Jo Koy says he and Chelsea Handler are still great friends despite their shocking breakup.
“We’re taking a break. We’re great friends, we’ve always been great friends,” Koy shared. “The love is still there.”
Koy also insinuated that he and Handler aren’t really in contact, but insisted it all love.
In a podcast episode released Thursday, Handler said she broke up with Koy because she realized you can’t change a person intrinsically and found herself sacrificing too much of herself to make it work.
“It’s nice to bend for people. It’s nice to learn how to compromise. It’s nice to learn how to demonstrate my love publicly. … I believe Jo needed that,” she explained.
“I was so inspired by us, but Jo didn’t crack me open. My psychiatrist cracked me open, and then I was open, and then I was able to bend for somebody. …. But you can’t change somebody intrinsically.”
Handler admitted that she bended so much that she reached a line she didn’t want to keep passing.
“I’m proud of myself because I didn’t let myself cross that line,” she shared.
Handler and Koy announced earlier this week that they had gone their separate ways ahead of their one-year anniversary. She clarified that they actually broke up about a month ago.
“This man blew my heart open with love and because of him, my life experience has changed forever. To be loved and adored by @jokoy has been one of the greatest gifts of my life,” the stand-up comedian wrote on Instagram.
