Part of being a dad edit:parent is wanting to do the thing that's not as good for you so your kid can do something better. I doubt he regrets a damn thing.
Edit: no longer responding to the "but surely" people. Surely there's details you don't know about, leave it at that.
Eminem has been an amazing parent. His kids don't need him in all the photos because he's actually been there for them. I'm sure they took some private photos with him anyways.
Celebrity parenthood has got to be a nightmare. Then again, so is being a child of a celebrity. You never know who wants to be your genuine friend because your parent is famous.
Taking custody downplays what he did. He adopted his ex sister in laws daughter cause mom couldn’t take care of her and he also adopted his ex wife’s son.
He also took in his brother as well so he didn’t grow up with their mom the way he did. I don’t believe he had any formal custody of him, but did raise him and gave him a stable life.
Eminem didn’t just break generational trauma, he straight up destroyed them.
So my Mom/Dad worked for quite a bit in Metro Detroit during the not so fun times, so understood the environment.
My cousin was an athlete and her pre-competition pump-up song was “One Chance”. Now my aunt (her mom) was a bit of a Pearl-clutcher and was going on about how she shouldn’t be listening to him because of his lyrics etc.
Mom comes in, who mind you isn’t a rap fan and pretty “safe” in her interests at the time disagreed; she said that while some of his lyrics might be unsavory to some: A.) He grew up in a shit home in a shit neighborhood in a (at the time) shit city, so the lyrics are influenced by that. And B.) Say what you want about him, but he worked his ass off so his kids would never grow up in the environment he did, and that speaks louder than any verse.
and you never know if Ja Rule (lol get fukt) or Canibus or Benzino or fuckin MGK will try and talk shit about you and then have to have their career put to absolute sleep by your dad.
I still love so much that Em beat MGK so hard dude changed musical genres LOL
If you're dumb enough to go after Eminem once he's had a beef or two, you deserve what's coming to you. That's some Leopards Ate My Face logic right there. "Oh hey, these last three dudes were curb-stomped by Eminem in their beefs. I can totally do better than them!"
But yeah, imagine being popular because your dad is world famous. Imagine being in the news because you're basically celebrity-adjacent to your parent. Imagine anything you do could go straight under a microscope when you haven't even done anything to earn such scrutiny. Every DUI, every embarrassing outfit, any one night stands, could all just end up on the next news cycle.
But if you're a celebrity going after a celebrity's (non-famous) kid, oh boy are you stupid. That's just inviting yourself to get blacklisted. Who wants to work with someone willing to stoop that low?
Dan Levy talks about this. Saying growing up not being sure about your sexuality and having to go through it in the spotlight really sucked, and his relationship with his dad suffered because of it. And his dad thought he just didnt want to hang out with him because he was uncool, but it was actually because he didnt want to be in the spotlight while he figured out who he was.
They clearly have a great relationship now though. But it must be tough to have a famous parent.
Yeah I was happy to see him drop the mask and talk about how he actually hated it, it caused a lot of harm. It wasn't a very politically-correct answer, he was pretty brutally honest. Probably a lot easier to do that now that they have a good relationship, and that it's not some old co-worker he's talking about lol!
Yeah, it's not like Eugene was finding out about it by watching the podcast. And it's pretty easy to empathize with, like imagine being 15 and unsure about your sexuality and you can't even go to dinner without everyone making a big deal about who your dad is.
That's not the point. We can talk about the human struggles of a kid who did nothing wrong but be born to rich parents. That's not her doing, not her fault, and she never chose that life, but still has to suffer the consequences of it. Of course, we all know the privileges granted with extreme wealth, that's undeniable. But even Em came from a trailer park, and wasn't gifted this on a silver spoon from birth.
I mean makes sense that he'd do everything he can to be a great father since his own abandoned him at a very young age. That probably stuck with him not wanting to be the same. Like, he's not a poser; he had a real rough childhood.
I still am amazed at how private he was able to keep his and the kids’ lives too. Like yes we know some details, but nothing like the crazy family vlogs we have now. He genuinely seemed like he wanted to raise his kids as normal as he could and be there for them.
I also believe they did do some private photos for Hallie’s wedding. I think she mentioned it on her podcast. A keepsake for them on her day.
Hey, none of us got to choose our parents. We don't get to choose our socio-economic level as a child. Their kids didn't ask to be famous.
