Ryan Seacrest Talks Girlfriend Julianne Hough: "She's the Best Part of Every Day"

American Idol host gushes about his girlfriend, trades jabs with his host on Chelsea Lately

Leave it to Chelsea Handler to get Ryan Seacrest gushing. When not doing his best to brush off pointed zingers, that is.

"She's so beautiful...stunning," the American Idol host said about his girlfriend of two years, Julianne Hough, on Chelsea Lately tonight when Handler flashed a pic of the glamorous duo at the Golden Globes earlier this month.

Agreeing with Handler's assessment of Hough as a "great girl," Seacrest called her "phenomenal."

"She's the best part of every day," he said—and, since Seacrest never sleeps, that's a long day to be the highlight of!

Asked if he wants to get married and have a family, the 38-year-old multihyphenate said, "We both do," but that the 25-year-old Hough—not Handler—would be the first one to know when that's about to happen.

They touched briefly on American Idol, too, Seacrest diplomatically saying that Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj have "come to work and disagreed about a thing or two, here or there, but now, today, they're fine."

"It just sort of depends," he added, a master of ceremonies, as always.