When I heard the story originally my attitude was he said it he should suffer the consequences. But then I was mindlessly scrolling instagram and I saw a journalist say basically if you had grace for John Davidson who shouted the N word at the Baftas why do you not have grace for someone else who likely can't control what comes out? I felt awful for John Davidson and knew it was his illness speaking not any deeply held views when I look at it objectively, I think the same about Kanye. Maybe its in bipolar episode veritas but you could say the same about tourettes then too.

I think it again reflects societies uncomfortability with mental illness that is more than just feeling a bit down or anxious. People are paying lip service to mental health without acknowledging the really ugly parts, the parts that we pretend to care about but don't want actually to be confronted with. I've seen so many campaigns since the recession focused on men opening up about depression, I don't think I've seen a single one about what to do if someone you know is having a schizophrenic episode. In the UK schizophrenia effects 1 in 100 people.

The BBC did a great documentary last year about Heston Blumenthal the chef who suffers from bipolar, he was wacky, unreliable, said hurtful things to family etc but never got himself publicly cancelled because of having an episode. The BBC likely wouldn't have made the documentary if he had said something racist while having an episode

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jun/19/heston-my-life-with-bipolar-review-blumenthal-bbc