Jamie Lynn Spears and Halsey talk about mental health

After Kanye West’s tweets on Monday night were met with memes and teasing on Twitter, some celebrities took action to urge their followers not to do the same.

Jamie Lynn Spears, Halsey, Demi Lovato, Kevin McHale and Maren Morris spoke on social media, after TMZ reported that West is “in the midst of a serious mental health episode” related to bipolar disorder and rejects the advice of friends. , family or doctors.

Halsey, who has been outspoken about her own bipolar diagnosis, had a lot to say on the subject, sharing a thread in which she said she may still disagree with a person’s beliefs or behavior without making their mental health a target. of a joke. .

The singer’s response garnered praise from Spears, who shared one of Halsey’s quotes on her own Instagram page.

The quote in question: “If you cannot offer understanding or sympathy, offer your silence.”

“If you are dealing with a mental illness or caring for someone with a mental illness, then you know how important it is to respect the situation in privacy for the person and family trying to protect their loved ones, no matter how the public seems, and as an audience we must learn to do the same, “Spears wrote in the caption.

“I pray that this does not embarrass anyone who suffers from mental illness, you are not alone and you are loved.” “Sending all my love and prayers to all of you.”

Jamie Lynn then responded to someone who entered her comments to ask, “How about your sisters’ OBVIOUS mental illness? Why don’t you talk about it?”

Her Answer: You have no right to assume anything about my sister, and I have NO right to speak about YOUR health and personal matters. She is a strong, tough and unstoppable woman, and that is the only thing that is OBVIOUS. “

On Tuesday, Demi Lovato returned to Twitter to share some ideas as well.

“It would be nice if for once people could put aside meme apps and pray for someone who is struggling with mental illness,” he wrote. “What happened to compassion?”

In a follow-up tweet, he added: “It is also surprising to me that people really think they really know what some celebrities are up against. Maybe you will step back and remember that you don’t know everything about everyone, even if you watch them. . TV.”

“Glee” star Kevin McHale also tweeted in support of West.

“It’s easy to laugh and joke about something we don’t have to face personally,” he wrote, “but it’s also so easy to have empathy for the fight because we’ve all had to face that.”

Maren Morris added on her page, “Mental illness is not really funny. Stop laughing at it and looking at it as a joke.”

On Monday night, West claimed that his wife Kim Kardashian was “trying to fly to Wyoming with a doctor to lock me up like in the movie ‘Get Out'” after she said she was considering aborting while pregnant with North during a rally. campaign in South Carolina over the weekend.

He also seemed to disagree with the family that lives in Los Angeles and not Wyoming, where they own their properties.

So far, the Kardashians have remained silent, but West said Tuesday that Dave Chappelle flew to Wyoming to see how he was doing.

“Brotherhood is real, love is real,” Chappelle said in a video Kanye shared on Twitter when West begged him to say something to lift their spirits.

“An uplifting joke? You know I don’t write them,” he said. “That was it.”