America’s Got Talent judge Howie Mandel assured fans he is “doing OK” after reportedly losing consciousness at a coffee shop.
The comedian and TV personality, 65, was taken ill at a Starbucks in Los Angeles, according to showbiz website TMZ.
Paramedics said a 65-year-old man experienced a “medical problem” in the Woodland Hills area and was taken to hospital.
I am home and doing better. I was dehydrated and had low blood sugar. I appreciate the great doctors and nurses that took such good care of me. Thank you to everyone who reached out but I am doing ok!
— Howie Mandel (@howiemandel) October 14, 2021
Mandel said he is now home and blamed the incident on being dehydrated and having low blood sugar.
He tweeted: “I am home and doing better. I was dehydrated and had low blood sugar. I appreciate the great doctors and nurses that took such good care of me. Thank you to everyone who reached out but I am doing ok!”
Mandel, who hosted the American version of game show Deal Or No Deal, has been a judge on America’s Got Talent since 2010.
He starred in the most recent series of the TV talent show alongside Simon Cowell, supermodel Heidi Klum and actress Sofia Vergara.
Canadian-born Mandel struggles with anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder.
Speaking to People in June, he said he uses comedy as a comping mechanism.
“My coping skill is finding the funny,” he said. “If I’m not laughing, then I’m crying.
“And I still haven’t been that open about how dark and ugly it really gets.”