hello everyone welcome to back my channel I hope everyone is having a wonderful day before starting the video please go ahead and hit the Subscribe button and give this video a thumbs up America's Got Talent judge hoe mandal shocked fans by sitting on the floor of a casino despite suffering from germaphobia hoe 68 joined stepen Matt marrow better known as Vegas Matt to play Deal or No Deal on the slots machine at a casino in Las Vegas Nevada during their round the former Deal or No Deal host explained the rules of the game as vus mat tried to find the suitcase with $2,000 in it we're going to play a quick game of Deal or No Deal how we told Vegas Matt before kneeling down to the carpeted floor and sitting on it vas Matt then picked one of the suitcases displayed on the screen as hoe encouraged him to find out whether he had struck gold with his choice the YouTuber began celebrating enthusiastically after it was revealed he had chosen the winning case it was the seated position that worked Vegas Matt said referring to hoe who was sitting on the floor the clip left fans confused as some people pointed out how he's crippling fear of germs stemming from obsessive compulsive disorder OCD which he has previously spoken about candidly I thought Howe hated germs one person wrote that floor is nasty as hell LOL another comment read Howe won't shake hands but will touch the casino floor that has literally never been cleaned a third fan commented at how amandal has really come far with his fear of germs impressive hoe for being on that disgusting casino floor with your hands a fourth person added hoe first opened up about suffering from OCD which is an anxiety disorder that produces repetitive thoughts and compulsive behaviors in an interview with ABC News in 2009 speaking to news program 2020 it's his co-anchor David Mir how he said I'm always on the verge of death in my head while he was presenting Deal or No Deal Howie fist bunked contestants instead of shaking hands with them owing to his crippling fear of germs in my mind my hand is like a petri dish otherwise I would spend the day as I have in the past in my life in the room rubbing and scrubbing and scalding he told David how he also revealed the precautions he takes to manage his OCD including avoiding handrails and insisting that his makeup team use fresh sponges every day he detailed his struggles with the disorder at length in autobiography titled here's the deal don't touch me which was published in 2009 in a more recent interview with USA Today hoe explained the disorder as feeling trapped in a dark vicious circle before crediting a combination of therapy and medication to help him break free it's just this vicious dark circle and it makes you unproductive unhappy depressed he told the outlet sometimes there are people that have this that even end in suicide it's not a good thing but the deal is that there is an answer and there is help out there hoe continued in an Instagram post with fellow AGT judge Sophia Vergara last August he appeared to poke fun at his condition Howe shared a picture in which he was playfully grabbing Sophia by one of her ankles and captioned his post I'll do anything to Not Shake Hands how we returned to judge AGT with Sophia Heidi Clum and Simon Cowell when the latest season of the hit reality TV show premiered earlier this year the panel will evaluate 12 acts during the competition's semi-final round which will air on Wednesday September 11 new episodes are typically released every Tuesday but the semi-finals were pushed back because of Cala Harris and Donald Trump's first presidential debate tomorrow fans will vote to pick six finalists who will compete against four acts that advanced to the finale after they received the judge's live show Gold buzzers in the quarterfinals these include Hakuna Matata acrobats dance troop arfo oo oras aerialists Sebastian and somia and singer DD Simon thanks for watching this video and please subscribe our update World 24 YouTube channel for more update news