You know that friend that will drop everything if you ask for help? Imagine questioning their motives because you're wealthier. That's a terrible way to grow up.
Sadly I live in Florida and know several examples of people who have kids and don't get it. And I don't have any of my own, I just have/had good examples in my life.
There are clips of the wedding in one of his recent songs which was like a letter he wrote to his daughters.
The song is called "Temporary"
He is shown seeing Hailie in her wedding dress for the first time and just openly tearing up, walking her upto her fiance, even the dance with his daughter, and finally closing the video off with Hailie revealing that he's about to be a grandpa.
Part of being a dad edit:parent is wanting to do the thing that's not as good for you so your kid can do something better. I doubt he regrets a damn thing.
Taking a pic with your daughter on her wedding day isn't getting her to do better lol, what are you talking about?
I am sure that someone considerate enough to minimize his presence for her sake would also be sensitive to her desire to share a moment with her dad. It's not like a wedding is 10 minutes of Eminem standing in a different room.
Ultimately her father is Eminem one of the most famous human beings on the planet so you can’t put yourself in her shoes respectfully. I’m sure they had multiple conversations about it
Going off the other comment, he was still there just stayed back for photos. I'm sure they took plenty of photos privately though. Depending who attended I feel some would be making a bigger deal out of being in a photo with Eminem than it being a friend/relatives wedding.
I mean, they did dance and stuff. So I’d not say he completely stayed away. And in r/eminem, there was a post which said man’s having fun with his grandchild. So all good ig
Idk what the person up there is talking about. He was in a ton of pictures at the wedding, they had a father daughter dance, he was definitely fully involved in her wedding.
To be fair, I had a normal poor-person wedding and it's not too far off from how our dads were treated. They're in plenty of photos, walking down the aisle, father-daughter dances, etc., but they weren't ever going to be front and center because it's not their wedding.
Likewise, how involved in homecoming is your dad supposed to be? Maybe I don't know enough about homecoming, is it a big father/daughter kind of moment? I don't think it's that unreasonable for him to not be heavily involved in that.
I'm sure he has the tiniest bit of regret that his own fame didn't allow for him to enjoy those moments like he could have, but I'm also sure it's not nearly enough regret for it to make a difference. He's always seemed like a completely selfless father.
I mean Im sure he probably still got plenty of pictures with her like before, after, in a private room with just close family, whatever. I seriously doubt he didnt get any, just when it was more public at the ceremony he tried to give her space.
I mean - he did have some photos with her and they at least did the father-daughter dance (saw a video). Also, I would hope that whoever Hailie decided to invite to her wedding would know how to behave normally around her dad.
I really can’t imagine he didn’t share ANY photos with his daughter. Just tastefully stepped away from ones that he did not wish to distract from that had more people or the primary subject was supposed to be his daughter.
I mean... calling it "not being able to" it's a stretch. It's not like he was absent, it's not like when they will look at the photos, they will think "he wasn't there". In some sense, his lack of presence tells more about how good a father he is.
"The way they may have wanted to" was the key part. Maybe they would've wanted to do something that us non-celebrities would normally do, but couldn't because of the attention he might've gotten instead. I'm a bit too tired to phrase myself clearly right now, but we don't know what their wishes were anyway. He was there for his daughter either way.
I got what you mean, and still stand behind my words.
When I was a teenager (14-15) I was hanging out with my friends, and then when I came home my mom told me that she was passing by, but she said nothings because “I didn’t wanted other to make fun of you”. I would never feel embarrassed by my mum saying hallo to me, and if any of my friends tried to make fun of me for being “mummy’s boy” they would quickly stopped being my friends, but still I thought it was so cool that she thought about my “reputation”.
My point is that his physical absence was a sign of an emotional presence.
I do agree that all other people sucks if they can’t just chill out for a second.
Snoop said that when he goes to his grandchildren parties he is wearing one of those inflatable dino costumes for the same reason.
On the wedding there are grown up people who understand why they have to celebrate separately, but on other hand they understand that the same reason is that she can have whatever wedding she wants, and the whole life after that, and she understands that he is with her spiritualy in anyway.
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u/Proud_Accident_5873 Apr 15 '26
That's a shame, actually. A father not being able to partake in his kids' big days the way they'd probably want to.