Bianca Censori compares her marriage to Kanye West as ‘doing CPR for months’: Here’s why she said it

Bianca Censori is telling her side of the story and is opening up about her highly speculative married life with the rapper Kanye West. In a recent interview, the architect, artist, and Kanye West’s wife finally let people in on what it’s really been like standing by Ye’s side. And this time, she didn’t paint a pretty picture or sugarcoat it.

Bianca described the emotional toll of supporting Kanye through some of his darkest moments with a blunt metaphor: “This year was a lot like doing CPR for months.”

Bianca Censori on her married life with Kanye West

In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Bianca explained that she’d been emotionally drained, doing everything she could just to keep their relationship and sometimes Kanye himself afloat. She talked about how hard his mental health battles, including bipolar disorder and all the public controversies, hit them. For the first time, she opened up about just how much his struggles shook their marriage.

“All I can do is always just be there and help,” Bianca said, quite emotional during the interview. “This year was a lot like doing CPR for months.” She stuck with him, she said, even as they navigated his diagnosis, the backlash over his antisemitic statements (which he’s since apologized for), and all the personal stuff he aired in public about their private life.

“I have the love and empathy for him to be able to do that,” she said. “And I understand that the world doesn’t.”

At one point, Bianca admitted she thought about leaving when things started to feel shallow or “surface level.” But she promised herself she’d stay and support him through this chapter. “You know, he has to go through his process in how he amends that,” she said. “And I’m here to support and love and be with him. I love him so much. We’re like the same person.”

Bianca wanted to set the record straight about their marriage, too. People have whispered that she’s just with Kanye for the fame, but Bianca shot that down. “I didn’t marry my husband because I wanted some sort of platform,” she told Vanity Fair. “I married him because I love him. Is that like the corniest thing ever?”

Bianca Censori and Kanye West: A look at their relationship

Bianca and Kanye’s relationship started back when she joined his Yeezy team in the early 2020s. They hit it off, talking on the phone, hanging out more, and eventually tied the knot in December 2022, not long after Kanye’s high-profile divorce from Kim Kardashian and his whirlwind and short-lived romance with Julia Fox.

The past few years have been chaos for Kanye: antisemitic remarks, weird merchandise, business deals falling apart, public meltdowns, you name it. In January 2026, he even took out a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal to apologize and explain some of his behavior, blaming it partly on a previously undiagnosed brain injury and bipolar disorder. Although people had mixed reactions to that, Bianca stood by him. She made it clear that she’s there to help him work through things and make amends.

Bianca also found herself in the spotlight, especially after her sheer dress at the 2025 Grammys. Naturally, the internet went wild. While some folks criticized her, others were just mind-boggled at her sartorial choices. People even wondered if Kanye was the one calling the shots on her outfits, as Kanye loved the attention, even bragging online that she was “the most Googled person on the planet called Earth.”Get the latest entertainment updates from the Times of India, along with the latest Hindi movies, upcoming Hindi movies in 2026 , and Telugu movies.”