Ye apologizes for antisemitic remarks in full page ad, blames brain injury

Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, apologized for previous offensive remarks he’s made in an open letter, full-page advertisement in the Wall Street Journal on Monday.

The Grammy winner has apologized for his statements in the past, but the letter is his most thorough yet.

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In the letter — addressed to “Those I’ve Hurt” — the artist said he is receiving treatment following “a four-month-long manic episode of psychotic, paranoid and impulsive behavior that destroyed my life” in 2025.

Ye writes that he “hit rock bottom…as the situation became increasingly unsustainable, there were times I didn’t want to be here anymore.”

He adds that he “lost touch with reality,” leading to a string of antisemitic and pro-Hitler rants and embrace of Nazi symbols, like the swastika.

“I regret and am deeply mortified by my actions in that state, and am committed to accountability, treatment and meaningful change. It does not excuse what I did, though. I am not a Nazi or an antisemite. I love Jewish people,” Ye said.

The rapper traces his behavior back to a frontal lobe injury he sustained in a car accident in the 2000s, which wasn’t properly diagnosed until 2023.

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“At the time, the focus was on the visible damage — the [jaw] fracture, the swelling, and the immediate physical trauma. The deeper injury, the one inside my skull, went unnoticed.”

The brain injury was purportedly the cause of his bipolar disorder, which he has accepted and rejected in the past, even previously going so far as to claim he had autism.

“You feel like you’re seeing the world more clearly than ever, when in reality you’re losing your grip entirely…the scariest thing about [bipolar] disorder is how persuasive it is when it tells you: You don’t need help,” he writes in the ad. “It makes you blind, but convinced you have insight. You feel powerful, certain, unstoppable. I lost touch with reality.

“[It’s a] notable state of constant mental illness. When you go into a manic episode, you are ill at that point. When you are not in an episode, you are completely ‘normal.’ And that’s when the wreckage from the illness hits the hardest. Hitting rock bottom a few months ago, my wife encouraged me to finally get help.”

The apology comes a week after a Miami Beach club received backlash for playing Ye’s “Heil Hitler” antisemitic anthem during a visit from several white nationalist internet personalities, including Nick Fuentes and the Tate brothers.

Ye’s latest album, “Bully,” is purportedly being released on Friday.