Kanye West says Bianca Censori helped him get diagnosed with autism. The 47-year-old rapper - who has been married to his other half since 2022 - was previously diagnosed with bipolar following his hospitalisation in 2016 after a "psychiatric emergency", but Bianca recommended a doctor who gave him a different diagnosis.
Speaking on 'The Download' podcast, he told Justin LaBoy: "My wife took me because she said, ‘Something about your personality doesn’t feel like it’s bipolar, I’ve seen bipolar before.
"And come to find out, it’s really a case of autism that I have.”
The 'All Falls Down' hitmaker - who has who shares children North, 11, Saint, eight, Chicago, six, and Psalm, five, with ex-wife Kim Kardashian - insisted the new diagnosis has helped him see his behaviour in a different light.
He added: "You’re like, ‘Oh man, I’m gonna wear this [Donald] Trump hat ‘cause I just like Trump in general'.
“And when people tell you to not do it...and that’s my problem, when fans tell me to do my album a certain way, I’ll do it the opposite way.”
And he insisted his behaviour doesn't give people around him a chance to "control" him.
He said: "It’s so difficult for them because this is like a grown man, you can’t tell him.
"You can’t take control of his bank account. You can’t control what I’m saying on Twitter.”
@dailymail Speaking on Justin Laboy's podcast, Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, revealed his former wife Kim Kardashian urged him to see a doctor after she suspected the rapper had been misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder. Read the full story on DailyMail.com. 🎥 YouTube / Justin Laboy #news #celebritynews #kanyewest #ye #autism ♬ original sound - Daily Mail
Meanwhile, Ye also admitted he hasn't taken medication since being newly diagnosed because he doesn't want to stifle his creativity.
He explained: “I haven’t taken the medication since I found out it wasn’t bipolar, that it wasn’t the right diagnosis.
“It’s finding stuff that doesn’t block the creativity, obviously that’s what I bring to the world. It’s worth the ramp up, as long as y’all get the creativity.”
Kanye sparked controversy this week after his wife flashed her private parts in a semi-transparent outfit at the Grammy Awards.
According to a lip-reading expert, Kanye had instructed his 30-year-old wife to remove her fur coat and “make a scene”.
It was reported that the pair had been escorted out of the Crypto.com Arena, but another insider claimed the couple “left of their own accord”.