KANYE WEST HAS BEEN HOSPITALIZED AFTER HE HAD A FEW PUBLIC
OCCURRENCES WHERE HE MADE A SPECTACLE OF HIMSELF; MADE SOME
PRETTY STRONG POLITICAL COMMENTS IN FAVOR OF DONALD TRUMP, AND
THEN PROCEEDED TO BASICALLY CANCEL THE REST OF HIS TOUR.
THIS ALL STARTED ON SATURDAY, WHERE 15 MINUTES IT ñ
INTO HIS SHOW IN LOS ANGELES HE STOPPED AND KIND OF WENT
INTO THIS TIRADE.
WE HAVE VIDEO OF PART OF THAT TIRADE, AND I HAVE QUOTES
FROM OTHER THINGS HE SAID.
LET'S TAKE A QUICK LOOK.
I AM PUTTING MY CAREER, MY LIFE, MY PUBLIC WELL STANDING AT RISK
WHEN I TALK TO Y'ALL LIKE THIS.
[INAUDIBLE]
BEYONC…, I WAS HURT.
BECAUSE I HEARD THAT YOU SAID YOU WOULDN'T PERFORM UNLESS YOU
ONE VIDEO OF THE YEAR, OVER ME, AND OVER [INAUDIBLE].
IN MY OPINION ñ NOW, DON'T GO TRYING TO DISS BEYONC…, SHE IS
GREAT.
TAYLOR SWIFT IS GREAT.
WE ARE ALL GREAT PEOPLE, BUT SOMETIMES WE BE PLAYING THE
POLITICS TOO MUCH, AND FORGET WHO WE ARE.
JUST TO WIN.
[CENSORED] WINNING.
[CENSORED] LOOKING COOL.
[CENSORED] BEING COOL.
AND THEN THREE HOURS PRIOR TO HIS SHOW AT THE FORUM IN LOS
ANGELES HE DECIDED TO CANCEL, AND THEN HE PROCEEDED TO
CANCEL THE REST OF HIS SHOW START ON MONDAY, AUTHORITIES
WERE CALLED TO HIS TRAINERS HOME BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME SORT OF
DISTURBANCE.
AND THEN PARAMEDICS WERE CALLED TO TAKE KANYE WEST TO THE
HOSPITAL.
HE WAS TREATED FOR STRESS AND EXHAUSTION AT RONALD REAGAN
UCLA MEDICAL CENTER.
HE SAID OTHER THINGS DURING HIS SATURDAY SHOW, BUT BEFORE WE GET
INTO ALL THOSE DETAILS, GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR TAKE.
HE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF CRITICISM BECAUSE HE CAME OUT IN
FAVOR OF DONALD TRUMP.
HE SAID HE LIKES THE WAY DONALD TRUMP ADDRESSES THINGS ñ IN A
POLITICALLY INCORRECT FASHION ñ
AND IT JUST APPEALS TO HIM, SO HE GOT A LOT OF HEAT FOR THAT.
I THINK KANYE IS VERY SMART, IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
AND IF HE SAYS, I HATE DONALD TRUMP, IT'S NOT ANYTHING
DIFFERENT THAN WHAT MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING.
SO HE'S GOING, YOU KNOW, COUNTERCULTURE.
HE'S SAYING THINGS, I THINK, TO GET MORE ATTENTION TO
HIMSELF, WHICH IS TO PRAISE DONALD TRUMP.
AND ALSO, HE'S SAYING WEIRD, NONSENSICAL THINGS.
I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, HE MAKES A SPECTACLE OF HIMSELF SO
THAT HE GETS MORE ATTENTION.
A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE, THEY LIVE AND FEED OFF OF ATTENTION.
SOMETIMES THEY KNOW IT'S JUST FOR ATTENTION, AND
SOMETIMES THEY DELUDE THEMSELVES ñ THEY DELUDE THEMSELVES
INTO THINKING THEY ARE EARNEST ABOUT IT.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE'S AT.
I DON'T THINK ANY OF US KNOW WHERE CEASE ñ WHERE HE'S AT.
I'M TRYING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE OPEN TO TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT SOMEONE IS GOING THROUGH BEFORE I IMMEDIATELY
PASS JUDGMENT, BECAUSE HE MIGHT BE DOING THIS FOR ATTENTION, BUT
THEN THERE'S A PART OF ME THAT KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GET A
TINY BIT OF EXPOSURE AND UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANT
DOWNSIDES OF THAT, AND HOW WE CAN MAKE YOU CRAZY.
