Halsey Is Disappointed At Fans For Joking About Kanye’s Mental Health: ‘A Manic Episode Isn’t A Joke’
Kanye West took to social media on Monday and went on a full-blown rant. During is meltdown on Twitter, Kanye claimed that his wife, Kim Kardashian tried to get him committed to a mental hospital after he revealed at a presidential campaign rally that he and his wife had once contemplated aborting their 7-year-old daughter North West.
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The 43-year-old entertainer also compared his situation to Bill Cosby and the horror movie “Get Out.” Kanye said many other alarming things which made fans very concerned. Singer Halsey, who has been publicly open about her own struggles with mental health, took to Twitter to try and convince people that this is not a laughing matter and something to be taken seriously. She also urged people to have compassion and not reinforce stigmas around bipolar disorder.
“No jokes right now. I have dedicated my career to offering education and insight about bipolar disorder and I’m so disturbed by what I’m seeing,” she wrote. “Personal opinions about someone aside, a manic episode isnt a joke. If you can’t offer understanding or sympathy, offer your silence.”
No jokes right now. I have dedicated my career to offering education and insight about bipolar disorder and I’m so disturbed by what I’m seeing. Personal opinions about someone aside, a manic episode isnt a joke. If you can’t offer understanding or sympathy, offer your silence.
— h (@halsey) July 21, 2020
She added that vilifying Kanye doesn’t help:
“A lot of people you know probably have bipolar disorder and you aren’t aware of it. Taking this opportunity to make offensive remarks and vilify people with mental illnesses is really not the way to go…this is the exact triggering shit that causes people to keep quiet about it,” she tweeted. “You can hate someone’s actions or opinions without contributing to stigma that damages an entire community of sometimes vulnerable people all for a couple of laughs.”
Halsey concluded with,
”If you wanna think someone is an asshole, go ahead. Lots of people with mental illnesses are great. Lots of them are assholes. Because they are people. With nuanced personalities. But making jokes specifically targeted towards bipolar hurts more than the 1 person ur angry with. Sincerely, Human Being with a Decade Long Bipolar Diagnosis.”
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