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"Chelsea Handler is finally taking her love life seriously. The 37-year-old comedienne, who documented her numerous one-night-stands in a 2005 book of essays, opened up about her on-again romance with hotelier Andre Balazs during a Feb. 18 appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.\r\n&amp;quot;We can talk about my boyfriend!&amp;quot; Handler said when host Ellen DeGeneres inquired about the wealthy hotelier, 56. &amp;quot;I love him. He&amp;apos;s the best.&amp;quot; (The New Jersey native&amp;apos;s exes include rapper 50 Cent, animal trainer Dave Salmoni and TV executive Ted Harbert.)\r\n\r\nHandler and Balazs have been dating &amp;quot;two years, on and off,&amp;quot; the Chelsea Lately host added. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s very rocky, but I love him. I&amp;apos;m trying to blossom into womanhood. You&amp;apos;ve been in a relationship for a long time, so you&amp;apos;re a little bit probably more mature.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nDeGeneres, who wed actress Portia de Rossi in 2008, replied, &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m not mature at all, but we&amp;apos;ve been together eight years.&amp;quot;\r\nWhen a picture of Handler and Balazs flashed on the screen behind her, the Are You There, Vodka? It&amp;apos;s Me, Chelsea author smiled. &amp;quot;Isn&amp;apos;t he he handsome?&amp;quot; she asked the audience.\r\n\r\nThat same day, Balazs&amp;apos; 23-year-old daughter, Alessandra, shared a picture of the happy couple via Instagram. &amp;quot;Happy early birthday, stepmonster,&amp;quot; she joked in the caption. Handler will celebrate her 38th birthday Feb. 25.\r\n\r\nHandler was initially tight-lipped about her relationship with Balazs. During a May 2011 interview on Piers Morgan Tonight, she refused to share specific details about their courtship. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve learned to respect somebody else&amp;apos;s privacy,&amp;quot; she explained. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s not about me, because obviously I would like to make fun of him as much as possible, but he has kids, so I have to be nice.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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