1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: One of the world's most hated celebrities just bought a 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:06,760 Speaker 1: full page ad in the Wall Street Journal to say 3 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:10,879 Speaker 1: my bad. And some people are calling it a huge 4 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: step for them, and others are saying it's just another 5 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:16,279 Speaker 1: pr stunt and we shouldn't believe them. I'll give you 6 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:22,439 Speaker 1: one hint on who it is. They made Taylor Swift famous. Oh, yes, 7 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:25,600 Speaker 1: I'm talking about Kanye West. People are talking about to say, 8 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 1: because Kanye West took out a full, paid, full page 9 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: ad in the Wall Street Journal to say that he's 10 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: sorry for the things that he's done. 11 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 2: Well, at least he picked the Wall Street Journal and 12 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 2: it wasn't like People Magazine or something like that. 13 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: You know, I'm just like thinking, like, why the Wall 14 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:43,839 Speaker 1: Street Journal. Nobody's gonna read that. Very different reactions to that. 15 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 3: I'm here for financial advice. 16 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 1: We'll go over what Kanye said in his apology and 17 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 1: you can see if you agree. Text in four one 18 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: oh six one. That's four one o six one. Let 19 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: us know if you think that he's sincere, or if 20 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: you're like some other people are just saying it's another 21 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: publicity stunt and the next page will be something terrible 22 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: that he takes out in the Wall Street Journal. But 23 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 1: here's what Kanye West said twenty five years ago. I 24 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 1: was in a car accident that broke my jaw and 25 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: caused injury to the right frontal lobe of my brain. 26 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 1: At the time, the focus was on the visible damage, 27 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:17,960 Speaker 1: the fracture of the swelling and immediately an immediate physical trauma. 28 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: The deeper injury, the one inside my skull, went unnoticed. 29 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:25,040 Speaker 1: In that fractured state, I gravitated toward the most destructive 30 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: symbol I could find, the swastika, and even sold T 31 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 1: shirts bearing it. Remember when Kanye West was selling those 32 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:33,840 Speaker 1: T shirts, that was insane. One of the difficult aspects 33 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 1: of having bipolar type one are the disconnected moments, which 34 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:40,400 Speaker 1: many of them I cannot recall, that led to poor 35 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: judgment and reckless behavior, and oftentimes feel like an out 36 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 1: of body experience. I regret and am deeply mortified by 37 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 1: my actions in that state, and am committed to accountability, 38 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 1: treatment and meaningful change. It does not excuse what I did. 39 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: Though I'm not a Nazi or an anti Semite. I 40 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: love the Jewish people to the Black community, which held 41 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: me down through all the highs and lows. Of the 42 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 1: darkest times. The black community is unquestionably the foundation of 43 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: who I am, and I'm so sorry to have let 44 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 1: you down. I love us PSI still made Taylor Swoelf famous. 45 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 1: It says that in there, Yeah You're at We're going 46 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:17,919 Speaker 1: over Kanye West's apology page that he just took out 47 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:20,240 Speaker 1: in the Wall Street Journal. He says, in early twenty 48 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: twenty five, I fell into a four month long manic 49 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: episode of psychotic, paranoid and impulsive behavior that destroyed my life. 50 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:31,360 Speaker 1: As the situation became increasingly unsustainable, there were times I 51 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 1: didn't want to be here anymore. Having bipolar disorder is 52 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 1: a state of constant mental illness. When you go into 53 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: a manic episode, you were ill at that point, and 54 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 1: when you were not in an episode, you were completely normal, 55 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 1: and that's when the wreckage from the illness hits the hardest, 56 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 1: hitting rock bottom. A few months ago, my wife encouraged 57 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 1: me to finally get help. It says I found comfort 58 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: in Reddit forums. Of all places, Kanye West is on Reddit, 59 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 1: hanging out in the forums. That's crazy different people speaking 60 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: of being manic or depressive and ases and of a 61 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: similar nature. I read their stories and realized that I 62 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:06,359 Speaker 1: wasn't alone. My words as a leader in the community 63 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 1: have a global impact and influence. In my mania, I 64 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:12,080 Speaker 1: lost complete side of that. As I find my new 65 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 1: baseline and new center through effective regime of medication, therapy, exercise, 66 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 1: and clean living, I have a new found, much needed clarity. 