Chelsea Handler Hard Launches Romance With Glimpse Into Istanbul Trip

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Chelsea Handler has been seeing someone new lately. 

Okay, so I’m seeing all the buzz about Chelsea Handler’s trip to Dubai, and let me tell you, it looks amazing! But even bigger news? She officially introduced her new boyfriend! She shared a bunch of photos, and honestly, it’s so fun to see her so happy and clearly in a relationship. It’s a total ‘hard launch’ – meaning she didn’t just hint at it, she went all in with the photos!

Chelsea shared on March 10th that she visited Istanbul after a trip to Finland to experience Ramadan. She was incredibly impressed with the city and felt she gained a lot of historical knowledge, saying she learned so much about the Byzantine, Ottoman, and Arabian Empires that she felt much more informed than before her trip.

The 51-year-old didn’t reveal much about the new relationship, but she did share that she had a wonderful time on vacation.

She added, “It was a wonderful trip, full of history and, of course, a little bit of my usual silliness!” She’ll be performing this weekend in Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati, saying, “I love getting out and about.”

One picture shows Chelsea taking a selfie with her boyfriend – a tall, blond man with a beard. She’s wearing a blue hijab, and he’s wearing sunglasses and a houndstooth coat.

Another photo from their trip shows the couple embracing in front of a little castle. Chelsea also shared a picture of them happily holding up Aperol spritzes.

Chelsea recently shared news about her life, just days after announcing she met someone special while visiting Las Vegas and trying her luck at the casinos.

Chelsea remembered approaching a man at a blackjack table – he was wearing a cowboy hat and had a huge stack of chips, worth thousands of dollars. She asked him for a $1,000 loan, telling him she was confident she’d quickly win it back. Surprisingly, he agreed and gave her the money, according to an interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Chelsea and a guy she met seemed to connect right away. She playfully mentioned how well they got along, and her friend took the hint, giving him Chelsea’s number.

“He’s not a real cowboy,” she joked, “but I call him Cowboy.”

Her recent social media post suggests the couple enjoys traveling together.

She said she shared a link to photos from her Antarctic trip with a man, and he was so inspired he booked a flight to join her. She’s still dating him and feels it was a really significant gesture – exactly what she needed.

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