Ugh, one of the worst myths about creativity, that mental illness is necessary to it, or enhances it.

Ugh, one of the worst myths about creativity, that mental illness is necessary to it, or enhances it.

Sending him positive vibes and wishing him well. I always thought he was allowing his mental illness to go untreated because he thinks it helps him to be more creative. I hope he gets the help he needs.

I am not a big Kanye fan, largely because he’s really self-serving, but mental illness is a plague. It seems that he’s been headed toward a mental breakdown for a while. It must be horrible for him, and I hope that his “family” is not going to throw Kanye under the bus and use his illness for an entire season of that…

I think many famous people are undiagnosed or unmedicated/self medicating with alcohol and drugs.

With all my intuitive, witchy powers I tell you I have long believed Kanye to be bipolar. Love him, feel for him, he’s a blowhard but brilliant. Let’s try a little compassion- when it comes to mental illness, celebs are really just like us- except sometimes the fishbowl exacerbates the delusions and makes it harder…

He’s mentally ill. Seriously hope he’s addressing it for real now.

Kanye has low-key over the years discussed legitimate mental health issues. I am not somebody who dismisses Kanye as ‘crazy’, but he’s been reasonably direct about it. For all his antics he is still a person, and I hope he’s ok.

Oh wait maybe he can because Asshole-Elect has done worse.

Why am I supposed to give a fuck about this?

This was basically my response to this, like...

What do we get from this? Does it make us feel better about ourselves to show that every person out there is a whited sepulchre that we need to drag down and display how full of turpitude they REALLY are?

Jezebel - going to great lengths to make perfect the enemy of the good since whenever Jezebel was founded.

On a 1-10 scale of shittiness in any normal context, this is like a 4 or 5, maybe. Right now it’s a 1.

Oh, Lauren, no...

Come on. Saying that he was implying  black men could use St Pat’s Day to prey on women is overwrought and one hell of a stretch. Ever been to a bar on St pats day? It’s 99% white people. It’s a white holiday that attracts white people. He could be saying that it’s a perfect time to meet white women if you’re into…

Can you imagine College Dropout Kanye responding to Trumpye’s call for black people to quit complaining about racism?

So he played 3 songs and left? And people paid for a full concert? Do they get their money back?

I don’t think Kanye has been ok since his mom died.

It is interesting that the parts of the West outburst you chose to highlight were his apparent calling out of B and J. Meanwhile his assertion that though he didn’t vote, if he had he would have voted for Trump. In his little speech he caricatured the whine on the left about trump being “this or that” (I suppose…