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Kanye West is holed up in ‘super secure’ bunker at Wyoming ranch and ‘doesn’t trust’ wife Kim Kardashian or her family
KIM Kardashian has told friends she’s “living through the worst nightmare of her life” during husband Kanye West’s ‘bipolar episode’.
The rapper, who is running for US President, shocked fans on Monday night by going on a Twitter rant accusing Kim and her mother Kris Jenner of “trying to lock him up” like horror film Get Out.
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He’d claimed that he stopped Kim aborting their daughter North, now 7, bursting into tears at a political rally earlier in the day, and weeping “I almost killed my daughter”.
The rapper's behaviour in recent weeks has raised concerns that he is in the midst of a manic episode caused by his bipolar disorder - a condition he has spoken about publicly in the past.
Just this morning, Kanye has insisted that he's been trying to divorce Kim for TWO YEARS - after she met Meek Mill at a hotel.
And now, insiders tell The Sun Online Kanye has “holed up” at a “secure bunker” at his £11.8m ranch in Wyoming.
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“Kanye has a compound at the ranch in Wyoming. He’s had a lot of building work going on there and a lot of it is geared towards security," one said.
“There’s an underground bunker, a panic room originally built for the family to go to in an emergency, stocked up with food.
“Kanye’s surrounded himself with a small group of people he trusts, and he doesn’t trust Kim or her family.
“He changed his Twitter and social media passwords last week to lock everyone out.
“He’s very paranoid and is convinced that he needs ‘protection’ from Kim and Kris - even though they’re only trying to help him.”
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In Kanye’s now-deleted Twitter rant, he told Kris and Kim to “call me” and “come and get me” before adding: “Kim tried to bring a doctor to lock me up with a doctor. If I get locked up like Mandela Y'all will know why."
Then, referencing the horror movie Get Out in which a Black man is tormented by his white girlfriend's family, he posted: "'Kim was trying to fly to Wyoming with a doctor to lock me up like on the movie Get Out because I cried about saving my daughters life yesterday."
He also accused Kris of "avoiding my calls" before ranting how his wife "would never photograph" their seven-year-old daughter North "doing Playboy" in an apparent dig about how mother-in-law Kris booked Kim a shoot with the magazine in December 2007. Sister Kylie also stripped off for the mag in 2019.
He then said Kim would would "never sell her sex rape" (sic.), an apparent reference to his wife's infamous sex tape with ex-boyfriend Ray J in 2007.
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“Kim says she’s living through the worst nightmare of her life right now,” says the insider.
“She’s furious about how this will affect their kids, and feels incredibly sad for North. For Kanye to bring that up, to say it in public without giving her the chance to add context or explain what was going on, is such a betrayal for her.
“She’s also terrified for Kanye and his safety. Normally Kanye is so private that he won’t let the reality show cameras film in their house and has a long list of rules around filming their children, so for him to say something so private so publicly, something is very wrong.
“Originally Kim was happy that Kanye chose to go to Wyoming as he’s always calmer when he’s there. Now she’s regretting it.”
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What is bipolar disorder?
Bipolar disorder is a severe mental health illness characterised by extreme mood swings of manic highs and depressive lows.
The disorder is a medical condition that can affect moods, and typically can make them swing from one extreme emotion to another.
It is categorised by episodes of extreme highs, mania, or extreme lows, depression.
If mood swings last a long time, but aren’t severe enough to be classed as bipolar disorder, some people are diagnosed with having cyclothymia (a mild form of bipolar disorder).
It is thought about 29million people worldwide suffer from bipolar disorder.
Symptoms include:
- Depression – feeling very low and lethargic
- Mania – feeling very high and overactive
- Extreme episodes can last for several weeks or even longer.
During a manic phase of bipolar disorder, a person may:
- Feel very happy
- Have lots of energy, ambitious plans and ideas
- Spend large amounts of money on things you cannot afford and would not normally want
- Not feel like eating or sleeping
- Talk quickly
- Become annoyed easily
- They may feel very creative and view the manic phase of bipolar as a positive experience.
- But they may also experience symptoms of psychosis, where they see or hear things that are not there or become convinced of things that are not true.
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Kim and Kanye own two ranches next door to each other and 1,200 acres of land, worth £22m, in Cody, Wyoming. They renamed the area West Lake Ranch earlier this year and have permission to build a ten bedroom home and lakeside cabins on the land.
Kanye originally started work on the ranch’s underground bunker in January this year. The family also have a panic room at their LA mansion, installed after Kim was robbed at gunpoint in Paris in 2016.
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