Chelsea Handler Got Too High With Willie Nelson And Straight Up Let Him Interview Himself

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If you’re gonna smoke with Willie Nelson, you better know what you’re signing up for. Chelsea Handler found out the hard way in 2016, while filming her four-part Netflix docuseries, Chelsea Does.

In the episode “Chelsea Does Drugs,” Handler thought it would be hilarious (and, let’s be real, iconic) to light up with Willie. It was… but it also left her completely wrecked.

“Oh my God, I was high for two days! I literally couldn’t open one of my eyes after,” she told Jimmy Fallon.

Two days. Imagine waking up and still being on Willie Time. The real kicker? Handler was supposed to be interviewing the man. Except she forgot one tiny detail: it is almost impossible to form coherent thoughts when you are baked to the moon.

“So as we’re talking, I’m like, ‘Oh my God, what am I gonna say next?’” she admitted. Her genius solution? Just let Willie run the show.

“I was just like, ‘I hope he just keeps talking, because I am so stoned.’”

Spoiler: Willie did keep talking. Because he’s Willie. And honestly, that might have been the best interview she ever did. Zero effort, maximum vibes.

Bonus weed fact: Willie is such a cannabis legend that he launched his own brand, Willie’s Reserve, and even when he stopped smoking joints in his 80s, he kept the ritual alive through vaping and edibles.

High Story moral? You do not out-smoke the outlaw.