BREAKING NEWS: HOWIE MANDEL CANDIDLY OPENS UP ABOUT HIS LONG-STRUGGLED CONDITION, SHARING EMOTIONAL DETAILS, PERSONAL BATTLES, AND A POWERFUL MESSAGE ON MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AS FANS EXPRESS SUPPORT AND CONCERN FOR THE BELOVED COMEDIAN AND TELEVISION PERSONALITY DURING THIS UNEXPECTED AND DEEPLY REVEALING PUBLIC DISCLOSURE

He described a life lived in split-screen: the public performer who made millions laugh, and the private self who spiraled in relentless loops of fear and intrusive thoughts. While the world saw confidence and charm, he often felt trapped in rituals, doubt, and invisible panic, even as cameras rolled and crowds cheered his name. OCD, he stressed, isn’t a “quirk” or a punchline—it’s an exhausting storm that can hijack an ordinary day, a career, even a sense of self.