Why Eminem’s Daughter Hailie Gets Emotional About Her Dad’s New Music

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Could you hold back tears if a song captured the deepest regrets and heartfelt apologies from a loved one? Eminem’s daughter, Hailie Jade Scott, certainly couldn’t. In the Friday, August 23 episode of her podcast Just a Little Shady, the 28-year-old shared her emotional experience with her dad’s freshly minted masterpiece, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce).

Scott detailed her reaction to the music video for “Somebody Save Me,” featuring Jelly Roll, which premiered just a few days before. “I watched it in [its] entirety and I don’t think I can do it again,” she confessed to co-host Brittany Ednie. The emotional depth of the song, which sees her famous father, 51, reflect on his past struggles with addiction and the family moments he missed, was overwhelming.

“I definitely cry every time I hear it at all,” the Michigan native continued. “And actually, Brittany put the little commercial snippet on today and I was like, ‘Can you turn that down? Like, are you trying to make me cry?'”

The song includes a raw verse where the Grammy winner speaks directly to his daughter. “Hailie, I’m so sorry I know I wasn’t there for your first guitar recital. Didn’t walk you down the aisle. Missed the birth of your first child. Your first podcast, lookin’ down, sweetie I’m so proud of how you turned out,” he raps. “Sorry that I chose drugs and put ’em above you. Sorry that I didn’t love you enough to give ’em up, how the fuck do I not love you more than a pill?”

Another track, “Temporary,” features childhood recordings of Hailie, further amplifying the personal tone of the album. “I audibly sobbed, I think, for both songs, but especially ‘Temporary,'” she admitted. “But I will say, 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 realize how bad things were, but now, as an adult in hindsight, it’s so scary to think about.”

The podcaster went on to say that these emotions are “obviously the point of the song,” adding, “But I just I will say, if you’ve ever lost an addict or loved one, I feel for you, and, yeah, that’s how I feel about it.”

On Saturday, April 20, the “Without Me” artist took to Instagram to share a photo of his hand holding a recovery chip — Eminem has been sober for 16 years.