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• EMEM SAYS HE'S GAY IN THE INTERVIEW, THE WORLD OVERREACTS
• EMEM ADMS THE INTERVIEW SCENE WHERE HE ME OUT AS GAY TOOK MULTIPLE TAK
• EMEM COM OUT AS GAY SONY’S ‘THE INTERVIEW’
• EMEM SAYS COMG OUT AS GAY IN ‘THE INTERVIEW’ WAS NOT AN ACT
• 'I'M GAY!' EMEM'S SHOCKG REVELATN
• EMEM IS GAY? THE RAPPER ONCE SAID “I’M MORE SHOCKED THAT PEOPLE HAVEN’T FIGURED IT OUT YET” – WATCH
• IS EMEM GAY? NEW DETAILS ON THE NEW ALLEGATNS SURROUNDG SLIM SHADY AND HIS NEW SONG 'WHAT IF I WAS GAY'
• EMEM SHOCKS THE WORLD AND COM OUT AS GAY IN 'THE INTERVIEW' (VIO)
• EMEM 'COM OUT' AS GAY IN HILAR 'INTERVIEW' CAMEOMARSHALL MATHERS' SCENE THE HIGHLY NTROVERSIAL JAM FRAN AND SETH ROGEN MOVIE MAY BE THE FILM'S MOST SHOCKG {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY ADAM FLEISCHERDECEMBER 25, 2014/11:09 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}GARY MILLER / GETTY IMAGEMEMBY ADAM FLEISCHERDECEMBER 25, 2014 / 11:09 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"EMEM 'COM OUT' AS GAY IN HILAR 'INTERVIEW' CAMEO","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-12-25T16:09:47.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-12-25T16:09:47.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ADAM FLEISCHER","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF FALLOUT OM RECENT SONY HACKS AND NTROVERSY SURROUNDG "THE INTERVIEW" -- OM SONY PULLG THE MOVIE, TO PRINT OBAMA LLG THAT MOVE A "MISTAKE," TO THE FILM NOW BEG RELEASED ONLE AND SOME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MUCH OF WHAT'S BEEN SAID ABOUT THE ACTUAL NTENT OF "THE INTERVIEW" HAS CENTERED ON THE STORY OF CHARACTERS PLAYED BY JAM FRAN AND SETH ROGEN ATTEMPTG TO ASSASSATE KIM JONG-UN. 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NEXT, THEY READ A LYRIC OM 2009'S "MEDICE BALL," TO WHICH HE REVEALS: "I'VE PRETTY MUCH JT BEEN LEAVG A BREADCMB TRAIL OF GAYNS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SAY WHAT YOU WANT ABOUT THE DETRO RAPPER, BUT 'S HARD TO SAY HE'S NOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHECK OUT THE CLIP ABOVE, AND THEN WATCH EMEM RPOND TO THE NTROVERSY THAT SURROUNDS HIS LYRICS A (REAL) TERVIEW WH MTV NEWS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• IS EMEM GAY? THE TTH BEHD THE CONTROVERSY
• WATCH EMEM REVEAL HE’S GAY IN A SCENE FROM THE INTERVIEW
• IS EMEM REALLY GAY? WHAT DID HE SAY IN SONY’S ‘THE INTERVIEW’
• IS EMEM GAY? DID THE CELEBRATED RAPPER E OUT THE INTERVIEW?
• EMEM ‘CLAR’ HE IS GAY ‘THE INTERVIEW’

EMEM SAYS HE'S GAY IN THE INTERVIEW, THE WORLD OVERREACTS

) This time, ’s rap star Emem, who adms durg a televised terview wh Jam Fran’s character, Dave Skylark, that he’s gay. As you might image, the team the productn booth – led by Rogen’s character, Aaron Rapaport – reacts acrdgly this TMZ-fed, hyper-sensive, pop-culture media treats the whole thg very serly, tellg Fran’s character that he has been "playg gay peek-a-boo" wh his fans, and has "pretty much been leavg a bread cmb trail of gayns" for his fans to follow back to the tth. Some who’ve seen the movie state:While others bypass the btaly aimed at Kim Jon-un and crique:Whout divg too eply to the cspool that is Twter, there were plenty of opns about Emem, the scene, and the movie as The Interview ntued to be streamed over Christmas is a recurrg theme on Twter, that Emem would have to be paid to say that he's gay.

EMEM ADMS THE INTERVIEW SCENE WHERE HE ME OUT AS GAY TOOK MULTIPLE TAK

Acrdg to Showbiz 411, a December 17 Tweet:And yet, Emem equently has ed his celebry and his public persona to she a light on homosexualy and gay rights. Prr to participatg The Interview, Emem’s biggt visible display had to be his duet wh openly gay Elton John at the Grammy ’s a shame The Interview isn’t openg as wi as planned, bee we’d love to hear more reactn to Emem’s amg meo. Emem admted he stggled to get through a movie scene which he satrilly me out as gay bee Jam Fran was 'so f**kg funny' 'Lose Yourself' rapper, who is known for g the f-word slur his mic, had a meo appearance as himself the 2014 edy film The Interview starrg Seth Rogen and Jam has a fake terview wh Jam Fran The Interview.

