Think what we were doing -- we were torturing kids! ... And then they gave me a check at the end of the week.

That show put Nickelodeon on the map. And it put me on the map, ... I'm grateful for that. But you can also be pigeon-holed as a kiddie-show host, which is not something I want.

It crashed and burned. It was on for 10 weeks and nobody watched it, and I'm glad they didn't . . . I hate reality TV. It sucks. I have never watched an episode of Survivor and never wanted to,

I was able to go on camera and become someone who didn't have those issues, ... When I was in the studio, in front of the audience, I could become someone without OCD.