Chelsea Handler on her new studio: 'I’m most excited about having a shower in my office' so I never have to walk semi-nude past my guests again Late-night talk and comedy host moves to new quarters that once served Jack Benny and Conan O'Brien 
 
 What Chelsea Handler loves most about the new set for her late-night show is that she doesn’t have to parade partially nude past her guests anymore. 
 
 “I’m most excited about having a shower in my office, so that I no longer have to shower downstairs and then walk by the audience lineup in a robe,” says the “Chelsea Lately” host. “Yeah, I’m not joking, that’s what happened. 
 
 “The audience would be lined up outside, and I would go downstairs to this industrial-like shower, put my hair up in a, like, a towel ponytail and a robe, and then walk out past them — while people would ask me to sign books. So we’re going to be avoiding that.” 
 
 The comedy talk show, which airs weeknights at 11 p.m. on E!, makes its big move Monday from a small studio in Santa Monica to the larger Stage 1 at Universal Studios. 
 
 Stage 1 was built for “The Jack Benny Show” in 1962, and was also home to the doomed “Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien.” But Handler says she isn’t worried her show will meet the same fate. 
 
 “I'm not superstitious at all, I’m not a Russian,” cracks the comedian. 
 
 Besides a private shower, the new studio has another advantage. 
 
 “We have so much more space now that we’re going to be able to have Chuy enter on elephants and different kinds of animals,” Handler says of her oft-abused sidekick, Chuy Bravo. 
 
 And what does Bravo think about the set upgrade? “Chuy can’t speak English, so I don’t even know if he knows about the move,” Handler quips. 
 
 The new set can accommodate 200 audience members, up from 75. But the show hopes to maintain an intimate vibe. 
 
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 “Conan has a great intimate audience and he is about 200,” Handler says. “My whole shtick is my audience, so I actually really want them more involved in the show, as cheesy as that may sound. We think of really funny ways to get them involved. 
 
 “Recently, for instance, we picked people out of the crowd and then just had them choose, out of three male [‘Chelsea Lately’] writers, whom they want to have sex with the least, and put them in order,” Handler explains. “I want my audience in there. I’m a standup comedian, so I need people.” 
 
 Handler, 37, has hosted “Chelsea Lately” since 2007. It’s the most-watched cable late-night talk show among women age 18-34 
 
 Her close pal Jennifer Aniston appears on the show Monday, the first guest in the new digs. 
 
 “She’s a friend, and she’s a good friend, so she was nice enough to say yes,” Handler says. “And of course, she’s obviously the best person you can get. So she’s just an email away. 
 
 “We’re friends, so it’ll be a nice, relaxing conversation,” adds Handler. “My idea is I want all these great girls to be on the first couple of weeks to christen the stage and to kind of give me their blessing.” 
 
 Other names this week include Fergie on Tuesday, Miley Cyrus on Wednesday and Christina Aguilera Thursday. 
 
 “I like to have a home for people just to have a lot of fun,” Handler says of welcoming guests. “Everybody looks good on the show when they come on, and has a great sense of humor about themselves. I have no problem being the butt of the jokes, and everybody comes off looking hilariously funny.” 
 
 The new, state-of-the-art studio boasts improved sound and lighting systems. 
 
 “I’m here to stay, I’m not going anywhere,” Handler says. “I think for a while, I was kind of confused about what I was going to do, but now I’m not, so I’m going full throttle. 
 
 gsalamone@nydailynews.com 
 
 Watch an interview with Chelsea Handler on her new set here ||||| SANDRA Bullock and Chelsea Handler have stripped off for a comedy shower scene on Chelsea Lately. 
 
 The movie star and talk show host appeared in the steamy skit together, which was shown in the US last night, to mark Chelsea's show's move to a new studio.
– To mark her move to a new studio, Chelsea Handler last night … got naked in a shower with Sandra Bullock. Bullock took the opportunity to slap Handler around a bit, give her some career advice, and chide her for peeing in the shower. "We don't make pee pee in showers anymore," Bullock informed her. "We make pee pee in the potty." But, the Sun reports, Handler later revealed that Bullock didn't go totally nude for the sketch, and only Handler was "really naked." Handler had earlier expressed her excitement that the new studio includes a shower in her office, the New York Daily News reports. "I’m most excited about having a shower in my office, so that I no longer have to shower downstairs and then walk by the audience lineup in a robe," Handler said. "Yeah, I’m not joking, that’s what happened." Later on the last night's episode of Chelsea Lately, Jennifer Aniston appeared and actually teared up a bit while talking about her engagement to Justin Theroux, the Sun adds. "I just got verklempt," Jen said. Handler is apparently a Theroux fan—she called him "the greatest guy ever." (She also teased Aniston about showing her nipples, noting, "Every time Jen comes on the show there's always something when her nipples are very, very pronounced.")