Jonas Brothers VERSUS Chelsea Hardler

Jonas Brothers versus Chelsea Handler article in LA Times: From her gossipy late night perch on E!, Chelsea Handler routinely mouths off about Tom Cruise, Angelina Jolie and almost everyone else in and around the gates of the Hollywood industrial complex. And typically, the host of 'Chelsea Lately' does so without incurring threats of bodily harm.

Then, she took on the Jonas Brothers, the squeaky-clean, heartthrob boy band from New Jersey. In a recent sketch, Handler mocked the band's masculinity, their mismatched hair and their 'purity rings' (symbolizing the pop stars’ pledge not to have premarital sex).

Legions of outraged Jonas Brothers devotees unleashed their wrath. 'Chelsea Handler can go die in a whole! [sic],' read one missive directed at her. Some merely called her names, others were more specific, suggesting Handler die sooner rather than later.

The group’s publicist weighed in, albeit more respectfully, threatening to withdraw the cable network’s access to the brothers, Miley Cyrus and other Disney Channel megastars, said Handler.

''Go die in a whole' - I mean, really, it doesn’t get better than that,' said Handler after the offending sketch aired and was posted on YouTube. 'We were all laughing so hard in the office. It’s a lesson on why we have this show in the first place.'