[rktman]

Or: What did one asshat say to the other asshat? Hey kettle, how’s that pot lookin’?

[Freedumb]

I don't know, this smells like what is known as pro wrestling as a "work" (that is, this was planned by both of them and they are just working the crowd).

Piers definitely needs some press (good or bad) to try and keep his name viable for whatever CNN has planned for him and Handler would be happy to also try to generate some news to try and direct some new eyeballs to her show.