Chelsea Handler said she is “disheartened” that Ivanka Trump has not stood up to President Donald Trump when it comes to women’s issues.
In a clip from an upcoming episode of “Chelsea” posted Thursday, the talk show host sits down with Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards and comedian Sarah Silverman. The trio were discussing the Trump administration’s plans to defund Planned Parenthood. (RELATED: Chelsea Handler Rips Melania Trump: ‘She Can Barely Speak English’)
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“I talked to her [Ivanka] and I told her what we do,” Richards said. “I explained in detail. But, so far, the White House has been a total zero on women and women’s health. And I think Ivanka’s job now is that she’s in charge of all women’s issues. So, this would be time to kind of step up.”
“My friends are like, ‘She [Ivanka] has no control, she’s just another puppet…circling around [Trump],'” Handler interjected. “Do you think she has any influence at all?”
“I’m so dead inside when it comes to all of this,” Silverman answered. “I feel so disheartened. I actually saw she [Ivanka] follows me on Twitter and I direct-messaged her and I was like, ‘This is your chance. You’re writing your life story here.'”
“And the fact that she [Ivanka] doesn’t call him out…I know all women feel this way toward Ivanka right now,” Handler explained. “But I’m like, ‘You need to tell that fucking asshole that this is an unacceptable way to treat women, we’re moving backwards!'”