Was Eminem a good dad? His parenting will surprise you

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He sang about Hailie in over 20 songs, then regretted it. Despite his controversial lyrics, he maintained a no-swearing policy at home. This is a glimpse into the real Eminem and his parenting.

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00:00It just seems like ever since he's got, you know, famous, blew up, just our relationship

00:08went downhill from there. And when your husband is famous and always gone and not there, you're

00:13basically there alone anyways.

00:15If it wasn't my success and I was still trying to look for a job or working a dead-end job

00:22and didn't have no money to eat with, it would be those kind of problems that I would have.

00:26Those type of family problems. How are we going to feed Hayley? How are we going to

00:29raise her? How are we going to stay together? How are we going to pay our rent?

00:57Hayley is, whether she's with me or not, she's with me every day. She has been my main source

01:08of drive and motivation. I didn't have a career yet. I didn't have money. I didn't have a

01:13place to live. So I think that really kicked me in the ass harder than anything was knowing

01:22that and how am I going to raise her.

01:26The first time I grabbed a mic in front of actual people that mattered, you know what I'm saying?

01:35At a club, I got booed. I just remember that being so f***ing traumatic. And I think I went

01:41home like, man, I quit.

01:56As always, she's always been the driving force for me to stay busy, stay focused.

02:08You know, if she's upset about something, or needs to talk, or just needs to be

02:27comforted, he's always lending a helping hand. He always wants to be there for her.

02:32Profanity around my house, no. But this is music. This is my art. This is what I do.

02:54If my kids would move to the edge of the earth, I'd find them.

03:01I'd find them.

03:31I'd find them.

04:01I'd find them.

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