Eminem’s daughter Hailie Jade shares her heartfelt thoughts on some of her father’s latest songs, particularly “Somebody Save Me,” and says she “audibly sobbed” while listening to the music.
On the Friday episode of her podcast, “Just a little shady,” The 28-year-old revealed it while watching the music video “Somebody Save Me” she could only stand it once because of its emotional weight.
The video shows Eminem imagining an alternate reality where he never gave up drugs, and how his addiction did and would continue to affect his family. It features Eminem looking at childhood photos of Hailie and her siblings, and at one point he raps, “Sorry I chose drugs and put them over you / Sorry I didn’t love you enough to give them up.”
“I watched it in its entirety and I don’t think I can do it again,” Hailie said. “I definitely cry every time I hear it at all.”
“Somebody Save Me”, featuring Jelly Roll, is a heartfelt apology from Eminem to his children for missing out on much of their childhood – as well as a reflection on all the other moments he would have missed if addiction had killed him.
The rapper, now 51, has been open about his struggles, which included a near-fatal overdose in late 2007. At his lowest point, he was consuming up to 20 pills a day, including sleeping pills and Vicodin, TMZ reported.
Hailie credited her parents, Eminem and Kim Scott, with shielding her from the full extent of the chaos during her childhood, but says looking back, she realizes how bad it really was.
“I think that’s why I get so emotional, like just thinking like that [he] could have [died]she said while tearing up. “Obviously that’s the point of the song, but I will say … if you’ve ever lost an addict or a loved one, I feel for you.”
Shortly after his overdose, Eminem decided to get clean for good, when Hailie was 12 years old. In April, he posted a picture on Instagram celebrating 16 years of sobriety.