Chelsea Handler hasn’t spoken to ex Joe Coy “for a while” after they broke up earlier this year.
The comedians said the pair, who were longtime friends before starting dating in 2021, were unable to mend their friendship until Koi took “accountability” for his role in their split.
“I mean, there has to be accountability. You know what I mean? Because from him about what happened, it was just ridiculous,” said Handler, 47, Brooke Shields’ “Now What?” Podcast on tuesday.
“I don’t think we can make a friendship
Until accountability and responsibility are met. “
She didn’t exactly reveal that Koi, 51, wasn’t held accountable, but the stand-up comic explained that their relationship was “devolved” over the 11 months they were together. did.
“There was some behavior that we didn’t agree with,” Handler explained. “And I felt like I had to give myself up. If I was 20 or 25, it might have been okay to do it. But I’m not willing to do it.” was.”
The former ‘Late Chelsea’ host continued, saying she was ‘not going to give up’ herself even though she ‘loved him very much’.
“I was like, ‘I’m not going to change my behavior just to make you feel more comfortable. I’m not doing that,'” she shared.
“I had to walk away from what I really thought would be a forever relationship.”
Handler added that the pair couldn’t agree in “some situations” and thought therapy would help, but “it didn’t.”
Ultimately, she said it was finally clear that Koi was not her “person”.
“Leaving him was one of the hardest things I ever had to do,” she said.
carp and handler Ends in July 2022with Author of “Life Is My Death” announced that the pair were “on a break.”
That same month, Handler Publish in another podcast That the couple split up because “you can’t change a person by nature.”