Heather McDonald was always afraid working for talk show Chelsea Handler

Chelsea Handler"s First Experience Trying Marijuana Edibles - Late Night with Seth Meyers

Heather McDonald revealed in a podcast interview that she lived in perpetual fear while working for Chelsea Handler.

The 45-year-old comedienne was a writer and frequent round table guest on Chelsea Lately since its premiere on the E! network in 2007.

"I lived in fear, 100 percent lived in fear. I enjoyed my time there, I was happy, but something could happen and my heart would be beating and I"d be like ""is this it?"" McDonald said in a promo for the Matt Weiss and Theo Von podcast Allegedly.

Lived in fear: Heather McDonald, shown in August 2014 in Los Angeles, revealed during a podcast interview that she "lived in fear" while working with Chelsea Handler on Chelsea Lately

"Somehow I managed to keep surviving," McDonald said in the promo clip provided to TMZ.

McDonald also said she had no idea that Chelsea Lately was coming to an end.

The You"ll Never Be Blue Ball In This Town Again author said she was headed to a Los Angeles Lakers game when she learned via Twitter the talk show was ending.

Worked together: Chelsea and Heather are shown in 2011 stills from the E! network show Chelsea Lately that last aired in August 2014

New home: Chelsea, shown earlier this month in Los Angeles, has taken her talents to Netflix

"I think she"s a good person, I don"t agree with how she treats relationships in her life. I think she"s missing out by dumping people," McDonald said of Handler.

McDonald added that Handler is funny and great to be around when "you"re in her life."

"She makes you feel so special, until you"re not," McDonald said.

Happier times: Chelsea and Heather are shown in August 2011 in Los Angeles

Famous friends: Heather shared an Instagram snap on Christmas Eve with Khloe Kardashian at Kris Jenner"s annual bash

The full podcast will be available on Tuesday.

Handler has a seven-year deal with streaming service Netflix that includes her new four-part docuseries Chelsea Does that will premiere on January 23.

She also will debut a new talk show on Netflix later in 2016.

Doing it: The comedian is shown in a still from her upcoming docuseries Chelsea Does on Netflix

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3403143/I-lived-fear-Heather-McDonald-reveals-afraid-working-talk-Chelsea-Handler-defunct-E-show.html