SO HE HAS THAT EXPOSURE TIMES 10 MILLION, AND MAYBE HE IS
EXHAUSTED AND DEALING WITH DEPRESSION OR ANXIETY, OR SOME
SORT OF MENTAL SITUATION THAT WE ARE REALLY UNAWARE OF, SO I JUST
FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE CRITICIZING HIM, AND MAKING IT SEEM
LIKE HE'S THIS TERRIBLE PERSON.
HE SAID SOME PRETTY TERRIBLE THINGS IN THE PAST, SO HE'S
NOT MY FAVORITE PERSON ON THE PLANET, LET ME BE CLEAR
ABOUT THAT.
REMEMBER WHEN HE SAID GEORGE BUSH DOESN'T CARE ABOUT
BLACK PEOPLE?
THAT WAS A BIG STATEMENT, AND EVERYBODY TOOK NOTICE,
THERE WAS HEADLINES.
AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S DOING IT JUST FOR THE PURPOSE
OF ATTENTION, BUT YOU KNOW, HE'S A PERFORMER, AND I CAN
BEFORE HIM ñ I CAN CREDIT HIM FOR BEING A VERY GOOD PERFORMER.
BUT I DO KNOW THAT HIS PUBLIC STATEMENTS ARE MADE PUBLICLY FOR
THE PURPOSE OF DRAWING ATTENTION TO HIMSELF, AND HIS WHOLE BRAND.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE REALLY MEANS IT, BUT HE'S ñ HE'S MADE
THESE STATEMENTS TO AFFECT THAT HE'S GOING TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT
IN 2020.
HE'S THE PERFECT CANDIDATE ñ
CONSIDERING WHAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH.
I THINK CONSIDERING THE STATE OF OUR MEDIA AND OUR TECHNOLOGY,
THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO CONNECT WITH, YOU KNOW, IN WAYS THAT
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO BEFORE, I THINK HE CAN RUN.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
I GUARANTEE ANA, ONE DAY SOON A YOUTUBE CELEBRITY WILL
BECOME A PRESIDENT.
WE COMPLAIN ABOUT HOW DELUDED AMERICA HAS BECOME, HOW WE
ARE WITH CELEBRITIES.
WE THINK THEY ARE SUPERHUMAN, OH MY GOD WHO IS KIM
KARDASHIAN GOING TO VOTE FOR PRESIDENT?
CELEBRITIES GAVE ENDORSEMENTS.
WE KNOW ACTORS THAT ARE ACTIVISTS THAT GIVE THEIR
ENDORSEMENTS THE WAY THEY WERE DOING FOR HILLARY.
BUT THAT WILL GET MORE ATTENTION, AND HE'S ON THAT
TYPE OF CELEBRITY LEVEL.
SO IF YOU ARE THAT GUY, AND WE BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE SUPERHUMAN
ñ BECAUSE WE'RE STUPID ñ AND THEN YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A HUMAN
MOMENT, LIKE THIS, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THIS, I DON'T HAVE
THE PROOF, BUT I THINK HE IS OVERWORKED AND
OVERSTRESSED, AND COUPLE THAT WITH AN EGO.
SO HE THINKS, THIS IS WHERE I SAY THINGS TO EVERYONE, BECAUSE
EVERYONE SHOULD LISTEN TO ME, BUT HE DOESN'T REALIZE HIS
MIND IS FRAZZLED RIGHT NOW.
THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER THEY SAY ñ
VIDEO BUFFERING ñ
THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE'S PARENTS DIED,
ESPECIALLY UNEXPECTEDLY AND WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE YOU COULD
HAVE DONE SO WE DIFFER TO CHANGE IT, IT WILL DRIVE YOU CRAZY.
AND WHO KNOWS HOW HE APPROACHES.
THIS COULD JUST DRIVE SOMEONE TO THESE POINTS.
I DID THINK ABOUT THAT, AND AGAIN, THIS IS MORE ABOUT,
LIKE, FOR ME IT'S MORE ABOUT EMPATHY THEN JUST LIKE,
IMMEDIATELY PASSING JUDGMENT.
SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THAT, EVERYTHING I'M SAYING
IS SPECULATION.
ANYTHING ANYONE EVER SAYS ABOUT THIS STORY IS SPECULATION
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROOF OF ANYTHING.
