After several weeks of stories about Kanye West’s declining mental health, he has “resurfaced” in Los Angeles at a Rick Owens furniture exhibition in West Hollywood. (Is there anything in the art world more calming than a furniture exhibit?) Page Six reports he “appeared to be in good health,” and provided a screenshot of a now-deleted Instagram photo of West that shows him smiling and sitting on one of the pieces of art. (That’s allowed when it’s furniture.) It also shows his new hairdo, which is slightly longer than usual, and blond.
West looks great, and it’s nice to see him out and about. But questions about why he has been suffering still remain, and his close friend Fonzworth Bentley recently provided an explanation for his recent troubles than we’ve been given before by anonymous sources in the tabloids, but never had confirmed by a named individual.
West’s recent health issues weren’t simply because of Kim’s robbery, or stress over his album, or troubled fashion line, or changed medication. It all began in 2007, after the death of his mother Donda during a routine surgery. “He never mourned his mother,” Bentley said. “And that’s at the root of this…you don’t have to be a clinical psychologist to figure that out.”
Bentley went on, telling The Rich Friend podcast: