Hollywood Star Actor, Jamie Foxx Opens Up AboutHis Own Mental Health Scare; Sympathizes With Kanye West

Jamie Foxxcan relate to music producerKanye Westwho confirmed his bipolar disorder diagnosis on his new album,Ye, which was released Friday morning.

Bipolar disorder is a mental illness characterized by wild mood swings, mania, depressionand suicidal thoughts. Millions of people are diagnosed with bipolar disorder and most ofthem are stable on medication.

Jamie, 50, sat down withHiphollywood.comto discuss his own experience with mental illness.“When [Kanye] talked about the drugs, the mental drugs, I’ve hadan episode of that,” Jamie told HH exclusively. “When [Kanye] was talking about the, ‘I went in for 2 pills, and the 7 pills [he received from the hospital],’ that’s real!”Jamie, unlike Kanye, had a strong support system to hold him down during one manic episode.

“I was lucky enough to have people, like my sister, like my family, to say yo, you can’t go out right now cuz you talking crazy,” Jamie shared.Watch the video below, as the BET Awards host explains his experience during a scary mentalhealth crisis.