howie mandel took over tiktok last weekend after posting a photo of a rather severe
anal prolapse on the platform.
over the weekend, the america’s got talent judge posted a photo from behind a person in a crouched position, who he claimed to be his friend “neil.” their red shorts had ripped down the centre, with a red and pink mass protruding from the anal region.
“does somebody know, is this covid-related?” mandel asks in the video. “and if it is, what do we do about it?”
the video was taken down after a few hours and reportedly any videos posted that mention the photograph are also being removed. however, tiktok doesn’t exist in a vacuum, and many flocked to twitter to discuss what they had just seen.
“me after looking up why everyone keeps talking about #howiemandel,”
wrote spencer williams, including a video of will byers crying from stranger things.
not all anal prolapses are as bad as the one howie mandel posted
although the video horrified much of tiktok, and the rest of the internet in general, not all prolapses are considered medical emergencies,
according to webmd.
the term “prolapse” simply refers to something falling out of position and can occur to many organs in the abdomen, including the bladder, vagina, urethra and rectum, according to
health link bc.
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