# Kanye West taken in for observation **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 22, 2016, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-taken-in-for-observation/772721 "2016-11-22T03:54:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-taken-in-for-observation/772721/1 "2016-11-22T03:54:58Z")
Not sure where to put this, if this is the wrong place, please move it. After a couple of days of bizarre behavior, including walking out on a concert in Sacramento after 2 1/2 songs and a half hour rant at a variety of people, then canceling his scheduled concert in Los Angeles, a friend of Kanye’s called the police for a welfare check on Kanye this afternoon, and he was taken away without his consent, for observation. > **[Kanye West -- Hospitalized, Handcuffed in Ambulance (UPDATE)](https://www.tmz.com/2016/11/21/kanye-west-hospitalized/)** > > Kanye West has been taken to UCLA Medical Center for evaluation. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-taken-in-for-observation/772721/2 "2016-11-22T04:16:31Z")
This doesn’t bode well for his 2020 presidential run. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-taken-in-for-observation/772721/3 "2016-11-22T04:31:10Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > This doesn’t bode well for his 2020 presidential run. You’d like to think so, but we know better now. ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-taken-in-for-observation/772721/4 "2016-11-22T04:31:52Z")
Well, if he gropes a nurse, he may have a shot at it. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-taken-in-for-observation/772721/5 "2016-11-22T04:38:39Z")
> [@harmonicamoon](#): > > Well, if he gropes a nurse, he may have a shot at it. Unless it’s a male nurse. There are limits. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-taken-in-for-observation/772721/6 "2016-11-22T04:39:05Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > This doesn’t bode well for his 2020 presidential run. Where have you been? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-taken-in-for-observation/772721/7 "2016-11-22T13:34:34Z")
I’d just like to understand how anyone could tell he was displaying erratic behavior? I mean, if you’re one of Kanye’s entourage how can you tell when he’s acting _too_ weird? ---
**Author:** ![HowSoonIsThen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@HowSoonIsThen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HowSoonIsThen)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-taken-in-for-observation/772721/8 "2016-11-22T14:26:21Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I’d just like to understand how anyone could tell he was displaying erratic behavior? I mean, if you’re one of Kanye’s entourage how can you tell when he’s acting _too_ weird? Perhaps he was being uncharacteristically humble? ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-taken-in-for-observation/772721/9 "2016-11-22T15:26:37Z")
Does anybody care? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-taken-in-for-observation/772721/10 "2016-11-22T16:08:10Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Does anybody care? I’m proud of myself for knowing who he is. That’s something. Care? Not too much. I hate to see anyone having a tough time, but I don’t need it to be on the news. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-taken-in-for-observation/772721/11 "2016-11-22T16:20:51Z")
I can only imagine the Kartrashian people jumping up and down with glee, if this is a real thing, over this ensuing publicity. ‘What a lovely piece of serendipity! and it wasn’t even planned out!’ ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-taken-in-for-observation/772721/12 "2016-11-22T16:22:44Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Does anybody care? Well I’m not one of them, but he does have millions of fans. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-taken-in-for-observation/772721/13 "2016-11-22T16:24:33Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > You’d like to think so, but we know better now. 😃 I’m glad you’re back. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-taken-in-for-observation/772721/14 "2016-11-22T16:26:08Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Unless it’s a male nurse. There are limits. Well, Kanye West does love fish sticks. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-taken-in-for-observation/772721/15 "2016-11-22T16:54:03Z")
Well, many people were saying Trump voters needed interventions, so since he said if he’d have voted it would have been for Trump… ---
**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-taken-in-for-observation/772721/16 "2016-11-22T17:27:20Z")
I figure legal teams from his side and the music business side are preparing to lob sueballs at each other. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-taken-in-for-observation/772721/17 "2016-11-22T17:29:20Z")
> [@HowSoonIsThen](#): > > Perhaps he was being uncharacteristically humble? He smiled? ---
**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-taken-in-for-observation/772721/18 "2016-11-22T17:30:03Z")
On my morning drive-time radio show, one of the DJ’s commented: “How do you know when Kanye West starts talking crazy? . . . you know?” LOL ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-taken-in-for-observation/772721/19 "2016-11-22T17:36:27Z")
Well there has been a lot of speculation over the years that West may be bipolar or a manic depressive, but forgos his medication because he believes it hampers his creativity (he even rapped about it somewhat on “FML”). Which, is quite sad. Regardless of what one thinks about his music (I’m a big fan), I think we should have some sympathy with anyone dealing with mental illness (yes, even if that person refuses to take their pills). ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-taken-in-for-observation/772721/20 "2016-11-22T18:32:20Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > Well there has been a lot of speculation over the years that West may be bipolar or a manic depressive, but forgos his medication because he believes it hampers his creativity (he even rapped about it somewhat on “FML”). Which, is quite sad. Regardless of what one thinks about his music (I’m a big fan), I think we should have some sympathy with anyone dealing with mental illness (yes, even if that person refuses to take their pills). I figured that out a long time ago. His fans remind me of people who went to Guns N’Roses concerts when they were at their peak. Some were there to see the band play, and others were there because they were curious as to what antics they would pull. I also wonder how many people will be fired for inappropriately accessing his medical records. :dubious: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-taken-in-for-observation/772721.md?page=2)