Kanye West Says Bianca Censori Knew He Didn't Have Bipolar Disorder: 'She's Educated'
Kanye West says his wife, Bianca Censori, knew he didn't have bipolar disorder. Here's what he said about her assessment.
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Kanye West's wife, Bianca Censori, urged him to get reevaluated after his initial bipolar disorder diagnosis. Here's what West explained about his new autism diagnosis.
by Lauren Weiler
Published on February 6, 2025
Kanye âYeâ West and Bianca Censori made headlines for their daring Grammy Awards stunt. The couple tied the knot in December 2022, but little is known about their dynamic. West and Censori have spent a lot of 2024 into 2025 in Tokyo, Japan, and they continue to mystify their fans and followers. After the Grammys, West mentioned how Censori helped him attain an autism diagnosis, as he was initially diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Hereâs what he explained.
Kanye West spoke about his life, music, and mental health with Justin Laboy. The rapper was put in psychiatric care in 2016 and diagnosed with bipolar disorder afterward. In 2025, he explained that he was misdiagnosed. He told Laboy that Bianca Censori pushed him to get his mental health reevaluated, as she didnât believe he had bipolar disorder. As a result, West says he received an autism diagnosis.
âThey call it specifically bipolar. They put that on me. I said it, I put it out,â West explained of his initial diagnosis. â⊠I went to this doctor, one that worked with Justin Bieber. ⊠Iâm not even gonna name the names. My wife took me, because she said, âSomething about your personality doesnât feel like itâs bipolar. Iâve seen bipolar before.â ⊠And come to find out, itâs really a case of autism that I have.â
West noted that many of his hyper-fixations are a result of his autism. âAnd autism takes you to a Rain Man thing, where youâre like, Iâm gonna wear this Trump hat, because I like Trump in general, and when people tell you to not do it, you just get on that one point,â he continued. âAnd thatâs my problem when fans tell me to do my album a certain way. Iâll do it the opposite way.â
Laboy asked West if he continues to take his bipolar medication.
âI havenât taken the medication since I found out that it wasnât bipolar,â West admitted, though he didnât seem fully against taking medication if needed. â⊠Itâs finding stuff that doesnât block the creativity, obviously. Thatâs what I bring to the world.â
Rapper Kanye West attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in 2020 | Rich Fury/VF20/Getty Images for Vanity Fair
Kanye West was hospitalized in 2016 for a âpsychiatric emergencyâ after canceling tour dates and ranting about politics. He later talked about the incident to David Letterman.
âYou have this moment [where] you feel everyone wants to kill you,â West explained of a manic episode in bipolar disorder, according to CNN. âYou pretty much donât trust anyone.â
âWhen youâre in this state, youâre hyper-paranoid about everything, everyone,â he continued. âThis is my experience; other people have different experiences. Everyone now is an actor. Everythingâs a conspiracy. You feel the government is putting chips in your head. You feel youâre being recorded; you feel all these things.â
West said he felt âhappyâ to experience the moment when he was handcuffed, drugged, and separated from everyone he knew, as he could âchangeâ after âthat moment.â
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West were married from 2014 to 2022. In 2020, she addressed Westâs erratic behavior on Instagram.
âAs many of you know, Kanye has bipolar disorder,â she posted, according to the BBC. âAnyone who has this or has a loved one in their life who does knows how incredibly complicated and painful it is to understand.â
âPeople who are unaware or far removed from this experience can be judgemental and not understand that the individual themselves have to engage in the process of getting help no matter how hard family and friends try,â she added.
Kardashian calls West a âbrilliant but complicated person who on top of the pressures of being an artist and a black man, who experienced the painful loss of his mother, and has to deal with the pressure and isolation that is heightened by his bipolar disorder.â
Ultimately, she hopes to help end the stigma surrounding mental health with her post. âWe as a society talk about giving grace to the issue of mental health as a whole, however, we should also give it to the individuals who are living with it in times when they need it the most,â she continued.
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