Mariah Carey is setting the file straight ― nicely, type of ― with regard to her alleged feud with Eminem.
The pop diva stopped by Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live” Wednesday to advertise her new album, “Here for It All.” The chat took a very attention-grabbing flip when host Andy Cohen requested if the so-called beef between Carey and Eminem began when the rapper requested her to painting Stephanie Smith, a personality impressed by his real-life mom, in his 2002 autobiographical movie, “8 Mile.”
“From what I heard, there is truth to that,” Carey replied. “But I don’t think that he actually … well, who knows who approached who.”
True to type, she appeared to get barely flustered when Cohen pressed for particulars earlier than shrugging off the query totally.
“It depends what he’s thinking,” she mentioned. “I really don’t care. Like, whatever he’s said, then I’m that, fine. Not really. But that’s a rap lyric.”
Watch a clip of Mariah Carey’s “Watch What Happens Live” chat under.
The position of Stephanie Smith in “8 Mile” ultimately went to Kim Basinger. The film, which additionally starred Brittany Murphy and Mekhi Phifer, was a vital and industrial smash, raking it a reported $242 million on the field workplace worldwide. Eminem’s hit tune from the movie, “Lose Yourself,” received the 2003 Oscar for Greatest Authentic Music.
Wednesday’s interview seems to be the primary time Carey has commented on being thought-about for a task in “8 Mile.” Music producer Damion “Damizza” Younger, who labored on Carey’s 1999 album “Rainbow” and different initiatives, claimed in an look on the TFU Podcast in June that he was accountable for introducing her to Eminem, and seemingly confirmed the longstanding rumor that the pair had a quick romantic relationship.
As for Eminem asking Carey to star in “8 Mile” as his mother ― regardless of being solely 4 years his senior ― Younger added: “She did not like that shit at all. Her insecurities kicked in big time.”
Regardless of conflicting reviews as to the origin of their pressure, each Carey and Eminem have taken a number of public jabs at each other within the media and on their respective albums.
“I hung out with him, I spoke to him on the phone. I think I was probably with him a total of four times. And I don’t consider that dating somebody,” Carey advised Larry King in a 2002 interview, per Billboard.
Her 2009 single, “Obsessed,” options lyrics a couple of former companion who’s “delusional” and “lying that you’re sexing me” ― an alleged dig at Eminem.
Talking to Rolling Stone in 2002, Eminem mentioned he revered Carey’s skills as a performer, however added: “I just don’t like her as a person. She doesn’t really have it all together.”
He went on to seemingly diss Carey on numerous tracks, most notably in 2019 when he took intention at her and her ex-husband, comic Nick Cannon, with a visitor verse on Fats Joe’s “Lord Above.”
