Cheryl Hines has responded to Chelsea Handler’s allegations that the Curb Your Enthusiasm alum sold her a “toxic” house.
“She bought this house five years ago and she’s just now complaining about it,” Hines, 60, said on the latest episode of OutKick’s “Tomi Lahren Is Fearless” podcast. “She’s buying a $6 million house and talking about how she feels duped and that we tried to sell her a house that was — her word — toxic, which also doesn’t make sense.”
Handler, 51, claimed on the March 5 episode of her “Dear Chelsea” podcast that she previously bought the property that belonged to Hines and her husband, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The comedian added that she still hasn’t been able to move in after contractors discovered issues in the foundation.
“The story doesn’t really hold water,” Hines told podcast host Tomi Lahren. “I did write her a personal note when she moved in, just saying how much we love the house, and I hope that she has a beautiful life in this house. And if you need anything, call me, and I left my number.”
She continued, “So, I don’t know if we were trying to unload a toxic house on her. I wouldn’t have left my number, so I think she’s just trying to get attention and it’s probably fun for her to make fun of Bobby. What are you going to do? She’s trying to get a laugh, I guess, and some likes.”
When Handler initially revealed her real estate saga, she mentioned that she was “totally over” it while “still working through it.”
“I did not know I was buying it from him. It was anonymous [through a trust]. It was all private … [but] I still have not lived in this house. That’s how f***ed up this house was,” Handler quipped at the time. “The idea that this guy is in charge of the health of our country when he didn’t even have a proper foundation at his house?”
According to Handler, building inspectors found multiple foundational issues on the property.
“When they opened up the house, they were like, ‘This house is the most toxic environment. You cannot live here for at least two years.’ I’m not exaggerating any of this,” Handler claimed. “It was a disaster, and I didn’t know it going in because everything was, you know, under wraps.”
Handler further joked that three separate contractors have told her the “house is cursed.”
“In the last week of inspection, they came in. Everything’s been redone, redone, redone,” she recalled. “They’re like, ‘Oh, there’s a little outdoor storage unit that’s been there since I bought the property, and they’re like, ‘This is illegal.’ … I’m, like, ‘How did they not find this upon the first inspection?’”
