Comedian Chelsea Handler has no holds barred when it comes to telling people why she left the E! network after eight years of hosting a talk show.
“It was E! I don’t have a lot of respect for them,” she said at TheWrap’s first Power Women Breakfast in San Francisco on Friday.
“It was a great opportunity to give my friends jobs, it was a great experience and I’m grateful and I appreciate it but it was time to move on. I wanted to talk about things other than Lindsay Lohan, there was only so much I could take.”
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She added: “I want to be somewhere where I respect the people I’m working with.”
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Chelsea Handler, Kara Swisher Join San Francisco's Power Women 2015 (Photos)
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Chelsea Handler: "I don’t want to bring men down, I want to lift women up.”
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Panelists Re/code co-CEO Kara Swisher; Karen Appleton, SVP of Box; Handler; CreativeFuture CEO Ruth Vitale
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Sponsors and speakers at TheWrap Power Women breakfast in San Francisco
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Karen Appleton, SVP of Box, greets guests
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Handler with guests at the breakfast
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Breakfast served at the private Battery club
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A Ferragamo bag was auctioned for the Joyful Heart Foundation
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A silver print of Joni Mitchell by photographer Joel Bernstein was auctioned
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The auction raised thousands of dollars for the Joyful Heart Foundation
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Auctioning hand-made candles
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Auction proceeds went to benefit The Joyful Heart Foundation
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Gift bags!
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Women in Film from the Bay Area joined the breakfast
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Jade McQueen of Box, with guest
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Heather Podesta, top Washington DC lobbyist
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Events expert Marlene Saritzky (right) and friend
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Kara Swisher with a young admirer
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Ruth Vitale, CEO of CreativeFuture
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Executives from Ferragamo join the Power Women breakfast
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British consul general Priya Guha, with Appleton and attendee
Comedian Chelsea Handler and journalist Kara Swisher joined more than 100 high powered women executives in entertainment and technology for TheWrap’s first Power Women breakfast in San Francisco on Friday
Chelsea Handler: "I don’t want to bring men down, I want to lift women up.”

