Chelsea Handler is "dabbling" but isn't in a serious relationship.

The 51-year-old comic revealed earlier this year that she was dating a guy she had met in a Las Vegas casino, but she's now suggested things are not as serious as they may have seemed because she doesn't want to be "tethered" to one person.

Speaking on the Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast, Chelsea said: "I wouldn't say I'm in a relationship. I would say I'm dabbling in different areas of my life. I don't like to be tethered to one person."

The former Chelsea Lately host blasted the modern dating world, and suggested the prolific use of apps has made men more reluctant to commit because they have so many choices available to them.

She said: "It's very hard in today's world to meet straight guys that have their s*** together. … Something's wrong. I don't know what's wrong.

"So, I was initially trying to help straight women meet straight men.

"But I think with dating apps and social media, there's just so much abundance and so much choice that nobody really feels like they have to … lock it in.

"They can swipe through 50 women a day. So they're not making the effort that people used to make to date.

"I meet all these amazing, incredible women that are like bada****. They have their own lives, they have their big jobs and they're all just like, 'There's no men out there.'"

In January, Chelsea confirmed she had "got somebody going on right now" after they hit it off at the blackjack table in Las Vegas and she went on to spontaneously invite him on her planned trip to Antarctica.

Speaking to Andy Cohen on his SiriusXM show Radio Andy, she said: "I sit down next to a guy. He's got a big cowboy hat on and he's got thousands of dollars of chips. I was like, 'Hey, I need to borrow a couple thousand dollars, sir.'"

The mystery man agreed and Chelsea ended up winning big, allowing her to pay back her new friend and regain what she had lost the night before.

She continued: "I get all these texts from this guy the next day, and he's like, 'That was such a vibe. You're so fun. I want to hang out again.'

"He goes, 'You seem like a great adventure and I'm in the mood for some adventure in my life.'"

As a result, the former talk show host sent him a link to Wonder Summit, a nine-day expedition to Antarctica that she was preparing for.

She continued: "He wrote back, 'I'll see you in Antarctica.' And he came to Antarctica."

The trip took place in November and Chelsea admitted last month she had skipped a podcast appearance in Los Angeles because she was "having sex with someone in New York City."

She told Ladygang hosts Keltie Knight, Becca Tobin and Jac Vanek: "I literally could not get out of the bed.

"And you know what I thought at 2:30 in the morning, girls? When I was just naked in bed with some man, I said, 'You know what? I deserve this.'

"I am a woman, and I've earned the right to do this."