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Chelsea Handler just returned from yet another whirlwind romantic getaway with her new boyfriend, this time, to Turkey.
Love is a gamble as the 51-year-old comedian discovered when she originally met her mystery man at a blackjack table at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas last November.
'I had to ask this guy sitting at a blackjack table who was wearing a cowboy hat, he had a lot of chips, like, thousands of dollars,' Handler recalled to the Las Vegas Review-Journal last Friday.
'I was like, "Hey, buddy, can I borrow $1,000? I'm gonna start winning right away." And he was like, "Yeah, absolutely!" So he gave me $1,000.'
The Critics Choice Awards host 'immediately' paid back her tall beau, whose identity she's keeping private, but she's nicknamed him Cowboy.
'I paid him back another thousand just for interest, which I ended up taking back at the end of the night because I said, "I don't think he deserved that," Handler said.
Chelsea Handler just returned from yet another whirlwind romantic getaway with her new boyfriend, this time, to Turkey (pictured Monday)
Love is a gamble as the 51-year-old comedian discovered when she originally met her mystery man at a blackjack table at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas last November (pictured February 16)
The New Jersey-born blonde's gal pal thought they looked 'cute together' so she passed her phone number to Cowboy, who promptly texted her the next morning.
Handler later sent Cowboy a link to an Insider Expeditions luxury trip to Antarctica she had booked for Thanksgiving and he met her there.
'I'm still going strong with this guy. It's hot, and a woman like me needs a big move like that,' the Ice Out activist said.
'He's downstairs getting a massage right now. He's my current Cowboy.'
On Monday, Handler shared an Instagram slideshow of herself packing on the PDA with Cowboy as they explored Istanbul together to see 'what goes down during Ramadan.'
'What a city,' The Feeling producer-star - who boasts 18 million social media followers - wrote.
'If I retained 50% of what I learned about the Byzantine, Ottoman, and Arabian Empires, I am much more knowledgeable than when I left. What a gorgeous, history-filled trip with a nice injection of my signature nonsense.'
The globetrotting couple have also previously vacationed in Finland, Jamaica and Canada.
Before Cowboy, Handler dated comedian Jo Koy, chef Bobby Flay, hotelier André Balazs, rapper 50 Cent, comedian David Alan Grier and former Comcast Entertainment Group CEO Ted Harbert.
Last month, the Grammy-nominated funnywoman signed on to produce and portray a washed-up reality star in Zoe Young's comedy series Townhouse in development with Hulu.
'I had to ask this guy sitting at a blackjack table who was wearing a cowboy hat, he had a lot of chips, like, thousands of dollars,' Handler recalled to the Las Vegas Review-Journal last Friday. 'I was like, "Hey, buddy, can I borrow $1,000? I'm gonna start winning right away." And he was like, "Yeah, absolutely!" So he gave me $1,000.'
The Critics Choice Awards host 'immediately' paid back her tall beau, whose identity she's keeping private, but she's nicknamed him Cowboy (pictured Monday)
Handler later sent Cowboy a link to an Insider Expeditions luxury trip to Antarctica she had booked for Thanksgiving and he met her there
'I'm still going strong with this guy. It's hot, and a woman like me needs a big move like that,' the Ice Out activist said. 'He's downstairs getting a massage right now. He's my current Cowboy'
On Monday, Handler shared an Instagram slideshow of herself packing on the PDA with Cowboy as they explored Istanbul together to see 'what goes down during Ramadan'
The Feeling producer-star wrote: 'If I retained 50% of what I learned about the Byzantine, Ottoman, and Arabian Empires, I am much more knowledgeable than when I left. What a gorgeous, history-filled trip with a nice injection of my signature nonsense'
Handler is next scheduled to bring her The High and Mighty Tour to Ohio's Playhouse Square State Theatre in Cleveland this Friday (pictured February 22)
Handler is next scheduled to bring her The High and Mighty Tour to Ohio's Playhouse Square State Theatre in Cleveland this Friday.
The I'll Have What She's Having author concludes her Chelsea at The Chelsea residency at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on April 18 and May 30.
Handler is also every bit the influencer with paid partnerships for brands like Amp Fitness, Bella Coola Heli Sports, Grüns gummies and Noble Mobile.
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