Rapper and fashion designer says he was misdiagnosed as bipolar in podcast appearance where he also opines on the Drake-Kendrick beef and new album Bully
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Kanye West has said he was misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder, and has now been diagnosed as autistic.
Speaking to Justin Laboy on his podcast The Download, West, who now goes by the name Ye, said his wife Bianca Censori suggested he get rediagnosed. “I went to this doctor … My wife took me to do that because she said, ‘Something about your personality doesn’t feel like it’s bipolar, I’ve seen bipolar before.’ And I’ve come to find that it’s really a case of autism that I have.”
He said the diagnosis helped him better understand some of his behavioural patterns, such as in 2018 when he wore a cap reading Make America Great Again and praised Donald Trump, including saying “the mob can’t make me not love him”.
“Autism takes you to a Rain Man thing,” West said. “‘I’ma wear this Trump hat because I like Trump in general.’ And then when people tell you to not do it, you just get on that one point. And that’s my problem.
“When fans tell me to do my album a certain way, I’ll do it the opposite way,” he added, and referred to the title of his hit song Can’t Tell Me Nothing. He mentioned his friend and former manager Don C, saying: “It’s been so hard on him because he loves me. It’s so difficult for them, because this is like a grown man – you can’t take control of his bank account, you can’t control what I’m saying on Twitter.”