Handler said she "would have had to compromise everything I stand for" by continuing to date Koy, from whom she split in 2022 ...

The comedians began dating in 2021 after two decades of friendship, but called it quits less than a year later.

Jo Koy is dad to one kid ... “In the beginning [the divorce] was rough, and that’s fine, but the older we got, we understood that we're best friends and this is the best thing we could ...