Chelsea Handler has claimed her New Jersey highschool won’t induct her into its corridor of fame as a result of she has been open about having abortions.
The 47-year-old comic shared that she had three abortions whereas attending her New Jersey highschool during her guest host monologue Monday on “Jimmy Kimmel Reside!” Handler is internet hosting all week as Kimmel is on trip.
“Have you learnt what males on the web needed to say about that?” she asked in Tuesday’s monologue about the day prior to this’s assertion. “I don’t as a result of I don’t give an f–ok,” she mentioned to the viewers’s applause.
“However my outdated highschool does,” Handler continued. “I not too long ago discovered that my highschool in New Jersey, Livingston Excessive Faculty, is refusing to induct me into their alumni Corridor of Fame.
“Jason Alexander and Chris Christie made it, however not me,” she mentioned, referencing the “Seinfeld” alum and former state governor. “Apparently, the varsity is upset about how a lot I speak about my abortions, so I made a decision to start out a grassroots marketing campaign.

“It is best to donate to Deliberate Parenthood, after which march, after which vote, however after you’re performed with that, go browsing and tweet a message to the varsity district for my alma mater @LivSchools,” she continued. “Allow them to know the way you’re feeling about this gross injustice and use the hashtag #Hall4Handler.
“Have enjoyable with it. Make me proud,” she concluded. “Livingston Excessive, the corridor is in your court docket.”
The humorous girl’s request comes after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion all through the US, on Friday, upholding a Mississippi regulation banning the process after 15 weeks of being pregnant — and leaving the issue up to each of the 50 states.
Nonetheless, the district denied Handler’s declare in an announcement to The Put up on Wednesday evening.
“On behalf of the present Livingston Public Faculties administrative staff, Ms. Handler was not refused for the LEF Corridor of Fame,” Livingston Public Faculties Communications and Neighborhood Outreach Coordinator Michelle Bent mentioned.
“Following an electronic mail trade together with her representatives in February/March 2022 about how the district may honor Ms. Handler and prolonged conversations with the Livingston Schooling Basis (LEF), the district instructed her representatives that she could be thought-about by the LEF the following time candidates are thought-about.”
“It has been a number of years for the reason that LEF has nominated and inducted new people into the Livingston Excessive Faculty Corridor of Fame,” Bent continued. “The LEF has expressed that it’s trying ahead to bringing the Corridor of Fame occasion again quickly. At the moment, it may possibly formally nominate and induct new LHS alumni.”
However on Tuesday, followers shortly adopted Handler’s directions and tweeted on the college district.
“Induct Chelsea Handler into your Corridor of Fame. She’s actively speaking to girls about abortion and spreading info and laughs. What’s the issue?” one user wrote.
“Honoring Chris Christie and never Chelsea Handler is about as insane because the president making an attempt to choke out a secret service agent and seize the steering wheel of a automobile,” another claimed.
“Hey @LivSchools Be part of the century by which you reside, and honor Chelsea Handler,” another quipped.