""I lost touch with reality," West said of his recent behavior. "Things got worse the longer I ignored the problem. I said and did things I deeply regret. Some of the people I love the most, I treated the worst. You endured fear, confusion, humiliation, and the exhaustion of trying to have someone who was, at times, unrecognizable. Looking back, I became detached from my true self.""
""In that fractured state, I gravitated toward the most destructive symbol I could find, the swastika, and even sold T-shirts bearing it," he explained. "One of the difficult aspects of having bipolar type-1 are the disconnected moments - many of which I still cannot recall - that led to poor judgment and reckless behavior that oftentimes feels like an out-of-body-experience.""
""I regret and am deeply mortified by my actions in that state," West added, "and am committed to accountability, treatment, and meaningful change. It does not excuse what I did though. I am not a Nazi or an antisemite. I love Jewish people.""
Kanye West apologized for erratic and antisemitic behavior and expressed deep regret for the harm caused. He attributed a decline in mental health to a right frontal lobe injury sustained in a car accident 25 years earlier that he says was not properly diagnosed until 2013, and said that medical oversight contributed to a bipolar type-1 diagnosis. He described losing touch with reality, experiencing disconnected moments and poor judgment, and gravitated toward destructive symbols including the swastika. He said he hit rock bottom months ago, found comfort in Reddit forums, and committed to accountability, treatment, and meaningful change.
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