present. While introducing Jesse Eisenberg to present the award for best supporting actress, she joked that Eisenberg was ‘from a movie we know Kanye West didn’t see.’

Eisenberg starred and directed A Real Pain, a movie that focuses on two Jewish cousins who travel to Poland to honour their grandmother and learn about each other as old tensions rise.

The comedian was making reference to the antisemitic slurs posted on social media by West hours before the ceremony.

The Gold Digger rapper, 47, spent hours tweeting on his X account on Friday morning where he weight-shamed women, targeted the Jewish community, and expressed support for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs -who is facing numerous sexual assault allegations.

In one tweet, the disgraced rapper said: ‘I’m never apologising for my Jewish comments. I can say whatever the f**k I wanna say forever. Where’s my f*****g apology for freezing my accounts. S**k my d**k how’s that for an apology.’

In another tweet, he said: ‘I’m racist. Stereo types exist for a reason and they all be true’.

The rapper first began publicly making antisemitic statements in 2022. This led to him losing a 10-year Adidas partnership that had contributed to his billionaire status.

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