On βThe Kelly Clarkson Show,β Mandel discussed his struggles with mental illness. He confessed that his celebrity status had a negative impact on his mental health, not a positive one.
From the outside, he sometimes seems cheerful, but when heβs at home, especially alone, he stated thatβs not the case.
When Kelly Clarkson heard this, she was shocked. Mandel then acknowledged, βIβm heavily medicated.β Clarkson found it hard to comprehend that someone would make derogatory remarks about her.
Since he was a young child, Howard Stern has battled anxiety and OCD. He has said that he has had these ailments for almost his entire life.
Because he didnβt have any classmates to make friends with when he was younger, he was labeled βstrange.β Though he believes he gets paid to be strange, he now finds that every day is a struggle. Americaβs Got Talent has Stern on the panel as a judge.
Mandel claims to be experiencing a nightmare and tries to ground himself. He has a lovely family and enjoys his work, yet he can also experience deep sadness from which he cannot recover.
He shared a lot of worry during the COVID-19 epidemic because he always has the thought, βWe could die,β running through his head. But the fact that everyone in his immediate vicinity was okay would comfort him.Β But the world as a whole was in horrible shape [during the pandemic].
Up until 2006, Mandel kept his illnesses a secret from the public. He was ashamed and concerned that if his instability were discovered, he wouldnβt be able to obtain employment.