Video player not working?0:000:000:00SettingsQualityAutoAudioSpeed1×CaptionsOffWoman Is Scared Of BalloonsDula TVFunny videos since 2008Thumbs up0Thumbs down0 Share1.5K views Jan 2010A daytime talk show guest who has been afraid of balloons for years panics when balloons and a blimp are shown, then discusses her phobia. Show transcript0:01Right, right here, right here. Okay. We've talked about dogs, we've talked about birds, mustard, pickles.0:09Oh God.0:11Here's Yvonne. Now guess what? You wouldn't believe this. We have had this phobia on before, and nobody believed it existed.0:20She's trembling right now because Yvonne is deathly afraid of balloons.0:28Balloons. Are you just afraid they'll pop?0:32Everything, the, the look of them,0:34Huh?0:34the way they float, everything about0:36The way they float?0:37Everything, everything bothers me about them.0:38You're worried about a balloon floating?0:40Yes.0:41What, what could it do?0:43Um, I don't know why, I just don't like it.0:46You think the balloon is going to ultimately be the cause of your death?0:50I'm going to die one day because of that.0:52You're going to die because of a balloon?0:54It's there, there are just gonna be so many of them, and...0:58When was the last time you were at a birthday party with a balloon?1:01Well, it's been a while.1:03She gets hysterical. She runs for her life if she sees a balloon.1:06Watch.1:07Oh. I'm Yvonne, and I'm so afraid of balloons. I can't see them.1:13I can't get close to them.1:16I can't even think about being in a room filled with balloons.1:20When I see a balloon, I could be on the street, and, um, I'll just, um, run out into the street without even looking.1:28I just keep running. I need to be cured because I can't do anything with my grandchildren.1:34I need to be able to just be around people and children that have balloons.1:39I need to go with them and be around them, and I can't, I can't, I can't.1:46I'm so afraid of the balloons.1:48You told our producers you didn't leave your home for 10 months?1:54Why?1:54Because I was afraid.1:56Afraid of what?1:57Of balloons and1:59So for 10 months you stayed in your house?2:02I didn't go out.2:03Listen to this. This is really strange. Not only balloons, Yvonne cannot stand the Goodyear blimp.2:12You ever seen the Goodyear blimp?2:14No.2:14It's 2,000 feet high. It can't get you. Watch this, Yvonne, please.2:28All right, Yvonne, that's enough. Oh no, don't go back there, that's worse.2:44Stay with me, that's it, okay. Okay, we're gonna come on out.2:47Okay, come here. Okay, come here. It's over, it's over. Come here, come here, come here, come here, come here, come here, come here.2:59Okay. Tell me all the places you- oh, no, no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.3:05Yvonne, wait a minute. Yvonne, don't! No. That's not good.3:13All right, that's enough.3:15That's enough. Yvonne, that's it. We're going to take away the balloons.3:19They're not going to be any more balloons. Come here. Come here.3:21They're not going to be any more. They're, they're gone. They're gone.3:25Come here, they're all gone. They're all gone. Okay, okay, okay, con- okay.3:31Control yourself. Get yourself together. It's okay. Calm down.3:35It's over, okay? I don't want to see any more balloons. Okay, thank you.3:41Now,3:44you know there are people out there right now in this audience, Yvonne, who are saying to themselves, this woman is faking it.3:51Oh.3:52What would you say to people who think that all you all are faking it, that you're just3:55It's not funny.3:56It's not funny.3:57For real.3:57If you have a fear, it takes control of you. I mean, it's debilitating.4:03It takes control of you, and if you're afraid of something,4:06A lot of your life.4:07You're afraid of it. It's, it's really not funny.4:09Okay. So this is what is going to happen. All of our guests are going backstage with Gary Cox, and you're going to spend a lot of time in a secluded room in an attempt.4:19You all want to cure this, right?4:21Yes.4:21Come on.4:22I'm not going to eat any mustard.4:23What?4:24I'm not going to eat any mustard when this is done, you.4:26You're not going to eat a pickle. You're not going to eat a mustard.4:29You're not going to touch a dog, huh? You're not going to feel a balloon.4:32I want to, I want to.4:34But over there, OK. All right, Shakia, she wants to do it.
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