A lot of Kanye West’s fans and even his critics have come forward in recent days to express their deep concerns.
Why? Because many fear that he’s on the verge of a mental breakdown.
Kanye has always been known for his impulsive behavior. Many saw or heard of his spur-of-the-moment stunts, gaffes, and outlandish statements before they ever heard so much as a note of his music.
But, in 2016, his statements became increasingly shocking — and he eventually had to cancel his tour because of his mental health.
It’s nearly two years later, but just a week after Kanye has returned to social media, his erratic statements — such as comparing himself and Trump to dragons — have fans genuinely fearing for his well-being.
The report that he abruptly severed numerous business associations during his alarming tweets has also been viewed as a red flag.
Now, Kim Kardashian is coming forward to defend her husband.
She says that he’s not losing his mind. She says that he’s a visionary that most people just can’t understand, and how dare people use his outlandish statements to question his mental health.
But Kanye’s most recent tweet is not really helping.
The calm before the tweet-storm
Less than an hour before speaking up for her husband, Kim’s Twitter account was full of her products and her naked body. Business as usual.
It begins …
Kim Kardashian is famous for being largely unbothered by the things that people say about her … but she has far less chill when it comes to her husband and her marriage.
Kim addresses one of the perceived red flags
What Kim may be ignoring is that, though fans know that stars may cut ties with any number of people, fans were viewing it as just one sign among many that something may be wrong.
Kim actually refers to the “sunken place” here
That is, of course, a reference to the horror film, Get Out. More to the point, she may be confused — no one is saying that differing beliefs is a sign of mental illness. We’ll thow up an example later in this slideshow.
Kim doesn’t like Trump
Famously, Kim took a selfie with Hillary during the 2016 election.
Kim deleted and reposted that tweet
We wouldn’t feel right not showing you both versions.
Here is where Kim really sings Kanye’s praises
We’ll say this with certainty — this is certainly how Kanye sees himself: as a genius who cannot be understood by anyone else, and as a visionary.
Kim concludes her rant with this statement:
Kim feels that, despite Kanye’s erratic behavior and his arguably troubled history, that it is irresponsible for people to jump to conclusions — or even raise the question.
Is Kim Kardashian right?
Or is she just blinded by love? Kanye’s tweets, past and present, haven’t always shown him at his best.
In February of 2016, Kanye infamously tweeted this:
This seemed like a paranoid declaration, and was considered harmful by many, especially since Cosby has been accused by dozens and dozens of women.
Here are some of his more recent tweets
We would never want to be accused of cherry-picking tweets, so here they are, back-to-back. Contrary to what some fans claim, they’re not PROOF of instability, but they do have people concerned.
And again, another sample
Kanye has also praised an anti-Black Lives Matter pundit and shared seven different videos, consecutively, by the infamous creator of Dilbert comics on Twitter.
Meanwhile, on Kanye’s Twitter:
This is probably not helping Kim to reassure anyone.
So … is Kanye West mentally unstable?
We don’t know — of COURSE we don’t know. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that people who worry about him are being malicious or overly partisan. It means that they’re worried. And it’s unclear if Kim’s reassurances are going to mean much without a doctor’s note.