Chelsea Handler To Host MTV Music Video Awards

Too Hot To Handler!

We might not be able to see Chelsea Handler’s late-night talk show here in Canada, but we’ll definitely be able to catch her when she hosts the MTV Music Video Awards next month.

The Chelsea Lately star has been tapped to host the Sept. 12 show, making her the first woman to host the awards since Roseanne Barr in 1994.

“If there’s one awards show that I should be hosting, it’s probably this one,” Handler to the New York Times yesterday. “My personality probably wouldn’t jell with the Emmys or the Golden Globes.”

That personality didn’t mesh well with TV critics in 2009 when Handler hosted the TCA Awards. She was met with mixed reactions from those who weren’t impressed by her flirtatious Jon Hamm jokes and girlish humour.

Mind you, there are a lot of older, make TV critics.

In addition to hosting her own series, Handler has also released two memoirs, Are You There Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea, and Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang.

According to MTV president Stephen K. Friedman, Handler attracts the college audience that the network is overly fond of.

“There is a sweet spot that loves her,” he told the Times.

The show’s lineup still hasn’t been released, but given that Kanye West’s famous outburst over Taylor Swift’s win was only last year at this very same show, it’s probably a safe bet on at least one joke.

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