Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro has reiterated his criticism of comedian Chelsea Handler’s decision to remain childless. Handler recently posted a satirical video on Twitter titled “Day in the Life of a Childless Woman,” which received over 10.8 million views. While the video was intended to be comedic, Shapiro and others took offense to it.
According to Mediate, during a recent episode of “The Ben Shapiro Show,” the commentator insisted that Handler is “very lonely.” He cited her video as evidence that she is “miserable” and “drowns her sorrows in enormous barrels of wine.” He also pointed out that he himself is happily married and expecting his fourth child.
Shapiro went on to criticize Handler’s tendency to “post cringe about how happy she is.” He argued that truly happy people don’t feel the need to constantly tell others how happy they are. He then mocked Handler’s claim that his criticism had helped her cause of remaining childless.
“I will just note the final results here. Happily married for nearly 15 years. My wife is currently pregnant with our fourth child,” Shapiro said. “She’s a single 47-year-old woman who drowns her sorrows in enormous barrels of wine. Again, the proof is in the pudding.”
Handler, for her part, responded to the backlash by posting another video on Twitter in which she thanked Shapiro for helping her avoid the need for birth control. She also made light of his comments about her personal life.
“She is a very unhappy person who just keeps going online to post cringe about how happy she is. See, here’s the thing about happy people. They don’t spend their whole life telling you how happy they are while their eyes tell you a different story. And that is Chelsea Handler in a nutshell,” Shapiro added.
