Article continues below advertisementFollowing years of backlash over erratic behavior and inflammatory remarks, Kanye West offered an explanation for his behavior with an apology published in The Wall Street Journal."In early 2025, I fell into a four-month long manic episode of psychotic, paranoid and impulsive behavior that destroyed my life," West, 48, wrote in an open letter titled "Those I've Hurt" on Monday, January 26. "As the situation became increasingly unsustainable, there were times I didn't want to be here anymore.