Halsey Sends Support To Kanye West: ‘If You Can’t Offer Understanding Or Sympathy, Offer Your Silence’
25-year-old singer Halsey is coming to the defense of Kanye West. Although she didn’t call him by name a series of tweets clearly discusses his bipolar disorder and how people’s jokes, “contribute to the stigma that damages an entire community…”
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
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 villify 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
— h (@halsey) July 21, 2020
“You can hate someone’s actions or opinions without contributing to the stigma that damages an entire community of sometimes vulnerable people all for a couple of laughs,” writes Halsey.
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.
— h (@halsey) July 21, 2020
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.
— h (@halsey) July 21, 2020
Sincerely, Human Being with a Decade Long Bipolar Diagnosis.
— h (@halsey) July 21, 2020
Halsey went on to explain that “lots of people have bipolar disorder” and ended her advice to those who are ignorant of bipolar disorder, “Sincerely, Human Being with a Decade Long Bipolar Diagnosis.”
Halsey suffered a suicide attempt at the age of 17 due to her bipolar disorder. In 2019 Kanye told David Letterman and dealing with bipolar disorder explaining that while in the middle of a manic episode he experiences, “hyper-paranoia” and the feeling that “everyone is an actor” and “everyone is trying to kill you.”