EMEM COM OUT AS GAY SONY’S ‘THE INTERVIEW’

“When I say thgs about gay people, if people thk that my lyrics are homophobic, ’s bee I’m gay, ” Emem says 'me out' durg the absurd scene. Cred: Sony Pictur ReleasgSkylark naturally asks Emem to clarify what he meant, to which Slim Shady doubl down and nfirms ‘I am a homosexual’ which leads to ‘gay Twter blowg up’ and ‘the greatt moment gay history’, acrdg to news producer Aaron Rapaport (Rogen) asked directly if he dislik gay people, Emem replied: “No, I don't have any problem wh nobody. Anyone who tuned out their fay and tuned The Interview on Xmas day was treated to an Emem meo where the rapper — who is equently acced of homophobia for g the very bad f-word nsistently — out as gay.

“I’ve been playg gay peek-a-boo for years. I’ve pretty much been leavg a gay bread cmb trail.

EMEM SAYS COMG OUT AS GAY IN ‘THE INTERVIEW’ WAS NOT AN ACT

Marshall Mathers, also known by his stage name Emem, one of the most succsful rappers of all time, ma a meo the highly ntroversial edy film The Interview,  which he plays himself, announcg durg an terview that he is gay. Acrdg to Emem, when asked about the movie and s dialogue, which he nonchalantly proclaimed to be a gay man, the rapper said that he ad-libbed that whole scene himself, and that although the film was played like a joke, was his way of discsg his te opn on the matters of sex and celebri.

I’ve rapped about sex, I’ve rapped about beg gay. The rapper, who has been tensely sctized throughout his reer for g homophobic slurs, said that he jt ed rogatory terms to be ironic, and that his sex life is private, and that everyone’s sex life should be as public or as private as they want to be.

“After puttg a lot of thought to , I me to the ultimate ncln that there are probably thoands, if not lns of fans of me that are gay and livg a lie. Amerin rapper Emem is que possibly the last person anyone would expect to utter the words, "I am gay. "The ntroversial star has prevly provoked outrage over allegatns of sexism and homophobia his lyrics and famoly stormed out of the 2009 MTV Awards after Sasha Baron Cohen's flamboyant chaarcter Bno land on him durg the particular cint was later revealed to be a refully orchtrated stunt - and so is his latt shockg enters pletely to the spir of thgs as he keeps a fantastilly straight face (no pun tend) durg a hilar scene om the equally ntroversial new film The the clip Jam Fran is playg David Skylark, a chey TV host who pulls off the celebry sop of the century when Emem, playg himself, nfs:“When I say thgs about gay people and people thk that my lyrics are homophobic, you know, ’s bee I’m gay.

'I'M GAY!' EMEM'S SHOCKG REVELATN

”Asked to clarify, he bluntly ntu: “I’m a homosexual… I like men. ”Behd the scen, Seth Rogen’s show nner is havg a meltdown, yellg, “This is the greatt moment gay history. ”Another character shouts “Gay twter is blowg up.

FSEmem reveals he is gay new film The terviewOne person tweeted:"I'm DYING watchg #TheInterview...

'I've been playg gay peekaboo! Emem gay??? When Emem Said “I’ve Been Playg Gay Peek-A-Boo For Years” & Left The Host Stunned Beyond Words – Watch ( Photo Cred – Emem / Flickr).

EMEM IS GAY? THE RAPPER ONCE SAID “I’M MORE SHOCKED THAT PEOPLE HAVEN’T FIGURED IT OUT YET” – WATCH

Well, ’s the rapper’s 2014 meo appearance as himself where he said he was GAY. Durg the scripted terview, Emem —who has been equently acced of beg homophobic owg to the e of the f-word nsistently, out as gay. The vio then se the Love the Way You Lie rapper tellg Jam Fran’s character, “I’ve been playg gay peek-a-boo for years.

What did you thk of this ‘gay’ nfsn of Emem? RELATED: The Knock-Down, Drag-Out, 'Whipped' Fight Between Emem And Nick Cannon Roared Back To Life TodayBut his latt leaked track, which was first leaked October 2019 — a jot track wh Joyner Lus lled "What If I Was Gay" — has opened up the floodgat of mors, yet 's what we know about the qutn: Is Emem gay? Grdr is a well-known datg app for gay men, and acrdg to an terview, Emem claimed to e the app to fd "dat" after his divorce om his wife, Kim, was weren't sure if Emem was beg ser, or jokg, at the time.

Emem has been cricized for his e of homophobic slurs his mic. Elton John is one of the most popular, and most openly gay, men the mic dtry today. Emem has apologized for his e of homophobic slurs the past...

