Reading Rainbow's Mychal Threets Opens Up About His Emotional Struggle

Reading Rainbow host Mychal Threets is sharing an update on his mental health, admitting he believes he is “running out of time.”

“People keep on saying, ‘Michael, I'm glad to see you're doing well. I'm glad to see you're OK.’ But I'm not doing well. I'm not OK. But I believe that's OK, because I'm trying my best,” the TikTok-famous librarian said in an Instagram video on Saturday, October 10, to mark World Mental Health Day.

Threets, 36, continued, “My brain is very loud. My feelings are very big. I believe I am running out of time. I don't know how much time I have left. But I'm going to keep on trying to find joy each and every day. No matter what happens, I believe joy is out there for me. Joy is there for you. I am going to pursue joy relentlessly with all the time I have left. I don't know what tomorrow has in store; I haven't met tomorrow yet, but I have hope.”