Non medial expert Azealia Banks recently weighed in on the discussion about Kanye West’s mental health and, naturally, she had to be homophobic about it.
In a post shared to her Instagram Stories last week, Banks pushed back against reports that West suffers from bipolar disorder, saying he’s only pretending to cover up the fact that he’s a “closeted homosexual.”
“You don’t have f*cking bipolar disorder,” Banks raged. “You’re a closeted homosexual! That’s what this is really all about.”
Way to stigmatize both being gay and mental illness there, Azealia.
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The 29-year-old rapper, who has said in the past that she also struggles with mental illness, didn’t offer any further explanation as to why she believes West, who identifies as straight, is gay.
Instead, she suggested he find a church to “cleanse himself of the demons” then threatened to expose some of the “homo sh*t” he’s done.
This isn’t the first (or second, or third, or fourth) time Banks has made homophobic remarks. In the past, she has blasted people who take PrEP, attacked singer Troye Sivan for being a white gay, gone off on RuPaul, and was banned from Twitter for launching a homophobic assault against Zayn Malik.
Listen to Banks’ vile remarks about West below. Or don’t.
azealia speaks on kanye west being a closeted homosexual 7/31/20 pic.twitter.com/jOpfXlmaDl
— azealia’s story (@azealiastory) August 1, 2020
part 2 pic.twitter.com/T32dpjTsAI
— azealia’s story (@azealiastory) August 1, 2020
part 3 pic.twitter.com/6VcXIUg5n5
— azealia’s story (@azealiastory) August 1, 2020
Mister P
Interesting.
justgeo
But I want no part of the fat pig!
Vince
“Lets exams this. You know like, you a closeted Homosexual and that’s why you can’t respect women”….such an bigoted ignorant twat.
Count down to the sorry if you was offended BS apology.
dhmonarch89
I’m mostly offended by the atrocious grammar! It’s like people don’t even try any more.
JB
Wtf is a “non medial expert”???
Den
It is very obviously a sarcastic response to Banks’ baseless opinion.
Barlow
Well, first of all, Thank you Queerty for re-posting these, because I might have missed them otherwise, and they are some good shit. Second of all, this article mis-characterizes and mis-quotes what Ms. Banks is saying, which I – a white gay boy who was once-upon-a-time in the closet – pretty much agree with. If Kanye is a closeted homosexual, it would explain a lot of his weird and terrible behavior, because closeted gay man often say and do weird and terrible things because there are so consumed by self loathing. I will say that she is diminishing the trauma of being in the closet. If Kanye is a closet case, the trauma of feeling like he could lose everything by coming out is real, and he deserves some sympathy there. But Ms. Banks is being homophobic? I don’t see it. “Come out of the closet and suck dick in peace,” sounds more like a blessing than a curse to me.
butchqueen
THANK YOU! I heard the same thing!
smartguyd
Watching one mentally ill person attack another one who seems to be having a breakdown is sad. The only thing sadder is yall thinking that is a news story worth reporting on.
dhmonarch89
where’s cancel culture when you need it…she should have been voted off the island years ago!
Donston
Azealia’s been “cancelled” about 156 times. And it has worked. She’s hardly relevant when it comes to the mainstream. But I still fvck with a lot of her music.
Donston
She seems to be playing the of game of “which one of us more legit f-ed up”, which is kinda pathetic and very pointless. I don’t even believe Kanye has said he is bi-polar.
Yes, there are some suspect aspects of Kanye. Wendy Williams constantly teased him about being close with Riccardo Tusci. And he does click many of the stereotypical boxes when it comes to a black man contending with insecurities and fragilities as far as his ego, his masculinity, his manhood, his sexuality and where he is in the gender, romantic, sexual, affection, emotional investment, relationship contentment spectrum. The fact that he constantly presents Kim as a prop and baby maker rather than a partner is also not a good look. But however far-reaching Kanye’s struggles may be it shouldn’t be used against him. You don’t have the right to try and homo shame or to try and out him. But none of this is an excuse for Kanye’s politics and his never-ending megalomania either.
Simply, it’s apparent they both got some hardcore mans nuanced issues and struggles.
boymikefl
I like her. She’s knows him probably more than the Kardashians. She’s right. They’re cultural bloodsuckers. Her & the gay thing. She’s trying to f*ck with him because the accusation of a str8 boy, let alone a black rapper. You know how igNANT that community is. Including the hat wearing, old lady, fake black anti-gay baptist funk-hoes.
Donston
Azealia always makes some type of points underneath all the ranting and bitterness and name-calling. And I don’t feel as if this is an issue for Queerty to tackle. Kanye said some vile shit. And Azealia is speaking from the perspective of a black woman who has digested all the misogynistic and anti-black stuff Kanye has been spewing for years. This is too nuanced of an issue for basic, silly Queerty to confront.
Still, Azealia doesn’t have any idea what Kanye’s mental state is. She also doesn’t know the nature of his sexuality and orientation. No one knows anyone’s nature. You can’t make assumptions about people’s orientation, identities and where they fit in the gender, romantic, sexual, affection, emotional, relationship spectrum. Furthermore, many “queers” contend with mental health problems. So, even if he were closeted that could directly connect to his mental health issues. What she said was all-around flawed and problematic. Did she make some points? Yes. Is Kanye an incredibly insecure, tortured and angry megalomaniac? We all know this to be true as well.
butchqueen
THANK YOU! I heard the same thing!
Kevan1
Kanye , not a fan. My sympathy for any one with mental illness. Bipolar is a really rough issue. That said, when he is stabilized on his meds, I still don’t care for him or his tart of a wife. Azealia Banks on the other hand is a homophobic tw at. She is a classes w hore. So much so, I am wondering why I wasted my time even writing this paragraph about either of them.
Troysky
@Kevan1 …. very best response. I couldn’t have articulated better. She’s essentially being a weak attention-ho ….even at her own expense of looking ridiculous …sad.
SPEEDOSWIMMER
Both azealia and kanye are deplorable delusional morons.
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