Chelsea Handler Says She's 'More Confident' as She Approaches 50: 'There's a Sexual Awakening That Happens'

Chelsea Handler is ready to celebrate what 50 has to offer!

In a new interview with Parade published on Friday, Jan. 3, the 49-year-old comic — who celebrates her next milestone birthday in on Feb. 25 — revealed that she is "pretty into myself right now" as she prepares to mark her next trip around the sun.

“It is true as you age, you become more confident, and I had a lot of confidence to begin with…But as far as being sexy, you free up as a woman," Handler said. "There is a sexual awakening that happens, where you do not give a sh-- about how you look or how you are being seen or the cellulite you have on the backs of your legs."

"You don't care about any of that because you are into feeling good and having great sexual experiences," she added.

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Handler, who releases her new collection of essays I’ll Have What She’s Having on her birthday, is also promising a “big production” for her next birthday shoot — after spending past years skiing in a bikini and even doing the same topless.

“It's going to involve more than just me; it's going to involve a lot of people and hopefully lots of pets," Handler told Parade.

“Everyone keeps asking me [how I feel about turning 50], and I feel like they want me to say something like [sounding slightly bummed], ‘I can't believe I’m 50,’” she added. “[But] this is awesome. My life is exactly what I hoped it would be — it's more than I hoped it would be. I had no idea what the possibilities were or that I could live a life like this and feel so free.”

Handler also shared with Parade that she's going to pursue acting in 2025, as she called entering her next decade a "reset."

“I'm like, ‘That's fun.’ I've never really focused on that,” she said. “I think I'm going to take the opportunity this year, instead of doing all the things I know I'm good at, to try and stretch my muscles a little bit more. I feel like 50 is a reset. Now I want to do all the things that I haven't done yet.”

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Back in November, PEOPLE exclusively revealed that Handler will be releasing her seventh book on her 50th birthday, with her memoir in essays telling the “hilarious and tender stories about Chelsea Handler's path to becoming the woman she always wanted to be,” according to an official synopsis.

The book stitches together different stories from throughout Handler’s life, dating back to her early childhood, and manages to blend humor with being “surprisingly vulnerable,” per a synopsis.

“I wanted to fast-forward through all of my youth and misery, and become the more glamorous, successful, adult version of myself," she previously wrote of the book. "The woman I’d become would be passionate and fiery and courageous. She’d never be afraid to tell the truth, no matter the consequences. She’d make others feel brighter, better. She’d make a living being herself."

I'll Have What She’s Having comes out on Feb. 25 and is available for preorder now.

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