A quick content warning. This episode contains discussions of intimate partner abuse, mental health, and suicide.

For the better part of a decade, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian were one of the most influential couples in pop culture.

The rapper and the reality TV star were already famous on their own, and when they got together, their celebrity was nearly unmatched.

They had four children, launched their own fashion and beauty empires, and had an estimated combined wealth of $2.1 billion.

And because the couple was on ease keeping up with Kardashians, moments that would usually be private for a normal couple played out on television.

Like when Kim found out, they Kanye had been hospitalized for a psychiatric emergency in 2016.

He was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. One of the first times he talked about it openly was in 2018 on Jimmy Kimmel.

It's not I hate being in bipolar, it's awesome. It's actually, it drives more of how you really feel.

So I think it's important for us to have conversations about open conversations about mental health, especially with me being black, because we never had therapists in the black community.

We never approach, like, take medication. And I think it's good that when I had my first.

The media has often made a spectacle of Kanye's erratic behavior, like when he stormed the stage during Taylor Swift's acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards, way back in 2009.

No Taylor, I'm really happy for you, I'm let you finish. But Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time.

One of the best videos of all time.

Or his ill-fated 2020 run for the presidency.

By turning to faith, we will be the kind of nation, the kind of people God intends us to be.

I am Kanye West, and I approve this message.

Kanye has said that he goes off his bipolar medication for long stretches, and even called bipolar disorder his superpower.

When Kim Kardashian filed for divorce last year, Kanye's mental health became a topic of discussion again.

Recently, Kanye started making increasingly dramatic public statements, like posting a video of him leading a mass prayer to bring his family back together.

Incidentally, Kim, his estranged ex-wife, an entire truckload of roses on Valentine's Day.

When Kim began dating SNL star Pete Davidson, Kanye's declarations took on a more menacing tone, calling on his fans to a cost Davidson if they saw him in public.

Kanye also posted screenshots of text messages, allegedly from Kim onto his public Instagram account, where Kim says he was creating a dangerous and scary environment.

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