Chelsea Handler Takes “High and Mighty” to The View, Talks Texas, Florida & the Latest Hot Topics

Chelsea Handler Brings Tour Talk and Spicy Hot Topics to The View

Chelsea Handler visits The View with her High and Mighty Tour in tow — and naturally, the conversation does not stay politely parked on tour dates for long.

Handler joins the table to explain why she is now taking the show to Florida and Texas after previously avoiding both states for political reasons. She also jumps into the latest headlines with the panel, including Sen. Mitch McConnell’s return to the Senate and growing concerns around artificial intelligence.

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The appearance comes during The View’s September 24 episode, with Lisa Ling sitting in as guest co-host. ABC bills Handler’s segment around the expansion of her tour into Florida and Texas, two states she had previously skipped because of her objections to their politics.

Handler says that approach has changed, and the conversation becomes less about avoiding audiences and more about showing up for them. It is a shift she folds directly into the comedy of the tour itself — still pointed, still personal, and still very much Chelsea.

Then come the Hot Topics. Handler gives her own comic take on McConnell’s return to Capitol Hill and joins the broader discussion about AI, with her remarks presented as exactly that: Handler’s perspective and punchlines, not a straight-news verdict on either subject.

That mix — tour promo one minute, headline commentary the next — is basically the ideal Handler visit. She has never needed much runway before turning a standard daytime sit-down into something sharper.

Watch Chelsea Handler Talk High and Mighty Tour on The View

Chelsea Handler joined The View on September 24, 2026 to discuss adding Florida and Texas dates to her High and Mighty Tour and to weigh in on several of the day’s headlines.

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