(The Root)—Donald Glover, also known as rapper Childish Gambino, posted some emotional hand-written notes on Instagram last month, speculation that he was clinically depressed began, and he wasn't happy about it.
On a recent Juan Epstein podcast, the rapper touched on how difficult it is to be vulnerable.
“With the Instagram stuff I was a little mad cause like everybody was just trying to make me into something—like trying to close it up,” he said. “Everybody was being like ‘Oh here. This is OK. Like you’re fine. Not a crisis. Here, take these pills you’ll feel—Like everybody was trying to fix it and I don’t like, I didn’t like—like fix how I feel. That’s the thing, I don’t think it was, but it went places. I posted some letters on Instagram that I wrote after a show and then people were like ‘Donald’s depressed or suicidal’ … The people don’t want to be vulnerable. And that’s the thing, that’s just me. I was like ‘Man, I’m insecure. I know me. I’m just gonna let it out.’ ”
Listen to the full interview below.
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