Chelsea Handler sues lingerie maker ThirdLove for $1.5M claiming they backed out of endorsement deal

Chelsea Handler has filed a $1.5 million lawsuit in California against the lingerie brand ThirdLove, claiming they failed to pay her in accordance with a contract they had. Handler, 47, said in court docs filed Thursday in the Superior Court of California that ThirdLove didn't 'fairly compensate her for an advertising campaign it hired her to spearhead,' according to Page Six. The latest: Chelsea Handler, 47, has filed a $1.5 million lawsuit in California against the lingerie brand ThirdLove, claiming they failed to pay her in accordance with a contract they had. She was snapped last year in LA ThirdLove 'loved Handler’s unique, active, body-positive image and brand' and hoped to make her the centerpiece of a TV advertising campaign, Handler said in legal docs. ThirdLove 'loved Handler’s unique, active, body-positive image and brand' and hoped to make her the centerpiece of a TV advertising campaign, Handler said in legal docs Handler, pictured in January, said that she started a 'specialized exercise regimen' to prepare for her appearance in ads for the lingerie brand The comic was seen appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last fall Attorneys for Handler said the comedian 'believes and is informed that despite the representations made to her, the ThirdLove creative team in charge of her campaign had never obtained approval from its Board of Directors.