Bianca Censori is speaking candidly about a deeply personal chapter of her life, revealing that time spent in a rehabilitation facility in Spain marked a major turning point for her emotional well-being.
In a new Vanity Fair profile published Friday (Feb. 6), the 31-year-old reflected on why she sought treatment, saying she had reached a point where her behavior was no longer only affecting herself. “I had patterns that weren’t just hurting me — they were hurting the people around me,” Censori explained. She admitted she placed too much responsibility for her happiness on others, adding that she often blamed someone else when she felt emotionally unwell.
According to Censori, rehab helped her confront those habits and regain control. “I was very emotionally dysregulated before,” she said, noting that treatment helped her function in a healthier way. “It honestly changed my life. I’m not the same person I was.”
Before entering the program, Censori said she had been self-medicating with benzodiazepines. She revealed that her husband, Kanye West, covered the cost of her treatment — a gesture she described as far more meaningful than any material gift. “Nothing that had ever been bought for me compares to how important that was,” she said, calling the price of treatment “ridiculous” but worth it.
Since leaving rehab, Censori says she has leaned into spiritual and unconventional interests, including astrology and other belief systems she openly described as “woo-woo” and occult-leaning. She also claimed she has felt spiritually connected in unusual ways since treatment, adding that repetition and ritual have become part of how she processes those experiences.
Censori and West have been married since 2022, and both have faced significant mental health challenges during their relationship. Amid a difficult period last year, West entered a treatment program in Switzerland as part of ongoing efforts to manage his bipolar disorder, which he publicly disclosed in 2016.
Censori described supporting her husband during his most intense episodes as emotionally exhausting but rooted in compassion. Fighting back tears, she told Vanity Fair that the experience felt like “doing CPR for months,” explaining that while she had the empathy to stay and help, she understood why the outside world struggled to show the same grace.
West has credited Censori as a key influence in his decision to seek help. In an open letter published in The Wall Street Journal last month, the rapper revealed that he experienced a four-month manic episode in early 2025 that he said “destroyed my life.” He described the episode as marked by paranoia, impulsivity and psychosis, writing that there were moments when he felt completely overwhelmed by the consequences of his illness.
“When you’re manic, you don’t believe you’re sick,” West wrote, explaining that denial is often part of bipolar disorder. He acknowledged that ignoring treatment worsened the situation and led to actions he deeply regrets, including hurting people closest to him. “Some of the people I love most were the ones I treated the worst,” he admitted, offering an apology to those affected by his behavior.
While the couple continues to work through challenges privately, both have framed their recent treatment experiences as necessary steps toward accountability and healing — underscoring a rare moment of openness about mental health behind one of pop culture’s most closely watched relationships.
