Rapper Eminem slipped an eyebrow-raising confession into his latest interview - and it's left fans very confused. Photo / AP
Rapper Eminem slipped an eyebrow-raising confession into his latest interview - and it's left fans very confused.
The Stan hit maker, 45, was speaking with Vulture upon the release of his new album Revival when talk turned to his dating life.
Divorced twice from Kim Scott, the mother of his daughter Hailie, the long-single music star said he's been asked how he met potential dates, Emimem mentioned Tinder - and popular gay dating app Grindr.
Here's the full exchange:
AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.Interviewer: When you were dating, how'd you meet people? Tinder?
Eminem: I mean, yeah.
I: Are you being serious?
E: Yeah, Tinder.
AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.I: Really?
E: [Laughs] And Grindr. I also used to go to strip clubs.
From there, the conversation turned to other topics, the interviewer apparently missing the scoop Eminem had just delivered him. It was left to fans to ask: Was Eminem joking, or does the rapper - who's courted controversy for his use of homophobic language in the past - date dudes? on a few dates, but "nothing's panned out in a way I wanted to make public".
There's been a lot of great journalism in 2017, but the reported who didn't ask Eminem any followup questions about using Grindr has let down their entire profession
— Elijah Clark-Ginsberg (@eclarkginsberg) December 19, 2017
This Eminem using Grindr story reminds me of that scene in The Interview except this time the interviewer just didn’t follow up on it
— Gilroy (@GilroysWorld) December 19, 2017
So Eminem, the king of homophobic slurs, just casually (and, seemingly, seriously) drops that he’s used Grindr in this Vulture Q&A and the interviewer doesn’t ask him about it at all. In an interview that’s supposed to be about his growth, no less.
— Brandon Patterson (@itsmebrandonp) December 18, 2017
Eminem: “I use tinder to find dates... and Grindr”
— JushForLife (@jush_for_fun) December 19, 2017
Not even vaguely surprised by Eminem using Grindr.
Like if you were a popstar who could have sex with anyone, why wouldn’t you?
*asks Santa for bisexuality every Christmas*
— Juno Dawson (@junodawson) December 19, 2017
So Eminem drops casually in an interview he uses Grindr as well as Tinder. That's one way to let the world know I guess.
— Hayles (@Hayles_101) December 19, 2017
No confirmation from the man himself - or his interviewer - about whether the comment was meant in jest, but in the meantime... keep an eye out on the apps, guys and girls.
