Chelsea Handler could not hold back her reaction to Mitch McConnell’s return to the Senate.
Handler appeared on “The View” and compared the Kentucky senator’s return to work to the dark comedy “Weekend at Bernie’s.”
Chelsea Handler jokes Mitch McConnell’s return to work is like Weekend at Bernie’s on The View
According to The Wrap, Handler appeared on The View on Thursday and fielded questions on Mitch McConnell’s return to Capitol Hill after a three-month absence. The 84-year-old senator had been hospitalized after a fall at his Washington home and later developed pneumonia.
Handler was blunt in her reaction: “Was that a return? That’s a return to Saturn, is what that was,” she joked. “I mean, honestly. I can’t believe — this is obviously like ‘Weekend at Bernie’s.’ We’re dealing with a person who’s unconscious or possibly not even alive. You know, I mean the way they’re propping him up — and when his hand went up, I was like, ‘Who’s holding his hand up?!’”
She then moved to a broader question: how McConnell’s return would be seen years from now. “When they look back at this time in history, how are we going to explain ourselves?” Handler asked. “But luckily with AI, maybe none of us will have to!”
The comments followed McConnell’s return to the Senate on Sept. 14. Reuters reported that the senator was in a wheelchair and said he was “not quite back to 100%.” However, he also noted that he would be back to legislative work.
“The View” had previously discussed McConnell’s return. Host Ana Navarro expressed her distaste for the situation in strong words.
“This is not the first time, it’s not the second time, I’ve lost count of the amount of times that we’ve seen him freeze, that we’ve read about him falling and hurting himself, that we’ve read about him being hospitalized,” Navarro said.
McConnell has said that he wants to complete his current term, which ends in January 2027. The senator has also confirmed that he will not seek reelection.
