'There are other artists that have used the word 'f*ggot' in their work... So why, then, when I say it is it any different?' Eminem comments on him using explicit words in 'Relapse'.
- May 14, 2009
AceShowbiz - During an interview with Metro Times, Eminem defends harsh and explicit words that he uses in new songs from upcoming album "Relapse". He says, "I really don't know. There are other artists that have used the word 'f*ggot' in their work... So why, then, when I say it is it any different?"
"Let's say if I say something f**ked up about Christopher Reeve, you know what I mean? Just something totally off-the-cuff," Eminem continues. "That's really f**ked up, but how is it any different than what 'South Park' is doing? Or 'Family Guy' I've always kinda felt, like, why am I special? Why am I that person who's always looked at and where the microscope comes out? I still, to this day, don't understand that. I guess it's just that I get a lot of attention, I don't know! It's very hard to say. I guess that maybe when I speak, I seem to draw the flies."
Beside talking about his controversial lyrics, Eminem also discusses "We Made You" music video, which features Jessica Simpson impersonator. Stating that it's a "time capsule of what's going on in pop culture right at that moment," he notes, "I've always wanted people to be able to look back at each video and go, 'Oh, remember what was going on at that moment!' You know what I mean? 'Oh, that's when Jessica Simpson got fat.' 'Oh, OK!' And even if she gets thin again, that's fine. But for that moment in time, she was fat."
Eminem has drawn several protests over both his controversial lyrics and videos, which are often considered as insults. Back in April, Fox's news correspondent Bill O'Reilly called the lyrics of "We Made You" as "crude" and "misogynist". He also considered its video as "nothing" but something "played for kids that are confused."
Most recently, Mariah Carey's husband Nick Cannon reacted to Eminem's song "Bagpipes From Baghdad", which contains lines "Nick Cannon, you pr***, I wish you luck with that f***in' whore." Through a post on his blog, Nick blasted the Slim Shady stating, "Calling my wife a 'c***' and a 'whore' is way worse than anything Don Imus could have ever said. Miss Marshall, I'm going to make you wish you never spoke my name and regret the ungodly things you said about my wife."
