Tom Hardy was thrilled to meet Eminem backstage at a concert a few years back, but the moment wasn’t exactly the perfect timing.
Talking to DJ Whoo Kid for his Whoo’s House Podcast in an interview published on October 24, the esteemed actor recalled the awkward meeting with Shady back in 2018 and why he felt so bad about it.
“I went to his concert and I felt sorry for him because like, I got ushered to his dressing room backstage to say hello and he had to take a photo with me and I felt like a real dick. He’s nice but he had to go on stage,” he said. “So it’s like he’s prepping to do his job and then some idiot like me comes in and was like, ‘Hey!’ He just deadpanned me. [laughs] I was like, ‘Okay. Now is not the time!’”
In other news, Lil Pump recently celebrated Donald Trump’s presidential victory by taking a shot at Eminem, who had publicly endorsed Kamala Harris.
The “Gucci Gang” rapper, one of Trump’s biggest supporters in Hip Hop, took to X shortly after the former reality star reclaimed the White House to gloat over the result.
While rubbing Trump’s win in the face of his detractors, Pump took aim at his music peers who had supported Harris, singling out Em and fellow superstar Taylor Swift.
“All these rappers that got paid to endorse Kamal[a] Harris you’re fucking losers you can’t pay me to endorse Donald Trump. I stand on what’s right,” he wrote, later adding: “Fuck Taylor swift” and “Fuck Eminem.”
The 24-year-old also revealed that he lost $20 million deals and “a lot of friends” over his support of Trump, before excitedly predicting “cheaper gas” and “lower taxes” under the businessman’s administration.
“This is the best day of my life,” he concluded.
Eminem, who is not particularly active on social media, has yet to respond.
The self-proclaimed Rap God revealed his own political allegiances late last month when he made a rare public appearance at Kamala Harris’ rally in his hometown of Detroit.
In a brief speech to the crowd, he said: “People shouldn’t be afraid to express their opinions, and I don’t think anyone wants an America where people are worried about retribution or what people will do if you make your opinion known.
“I think Vice President Harris supports a future for this country where these freedoms and many others will be protected and upheld.”
Em then welcomed former president Barack Obama to the stage, who proceeded to recite the iconic opening lines from his 2002 hit “Lose Yourself.”
