Chelsea Handler may be a far-left comedian known for railing against conservatives, but in Friday's episode of her Netflix show, she had fun at the expense of her fellow liberals as her Chelsea show ran a parody of an anti-Trump liberal named Gary who is obsessed with watching CNN.
When his wife and children take away his TV, the poor guy goes to extreme lengths just to get the latest Trump news from CNN -- ranging from seeking help from a cross-dressing prostitute to breaking into a neighbor's home to watch Van Jones -- and then ends up in prison bullying his cellmate into keeping quiet while he indulges in David Gergen and Jake Tapper.
Handler introduces the video supposedly promoting a documentary about people trying to kick addictions, and viewers get to see Gary sitting on his couch intensely staring at CNN while wearing a pussy-hat and an "I'm with Her" Clinton campaign t-shirt.
After showing clips of his wife, son, and daughter lamenting their father's addiction to watching news about Donald Trump, followed by a clip of Gary fretting over his wife putting Russian dressing on his sandwich, Gary is seen in agony after his family steals away his TV access.
Gary hysterically begs: "Just three minutes of Rachel Maddow, please?! Come on, just three minutes! If I don't get it here, I'll get it somewhere else!"
After clips of Gary running out to his vehicle and driving away while being chased by his wife and children, "somewhere else" turns out to be a prostitute whom he hires just so he can borrow her/his iPhone and access CNN. After the prostitute -- who does not subscribe to news -- gets angry, stops pretending to be a woman, and storms off, Gary ends up back at home in an interdiction hosted by a counselor.
His wife then bemoans Gary's unwillingness to have sex with her until Muslims are allowed to enter the country, and he soon pounces on his own son for confessing he voted for Trump.
After the interdiction ends in a relapse, Gary is seen in prison intimidating his cellmate into keeping quiet while he listens to CNN's David Gergen and awaits The Lead with Jake Tapper.
NewsBusters has notably found that CNN has itself been very obsessed with news about President Trump.
Below is a transcript of portions of the Friday, May 26, Chelsea on Netflix:
SON: He follows the news every second. It's never enough.
WIFE: Honey, you need some rest. Nothing has changed.
GARY: Will you shut it? There's a Spicer briefing in four minutes.
DAUGHTER: I get it. He hates Trump. I mean, we all do. But my dad's addicted.
(...)
GARY: Is that Russian dressing?
WIFE: Uhhh -- yeah?
GARY: How do I know I can trust you?
WIFE: He lost his job.
GARY: Who's got the remote?!
WIFE: His health.
GARY: Just three minutes of Rachel Maddow, please?!
WIFE: And if he doesn't get off this Trump stuff, he's going to lose his family?
GARY: Come on, just three minutes! If I don't get it here, I'll get it somewhere else!
(Gary is seen running out of the house and getting into his vehicle chased by his family.)
SON: He's just constantly following the news. He's nose to the screen -- got to get it, got to get it, got to get it -- and he gets one little piece of Trump information He's chasing the orange dragon.
(Gary drives away with his family begging him not to go and his daughter trying to climb onto the hood.)
MAN DRESSED AS WOMAN OUTSIDE VEHICLE: Hi, honey. Wanna party?
GARY: Yeah, how much?
MAN DRESSED AS WOMAN: Fifty bucks for anything you want.
All right, get in.
So what's it gonna be?
Just give me your phone. Where's your news apps? No CNN, no HuffPo, not even Yahoo?
I don't have unlimited data.
Anyone ever tell you you look just like Kellyanne Conway?
F*** you, buddy! You're a f***, you know that?!
(...)
WIFE: Your behavior has affected me in the following ways: You refuse to have sex with me until the Muslim ban is lifted.
GARY: Well, they're not allowed in, so why should I be?
WIFE: You keep setting the alarm for 3 a.m. so you can be the first to read Trump's tweets, and then you tweet logical things back to him.
GARY: You people do nothing!
SON: Dad, I think you should give Trump a chance. He's going to drain the swamp. That's why I voted for him.
GARY: You what?
SON: That's why I voted for Trump.
(Gary jumps up and tries to strangle his son.)
The video recalls that Gary goes on to break into a neighbor's home to watch Van Jones and ends up in prison. He is seen shouting at his cellmate to keep quiet while he watches CNN.
