Eminem Debated Whether to Parody Jessica Simpson’s Weight
Eminem is known for saying exactly what he feels, but even he thought twice before lampooning Jessica Simpson in his latest video. In the video for “We Made You,” a heavy Simpson lookalike eats a hamburger and gyrates in her daisy dukes with a Tony Romo lookalike.
“Tony Romo is one of my favorite quarterbacks,” Eminem tells Detroit’s Metro Times. “So I felt kinda conflicted doing the Jessica thing.”
The original plan was to have a slender Jessica Simpson lookalike 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,’ he says.
As the video was shooting, Simpson’s curvier figure started making headlines, prompting Eminem to change the video. “But then Jessica got fat,” he says. “I mean, not really fat but she certainly got fat for … well, Jessica Simpson got fat for Jessica Simpson!”
In the interview, Eminem says that his singles are “little time capsules of what’s going on in pop culture right at that moment.”
Sometimes, the little time capsules can ruffle some feathers. Nick Cannon recently wrote a scathing blog entry directed at the rapper over comments he made about Mariah Carey. It wasn’t the first time that a celebrity has tangled with Eminem; he has a history of high-profile feuds.
Still, he prefers historical accuracy over some occasional hurt feelings. “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!’ ” he says. ” ‘Oh, that’s when Jessica Simpson got fat.’ And even if she gets thin again, that’s fine. But for that moment in time, she was fat.”
May 14th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Hmmm…so where was the bit of the video to show the moments in time where Eminem himself started wearing chunky-boy clothes?
Because he didn’t just “get fat for Eminem,” the guy just got FAT.
May 15th, 2009 at 7:32 am
My point exactly… he sat on his couch and watched every reality show known to man while eating potato chips and got fat himself. Now he’s skinny again and being a hypocrite!
May 16th, 2009 at 9:38 am
So he feels that mindless celebrity pop culture is what people should look back on and remember? Oh, this millennium is so, so sad. And as has been said before me, he got fat himself, so that makes this more pointless than it already was. Seems to me he had nothing to rap about and tried to do shock value again and failed. Horribly.
May 18th, 2009 at 4:54 am
Remember when eminem was relevant, and not merely wack?
Seriously, who would play this joint in their ride, nevermind a club?
May 20th, 2009 at 3:32 am
This song is wack. However, the rest of the album is worth the money