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“People do not like uncertainty. Labeling someone with a mental illness puts that person into a category and provides an explanation for observed behavior--most often the wrong one.”
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Psychology of Media & Technology
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Unethical or not, people love to diagnose public figures. Most of the time, it is done as an insult or as a thinly-veiled expression of displeasure. Even "well-meaning" concern oversteps personal boundaries when the armchair diagnosticians step in. It can feel like bullying to the target, but worst of all, it perpetuates the public stigmas about mental health as something morally bad, a personal failing or socially unacceptable rather than a disease.