He's right. //

“New rule: The next time we have a worldwide pandemic, we have to come up with a better solution than everyone becomes Howie Mandel.”

If you’re not familiar with the reference, Howie’s famously OCD and germophobic.

Bill noted that everyone loves Howie, but his disorder is “a disease.” And it’s a great struggle:

“He can’t touch a doorknob or wear shoes with laces ’cause they might touch the ground.”

“[N]ow, of course, everybody’s making the joke that ‘Howie had it right all along,'” Bill noted.

Nevertheless:

“No, Howie would be the first to tell you that he has a disease that [messes] up your life. … No wonder he says, ‘It was always a curse.