IS EMEM GAY? NEW DETAILS ON THE NEW ALLEGATNS SURROUNDG SLIM SHADY AND HIS NEW SONG 'WHAT IF I WAS GAY'

Even though Emem has apologized for the e of homophobic slurs the past — most notably to Cal Jenner, whom he referred to as a "ltle b*tch, " amongst other thgs we n't reprt here — he ed one aga the song "Fall, " which n be found on his Kamikaze album, Emem refers to the rapper Tyler, The Creator, by a homophobic term for gay men. The rapper's "What If I Was Gay" track was leaked on YouTube  November "leaked" sped-up track which started this whole round of mors n be heard here. Is Emem gay?

Through his reprentativ, Emem ma clear that he is not, fact, gay. Sger Emem gave a real terview the movie The Interview which he announced he was gay.

Webs such as the Huffgton Post, Billboard and the Advote published a clip om the film along wh headl siar to "Emem Com Out as Gay The Interview":. Emem seems to be playg his real self "The Interview, " up until the moment the film that he adms to beg gay, that the film, the rapper flnts his edic chops by matag his tramark glare while (most likely fictly) g out of the closet as he speaks to Jam Fran's character about the meang of his lyrics. “When I say thgs about gay people, or people thk my lyrics are homophobic — 's bee I'm gay, ” he says before immediately jumpg to another, when Fran asks him to back up, Emem clarifi by sayg that he is attracted to men and has been leavg a "breadcmb trail of gayns" his joke also shows that Emem n lgh at his ntroversial past, as he was prevly lled homophobic due to his e of the word "faggot" his has sce explaed that he was not referrg to gay men wh this term, and 2010, voiced support for gay marriage, acrdg to the Huffgton Post.

EMEM SHOCKS THE WORLD AND COM OUT AS GAY IN 'THE INTERVIEW' (VIO)

Catns: Emem Com Out As Gay In The Interview (The Huffgton Post). But turns out there's an equally, if not more, surprisg plot pot: Emem is urse, anyone who's followed his reer and listened to his mic durg his 15 years the mastream knows that Em has often taken heat for e of words like "f----t" and other homophobic ntent. "When I say thgs about gay people, or people thk my lyrics are homophobic -- 's bee I'm gay, " he says durg an terview wh Fran's character.

"I'm more shocked that people haven't figured out yet; I mean, 's kd of like I've been playg gay peek-a-boo, " he says. Next, they read a lyric om 2009's "Medice Ball, " to which he reveals: "I've pretty much jt been leavg a breadcmb trail of gayns. His appearance the film sparked a bate about his sexualy when he said he was gay.

This has ed many fans to qutn if Emem is actually gay or not.

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Is Emem Gay?

IS EMEM GAY? THE TTH BEHD THE CONTROVERSY

In the scene om ‘The Interview’, Dave Skylark (played by Jam Fran) terviews Emem who rponds to a qutn about beg gay wh an affirmative answer. He says “Yeah, I’m gay, but shh! ” This le is seen as a joke by some viewers and as proof that Emem is actually gay by others.

In his meo The Interview, Emem tells Dave Skylark that he is gay.

After all, if Emem had actually been g out as gay this scene then would have bee an even bigger story than already was when the film first me out. Some people pot out that Emem has had a history of beg homophobic his lyrics and mic vios throughout his reer. However, recent years he seems to have softened his stance on LGBT issu as evinced by his llaboratn wh openly gay sger Elton John (who even attend one of his ncerts).

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This suggts that while Emem may not be gay himself, he is much more acceptg and open-md when to LGBT rights than he ed to be. Emem has never directly answered the qutn of whether or not he is actually gay. There are those who believe that Emem is gay based on this small moment The Interview.

They pot to the rapper’s long history of g homophobic slurs his songs and say that this uld be his way of g out whout actually sayg directly. However, there is also pellg evince that suggts Emem is not gay at all. One piece of evince agast the theory om an terview Emem did wh 60 Mut back 2003 where terviewer Anrson Cooper asked him if he was gay and got an emphatic “No!

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Addnally, many have noted that all of the rapper’s songs sce then, there has been no ditn that he is gay or bisexual. Ultimately, we n’t know if Emem is actually gay or not bee there isn’t any ncrete evince eher way—he hasn’t given any five answers or statements on the matter so far. What we do know though is that spe havg been acced of homophobia the past, he seems to have changed his attu towards LGBT people over time and ma some efforts to make amends for any hurtful ments he may have ma the past.

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So while we may never know if Emem is actually gay or not, don’t really matter—what matters most is how acceptg and unrstandg we are of each other regardls of our sexual orientatn or genr inty.

The rapper, who’s been unr fire for his homophobic lyrics over the last 15 years, mak a big announcement to Fran’s Skylark.

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When I rap about gay people, that’s bee I’m gay. On Christmas Day, everyone who watched The Interview whout their fay was treated to a meo by Emem which the rapper, who is equently acced of homophobia for g the very terrible F-word regularly, out as gay. For years, I’ve been playg gay peek-a-boo.