‘Stop armchairdiagnosing’ Kanye West, says Singer John Legend

The 39-year-old singer has been close friends with the ‘Heartless’ rapper for many years, and has said that following Kanye’s social media outbursts - which have seen him voice his support for controversial president Donald Trump, as well as claim the 400 years of black slavery was a “choice” - many people have tried to label him with a mental health condition. And whilst John “clearly disagreed” with the things Kanye posted, he insists what’s “going on in his brain” is no-one’s business. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal magazine, the ‘All of Me’ hitmaker said: “A lot of people have tried to armchair-diagnose him, but I leave it to him and his doctor to discuss what’s going on in his brain. Clearly I disagreed with some of the things he was saying, and I was worried that his saying it might empower some of the wrong forces, might be really demoralizing for people who looked up to him and thought of him as a leader.” John’s comments come after Kanye, 41, previously claimed he had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but said he thinks he was just battling with “sleep deprivation” rather than the mental health disorder. He said: “What I think is we don’t need sentences, we need pardons. We need to talk to people. I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, I was connected with a neuropsychologist that works with the athletes in the NBA and NFL. He looked at my brain. I wasn’t actually bipolar, I had sleep deprivation which can cause dementia 10 to 20 years from now when I wouldn’t even remember my son’s name.”