Eminem sat down with the Metro Times for an in depth interview on everything Shady. He talked about his new album and his infamous music videos, especially his most recent, where he makes fun of Jessica Simpson.
He apparently had a conflict with including her, but somehow got over it for the sake of the “music”:
“You know when we were making that video there was the thing with Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo. And the Cowboys are actually my favorite team. So Tony Romo is one of my favorite quarterbacks. I don’t think he’s my favorite ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ but he’s certainly one of my favorites. So I felt kinda conflicted doing the Jessica thing. Because we were gonna have a Jessica in the video. When I say, “Jessica Simpson, sing the chorus,” we were gonna have a chick who looked like Jessica Simpson come out and sing the chorus. But then Jessica got fat. I mean, not really fat but she certainly got fat for … well, Jessica Simpson got fat for Jessica Simpson! You know what I mean? And we wanted to stay within the current of what’s going on right now in pop culture. Because I think that my videos are little time capsules. Usually my first singles off of each record are little time capsules of what’s going on in pop culture right at that moment.
So 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. But then I started thinking, like, “Man!” I was telling [manager and former Detroiter] Paul [Rosenberg] and everyone around me, “Man, I don’t wanna piss Tony Romo off and he starts throwing games for the Cowboys!”
Interesting. He should be thankful Tony isn’t as hot-tempered as Nick Cannon!
He’d kill ya!
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