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CHANGED YOUR LIFE.
YOU KNOW WHAT IT WAS?
IT COMES OFF A DUI ARREST.
>> TELL THE DUI STORY.
YOU'RE 21?
>> I THINK I WAS 21 AND STILL
USING MY SISTER'S IDENTIFICATION
THAT MY MOTHER GAVE ME SO I
WOULD BE ABLE TO DRINK LEGALLY.
AND I GOT PULLED OVER AND E WAS
A BLOCK AWAY FROM MY OWN
APARTMENT.
AND WAS VERY OBSTINATE WASN'T
GETTING ALONG WITH THE POLICE
OFFICERS IN TYPICAL DUI FASHION.
I THINK I CALLED THE OFFICER
RACIST AND WE WERE BOTH WHITE.
I HAD TO SPEND 24 HOURS AT CIVIL
BRAND COUNTY JAIL, WHICH IS THE
WOMEN'S JAIL OF LOS ANGELES
COUNTY.
YOU HAVE TO GO TO CLASSES.
UP WAS HORRIFYING.
YOU FEEL LIKE SUCH AN IDIOT FOR
DOING SOMETHING SO STUPID.
EVERY WEEK SOMEBODY HAD TO GET
UP AND TELL THEIR STORY.
I KEPT BUYING OUT BECAUSE WAS
REALLY TERRIFIED OF PUBLIC
SPEAKING.
I KEPT DUCKING BACK TO THE BACK
OF THE CLASS.
I WAS JUST TRYING NOT TO GET
PICKED ON.
AND THEN FINALLY THE VERY LAST
CLASS THEY CHOSE ME.
ONCE I GOT UP AND STARTED
TELLING MY STORY, EVERYBODY WAS
LAUGHING.
THE MANAGER OR THE TEACHER FOR
THAT DUI CLASS LITERALLY, HE
EASE LIKE THIS ISN'T A STANDUP
COMEDY CLUB.
YOU NEED TO GET DOWN.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ENCOURAGING
HUMILIATION.
NOT TO GET A DRIVE OFF OF IT
WHICH IS WHAT I WAS DOING.
AFTER THEY WAS LIKE, I SHOULD BE
A STANDUP COMEDIAN.
PEOPLE CAME UP TO ME, YOU'RE
REALLY FUNNY.
AND I DECIDED TO DO STANDUP.
IT HELPED ME CAREER GO UP IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION AND LUCKILY I
DIDN'T INJURY ANYONE.
I'M A RESPONSIBLE DRINKER NOW.
I HAVE A DRIVER NOW, IN EVERY
CITY BECAUSE I'M NO SUCCESSFUL.
LAST TIME WE WENT ON TOUR I GOT
SO SICK OF *** I HAD TO CHANGE
DRINK.
I STARTED DRINKING MARGARITAS
BUT THEY'RE NOT SO GREAT ON THE
WAIST AS ***.
>> FIVE NUMBER ONE BEST SELLERS,
OPRAH'S WEBSITE, CHELSEA HAS
BECOME ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL
WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD.
DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I WOULD NEVER THINK THAT OF
MYSELF.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M POWERFUL.
I'M HAPPY WITH THE WAY THINGS
HAVE BEEN IN MY LIFE AND I'M
GRATEFUL THAT I HAVE THIS LIFE.
IT'S A LITTLE RIDICULOUS, YOU
KNOW.
I GET THE FLY MY DOGS ACROSS THE
WORLD TO SEE ME.
I GET TO, YOU KNOW, I GET TO
HAVE ALL THESE FANS COME OUT AND
SEE ME, PAY MONEY TO SEE ME
PERFORM.
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A DREAM
COME TRUE.
>> IS THERE RESPONSIBILITY WITH
THAT POWER?
PEOPLE --
>> MY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO BE
REALLY HONEST ABOUT THE WAY I
BEHAVE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT
ANYBODY TO LOOK TOO FAR UP TO