For the first time ever, American actress Kim Kardashian opened up about her Grammy award winning rapper husband Kanye West's bipolar disorder, requesting the media to show compassion and empathy as Kanye has been making a series of erratic remarks in public, including topics ranging from politics to his marriage.

Kanye West recently took the internet by storm when he announced that he was running for the 2020 presidential elections in November along with contenders Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Additionally, in a now deleted tweet, Kanye had mentioned a day ago that he's been trying to get a divorce from his wife Kim for a year. "I been trying to get divorced since Kim met with Meek at the Warldolf for prison reform," he had posted. Calling Kanye a brilliant and complicated person, Kim wrote on Instagram that her husband had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. "Those who are close with Kanye know his heart and understand his words sometimes do not align with his intentions," Kim wrote.

"Those that understand mental illness or even compulsive behaviour know that the family is powerless unless the member is a minor. People who are unaware or far removed from this experience can be judgmental and not understand that the individual themselves have to engage in the process of getting help no matter how hard family and friends try. I understand Kanye is subject to criticism because he is a public figure and his actions at times can cause strong opinions and emotions. He is a brilliant but complicated person who on top of the pressures of being an artist and a black man, who experienced the painful loss of his mother, and has to deal with the pressure and isolation that is heightened by his bipolar disorder," she further added.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West married in 2014 and have four children together.