Eminem's daughter Hailie reveals why she struggles to listen to her dad's songs
Hailie Jade Mathers struggles to listen to her dad's songs as she gets older because she realises what they are about.
Hailie Jade Mathers struggles to listen to her dad's songs.
The 28-year-old singer is the daughter of rap star Eminem, 51, and his ex-wife Kim Scott, and as she listened to her dad's self-penned track 'Mockingbird' - which deals with break-ins, drug addictions, and custody disputes - admitted that growing up her parents managed to keep her away from "bad things" in life.
Speaking on her 'Just a Little Shady' podcast, she explained: "The older I get the less I can listen to any of the songs. I will say, like, watching the video back and listening to the songs, I feel like my parents did such a good job growing up where I didn’t realise how bad things were.
"Now as like, an adult in hindsight, it’s so scary to think about. And I think that’s why I get emotional so much, like just thinking that could have happened. "Obviously that’s the point of the song, but I will say like if you’ve ever lost an addict or a loved one, I feel for you and that’s how I feel about it".
Hailie previously explained that she struggled to understand her father's fame when she was younger.
Speaking to her uncle - who she refers to as a "brother-uncle" because they are relatively close in age - she said: "See, that is probably why our experience was a lot different because I remember some things from before, but I didn't totally understand what was going on and you were definitely old enough to understand what was going on. Nate is my uncle -- my dad's younger brother -- but also we kind of grew up together, because Nate lived with us for a while when I was young. I would say [you are a] brother-uncle, you definitely act younger than your age. We are closer in age than you are to [my] dad, but still I never realised how much older you are than me because I feel like you are like a brother.
"It's so fun to look back [now], thinking back as an adult, I'm like, ‘Wow, that's so, so surreal.' those memories of me thinking those were normal things, now I look back like, ‘Holy crap, that was cool!"'
