Kanye West Discusses Living With Bipolar Disorder
From Katie O’Malley @ Elle: Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night, Kanye West gave one of his most candid interviews to date when it came to discussing his mental health, family life and allegiance to President Trump.
During the interview, the rapper revealed: ‘Just as a musician, African American, everyone around me tried to pick my candidate for me and then told me that I couldn’t say that I like Trump.’
The comments come over two years since West met with the US president following his election win and later vocalised his support for the former reality star.
Kimmel also asked the 41-year-old star about his wife Kim Kardashian’s recent visit to the White House where she met with the president to pardon former life imprisoned drug trafficker Alice Marie Johnson.
‘Were you ever concerned about her being alone in the Oval Office with President Trump?’ Kimmel (in bad taste) joked, alluding to Trump’s alleged harassment and sexual assault of several women over the years.
‘Well, he is a player,’ Kanye replied.
The ‘Fade’ singer also discussed the song ‘I Though About Killing You’ off his latest album Ye and the quote on the album cover which reads: ‘I hate being bipolar. It’s awesome.’
‘It’s important for us to have open conversations about mental health,’ Kanye told Kimmel. ‘We never had therapists in the black community. We never approached taking a medication.’
The comments come days after his wife Kim announced she launched her first Facebook fundraiser on behalf of the Child Mind Institute, a non-profit dedicated to changing the lives of kids with mental health issues or learning difficulties.
‘I think it’s good that when I had my first complete blackout at age 5, my mum didn’t fully medicate me,’ added Kanye.
‘There’s times where at least I’m happy that I know [I’m bipolar.] Like even like for this interview, I knew I wanted to stay in a calm state.”‘
The father-of-three also addressed his now infamous TMZ Live interview from May in which he said slavery ‘sounds like a choice’.
Reflecting on the controversial comments positively, he explained: ‘What was awesome is the world got to really experience someone in a ramped-up state. And that’s when you get these comments that just shoot out, almost like Tourette’s.’
The rapper – who has been married to reality star Kim Kardashian since 2014 – also expressed his fear at the prospect of his daughters North West and Chicago dating in the future.
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