As you might imagine, the team in the production booth led by. One could arrive at this conclusion through various aspects of the movie’s plot (e.g., the tabloid show Skylark Tonight doesn’t exist, Kim Jong-Un was not assassinated by Seth Rogen and James Franco), but one could also discern the truth simply by watching the film’s end credits, which noted: This time, it’s rap star Eminem, who admits during a televised interview with James Franco’s character, Dave Skylark, that he’s gay.
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The Interview was written by Evan Goldberg, Dan Sterling, and Seth Rogen, and while the movie did include cameos from celebrities such Eminem and Guy Fieri playing themselves, the events that took place in the film were completely fictional. The interview sequence in which he appeared was a scripted scene acted out for a movie, not a real off-the-cuff interview. Whatever he might personally feel, however, Eminem is not shown in that film making frank admissions about his lyrics, his feelings towards old people, or his sexuality. Kendrick, Drake, even a newcomer like Megan, etc.
This headline, coupled with the fact that many people had yet to see the controversial Seth Rogen movie, led some to question whether Eminem’s comments about his sexuality made in that film were real. But I think the intent of the original post wasn’t that Eminem is a nobody in 2021, but that in 2021 he simply doesn’t have nearly the cultural cache he had or many other popular rappers have. Websites such as the Huffington Post, Billboard and the Advocate published a clip from the film along with headlines similar to “Eminem Comes Out as Gay in The Interview“: Subsequent releases of the song, however, did censor out the word "dead." And Eminem went on to speak out against Bush's actions in his song "Mosh," albeit in more articulate - and less violent - language.Shortly after moviegoers witnessed Eminem’s cameo in the movie The Interview (released in late 2014), rumors began circulating about the authenticity of comments the rap star made during the course of an interview included in that film. Perhaps because the song didn't specify the president of the United States or mention Bush by name, the Secret Service never took any real action against Eminem. Saying that he'd "rather see the president dead" set off a whirlwind of gasps, chat-room rumors, and reports the Secret Service was looking into the song, as a standard response to investigate any possible threats against the president.
But (working theory), if you're Eminem and have one innocuous lyric, it's your artistic duty to follow up with something provocative, outrageous, or offensive. In the clip above, Eminem, whose homophobic lyrics have repeatedly put him in the crosshairs of LGBT rights advocates, tells James Franco's talk show host character that he is 'a homosexual.' When I say things about gay people, or people think my lyrics are homophobic - it’s because I’m gay, he tells Franco's character.
Note that "dead presidents" is slang for dollar bills (Jefferson, Benjamin, Lincoln, etc.), so that line pans out. "F**k money / I don't rap for dead presidents / I'd rather see the president dead / It's never been said, but I set precedents."