67 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 1: I'm pouring my energy into positive, meaningful art, music, clothing design, 68 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: and other ideas to help the world. I'm not asking 69 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: for sympathy or free pass though I aspire to earn 70 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 1: your forgiveness. I write today to simply ask for your 71 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 1: patience and understanding as I find my way home with love. 72 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: Yea all, some people are saying that's just another publicity 73 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 1: stunt and we shouldn't believe him. Some people are saying 74 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: it's a good move. I think it's extremely healthy and helpful. 75 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 3: I you know, there's a lot of things that were 76 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 3: said and done on his behalf that are unforgivable in 77 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 3: a lot of ways. But the fact that he's being 78 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 3: open and honest about seeking help and getting the medications 79 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 3: and the treatment that he needs, Yeah, I can only 80 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 3: be positively, you know, supportive. 81 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: I hope he stays on his medication, he stays on 82 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 1: it though, because that's what happens with Kanye West, is 83 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 1: he'll be on his meds, he'll be fine, and then 84 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:11,839 Speaker 1: he goes often because I think he feels like they 85 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 1: help him, they numb his creativity a bit. So then 86 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 1: he'll go to his ranch, go off his meds, and 87 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:19,480 Speaker 1: then just go completely on the bipolar. 88 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:23,479 Speaker 2: That's why he does need to earn everybody's forgiveness and 89 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 2: earn that trust back by showing us that he can 90 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 2: consistently do that, because when he's not is when he's 91 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 2: completely negligent and. 92 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:30,920 Speaker 3: Hurts a lot of people. 93 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 2: So I do appreciate him explaining himself, but that not 94 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 2: to like poke holes in his story. But that accident 95 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,839 Speaker 2: that he is referencing happened in the early two thousands, 96 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 2: and then it didn't it didn't like manifest until just 97 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 2: a couple of years ago. 98 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,480 Speaker 3: I mean, you know, if it's brain injury, I think 99 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 3: what he was referring to in there is that it 100 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:57,719 Speaker 3: was a brain injury that wasn't diagnosed. It was only 101 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 3: the physical damage that was diagnosed was never treated for it. 102 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 3: And yeah, and if you have you know, manic episodes 103 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:07,479 Speaker 3: and all those other things that are you know, involved 104 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 3: with obviously what he's been going through. It just kind 105 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 3: of spirals and spirals and spirals. He's not taking his meds, 106 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 3: he's not taking taking any treating seriously, he's just chaotic. 107 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:18,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, a lot of critics have pointed out that the 108 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 1: past apologies didn't prevent further behavior like that, so they're 109 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 1: hesitant to accept Kanye west apology in the Wall Street Journal. 110 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 2: Well, I'm glad that he did acknowledge though, that people 111 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:30,840 Speaker 2: do need to earn it. So like consistency is going 112 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 2: to be everything. 113 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's what I liked about his apology, you know, 114 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: because yes, you can have actions that you can't control 115 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:40,720 Speaker 1: really with your mental illness, but there are still your actions, right, 116 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: Like I have complex PTSD. If I react in a 117 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: way that I don't like to react, I'm not going 118 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 1: to be like, hey, you have to forgive me because 119 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:49,600 Speaker 1: I have this. It's like I know that I have it. 120 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 1: It's my job to manage it. It doesn't give me a 121 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 1: pass to be an a hole. Yeah, right, right, And 122 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 1: so I'm glad he didn't fountability. Yeah, you guys should 123 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:58,480 Speaker 1: just right off everything I said because of that. 124 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 2: So, yeah, but could you imagine if you were on 125 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 2: Reddit and you see Kanye what read it was, that's 126 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 2: kind of like cool. 127 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: I'll be like, wait, yeah, this is not this is 128 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 1: not really you. Is he on there as Kanye or 129 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 1: you know a picture He's sitting on a couch looking 130 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 1: at Reddit all day. 131 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 3: Especially under an alias. He says, I am Kanye West. 132 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,160 Speaker 1: You know no, you're not. Get off.