Rapper Gucci Mane reveals schizophrenia diagnosis and the warning signs his wife noticed

Gucci Mane has his wife to thank for keeping him on the straight and narrow.The “Wake Up in the Sky” rapper, 45, revealed that he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia in his new memoir, “Episodes,” which was released Oct.14.Mane and his wife of eight years, Keyshia Ka’oir, opened up about the trap music pioneer’s diagnosis – and how she helps him manage it – during a joint appearance on “The Breakfast Club” radio show on Monday.Although Ka’oir, 40, admitted that she keeps his episodes hidden from the public eye by removing his access to social media.“I delete Instagram.

I delete everything,” she shared.“Even if I got to change his password, I’m changing it because I don’t need the public to know he’s having an episode.”Ka’oir further explained how she has learned to pinpoint if the “Dope Love” rapper is struggling.“He doesn’t speak to you.

He wants to be left alone.He don’t eat.

He does not sleep.Text messages, there’s a period after each word,” she said, adding that Mane would spout “mean” things at her, and they would end up arguing back and forth before “snapping out of it right then.”Elsewhere during the radio show, the couple discussed watching other celebs and their families suffer through mental health issues publicly.Ka’oir mentioned that seeing Kim Kardashian struggle during her marriage to Kanye West before their Feb.

2021 split “bothered” her, and that she reached out to the Skims founder to offer support.After “Breakfast Club” co-host Charlamagne tha God brought up Kardashian’s recent claim that West once gave away five Lamborghinis during a bout with his bipolar disorder, Mane admitted that he would give away money and jewelry during his own episodes.“I gave away jewelry.Jewelry costs so much,” the “Rumors” rapper, whose real name is Radric Delantic Davis, shared.

“I gave my friends jewelry.And they knew I wasn’t well, they’d take it.

They was ta...