BUT I DID NOTICE A CHANGE IN HIS BEHAVIOR AFTER HIS MOM DIED, AND
HIS MOM DID DIANE RESPECTIVELY DUE TO A COSMETIC PROCEDURE.
I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT IF I WERE IN HIS POSITION, AND IF I
WAS THIS GIGANTIC CELEBRITY WHO DEALS WITH BOTH THE GOOD
AND THE BAD THAT COMES WITH THAT, AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT
YOU DEAL WITH THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN YOUR LIFE DIANE.
I WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE A MENTAL BREAKDOWN.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE WENT TO THERAPY FOR THAT AND GOT THE
HELP HE NEEDED FOR THAT, BUT THIS BEHAVIOR IS NORMAL, AND I
JUST WANT TO HOLD OFF BEFORE I'M LIKE, HE'S A TERRIBLE PERSON,
AND YOU KNOW.
I DON'T THINK HE'S A TERRIBLE PERSON, EVEN IF HE'S FAKING IT.
EVEN IF HE'S JUST SAYING THIS STUFF TO GET MORE ATTENTION,
AND HE'S LYING, I DON'T THINK HE'S A TERRIBLE PERSON.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DO THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE LIVE IN A WEIRD CULTURE WHERE WE WORSHIP CELEBRITIES, AND
IF YOU GO ONLINE, EVEN LIKE, ON ESPN, THERE WILL BE A GAME
BETWEEN THE CAVALIERS AND THE LAKERS, AND SOMEONE WILL
SAY, LEBRON JAMES SUCKS.
AND SOMEONE ELSE WILL LOSE THEIR MINDS.
DON'T CRITICIZE LEBRON, I LOVE HIM SO MUCH.
AND I SENSED EVERYONE, FROM POLITICIANS TO RAPPERS.
I SAID THIS ON AGGRESSIVE PROGRESSIVES, BUT I'M FRUSTRATED
WITH MY FRIENDS WHO ARE ENGAGING IN TOTAL WORSHIP OF HILLARY.
LIKE THEY THINK SHE DID NOTHING WRONG IN THIS ELECTION, AND THAT
ñ IT'S WEIRD, BECAUSE THEY ARE MAKING EVERY EXCUSE IN THE
BOOK FOR HER.
AND MY POINT ISN'T THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW WE SHOULD LAMBAST HER
FOR EVERY THING, BUT AGAIN, HONEST ASSESSMENT ABOUT
WHAT WENT WRONG AND WHAT SHE COULD'VE DONE BETTER.
BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
SAME THING WITH SPORTS FIGURES, RAPPERS.
IF YOU THINK ANYA IS GREAT, AND SOMEONE ELSE THINKS HE
SUCKS, WHO CARES?
THAT'S OPINION, RIGHT?
BUT THEY GET VERY VERY PERSONAL, AND THEY ARE PERSONALLY
UPSET IF SOMEONE DISAGREES WITH THEIR ASSESSMENT OF A CELEBRITY.
AND IT'S A HOT THING, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
I THINK 2016 ñ AND THIS IS JUST MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE ñ
HAS EXPOSED ME TO THE REALITY OF HUMANITY IN AMERICA, RIGHT?
PEOPLE ARE FUCKING TERRIBLE, RIGHT?
THEY ARE HORRIBLE.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I BELIEVE IN GOODNESS, OR INHERENT
GOODNESS ñ
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OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT OUR AUDIENCE MEMBERS, BUT
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED IN DC WITH THAT STUPID
CONVENTION, AND SOME OF THE CRAZY THINGS THEY'RE
TALKING ABOUT WITH ETHNIC CLEANSING IN THE UNITED STATES.
I REALLY THOUGHT HUMANS HAD PASSED IT, BUT WE HAVEN'T,
NOT EVEN CLOSE.
THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS BECAUSE WE GET A TINY
SLIVER OF THAT, RIGHT, WE EXPERIENCE AND INTERACT
WITH A TINY SLIVER OF THE DEPLORABLE'S.
BUT IF YOU'RE A GIGANTIC CELEBRITY, YOU DEAL WITH
THAT ON SUCH A HUGE LEVEL, AND IT WOULD MAKE ME CRAZY.
SO I JUST, BEFORE WE JUDGE, AGAIN, LET'S JUST WAIT AND SEE
WHAT'S GOING ON, AND, YOU KNOW, HONESTLY?
IF HE IS DEALING WITH SOME SEVERE, YOU KNOW, MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUES, MY HEART GOES OUT TO HIM BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN
EASY THING TO DEAL WITH.