Celebs With OCD (re: Ben Foster)
Question:
Hello. I’m the person who first posted about Ben Foster, the actor from the NBC-TV show "Freaks and Geeks" and the movie "Liberty Heights." He admitted on a TV chat show recently that he lives with OCD. I’ve also noticed that ex-chat show host Howie Mandel is back on the road doing standup; in fact, he’ll be doing a few shows here in a few weeks. Is there a list of celebrities and other well-known people who have come out of the closet (or bathroom as is the case) and announced they are living with and battling OCD, or in retrospect had exhibited OCD symptoms? I’ve come up with these so far: Ben Foster Howie Mandel Paula Poundstone Marc Summers Andy Kaufman Howard Hughes
Response:
Add Mike Myers to your list Calvin Obake444 <obake…@aol.com> wrote in message
news:19991215075034.20313.00000981@ng-fq1.aol.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hello. I’m the person who first posted about Ben Foster, the actor from the > NBC-TV show "Freaks and Geeks" and the movie "Liberty Heights." He admitted on > a TV chat show recently that he lives with OCD. > I’ve also noticed that ex-chat show host Howie Mandel is back on the road doing > standup; in fact, he’ll be doing a few shows here in a few weeks. Is there a > list of celebrities and other well-known people who have come out of the closet > (or bathroom as is the case) and announced they are living with and battling > OCD, or in retrospect had exhibited OCD symptoms? > I’ve come up with these so far: > Ben Foster > Howie Mandel > Paula Poundstone > Marc Summers > Andy Kaufman > Howard Hughes
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In article <19991215162547.09352.00000…@ng-co1.aol.com>, JMass11162 <jmass11…@aol.com> writes >x-no-archive: yes >>From: obake444 >>I’ve come up with these so far: >>Ben Foster >>Howie Mandel >>Paula Poundstone >>Marc Summers >>Andy Kaufman >>Howard Hughes >Howard stern
Ben Elton – well known British comedian – has done stand-up routines based on his obsessions – calls them ‘the gremlin’.) Tom Sharpe – Big selling British comic novelist – tortured by fears of screaming obscenities in public. Copes with them by writing scatological books. — simon — my head’s not empty, it’s full with my brain
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simon smith wrote: > Tom Sharpe – Big selling British comic novelist – tortured by fears of > screaming obscenities in public. Copes with them by writing scatological > books.
Are you telling the truth Simon? Or is that a load of crap? 
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Actually, Sterns says he cured (I don’t know how true that is), all thanks to a doctor in NYC. Does anyone have info on this guy? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -JMass11162 wrote: > x-no-archive: yes > >From: obake444 > >I’ve come up with these so far: > >Ben Foster > >Howie Mandel > >Paula Poundstone > >Marc Summers > >Andy Kaufman > >Howard Hughes > Howard stern
Response:
I also heard Rosanne Barr has ocd. gsol
Response:
Hello, I’m the original poster of the Ben Foster thread and the post asking about celebs with OCD. Now that somebody brought it up, I think I remember Marc Summers arguing with UCLA’s Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz (author of "Brain Lock") on a morning radio show (maybe Howard Stern’s, maybe Mark and Brian’s) over the effectiveness of Schwartz’s 4-R methods vs. the drug for which Summers is a pitchman, Luvox. As for Roseanne Barr-Pentland-Arnold-Thomas having OCD, that’s the LEAST of her worries. Supposedly her talk show (which is on late night here after the local news replay) has a different "personality" hosting each day!
