Lol reminds me of a similar situation I was in. The fact that he actually conquered some of his fears and let her put the snake on him,... he gets props for that alone. Sweating, hyperventilating and all, that takes a lot, he didn't have to do it and some people on other shows wouldn't even go near it.
He let something he was afraid of sit around his neck and then he even touched it on his own afterwards. A guy I knew way back when, was afraid of snakes and let me do the same thing to him. I ran into him a few years later in a pet shop buying feeders for his Bp.
I love it when people face their fears, it can be one of the hardest things they ever do. They shouldn't be ridiculed for it, but encouraged to do so. It doesn't mean he's cured after that one incident but it's a step in the right direction.