IвЂ™d have to think about that one, I donвЂ™t have any idea. Is there anyone you think would have been good? No, I donвЂ™t think it ever got off the ground. He just said they even discussed having someone else perform it, because back then every nominated song had a performer.Дo you know who they were talking about having perform it?

I think they did - yes, just said they did.

Oh no, that wasnвЂ™t the case at all, because thereвЂ™s not even that many cuss words in it - thereвЂ™s only a couple. Luis Resto, my keyboard player who produces records with me, went up and accepted it - and I know people were probably like, вЂњWho the f- is this guy?вЂќ So he called me, and I remember the phone kept ringing, and IвЂ™m like вЂњMotherf-, IвЂ™m tryinвЂ™ to sleep!вЂќ But and heвЂ™s like вЂњHey man, you won!вЂќ вЂњI did? ShвЂ“! Cool!вЂќ But that was a different time and I was in a different place in my life.ДЄt the time some reports said you didnвЂ™t perform because the Oscars wanted you to do a censored version of the song? At that point in time Hailie had to be at school early in the morning, so. I think I was just at home with my daughter - and I didnвЂ™t watch it, either. Look, if you had another shot, another opportunityвЂ¦ Thanks for having me Sorry it took me 18 years to get here. It would have been amazing to see you accept an Oscar from Barbra Streisand. I donвЂ™t even think I understood back then that you could get an Oscar for a song, and I remember being kinda confused about why I was even up for one, because as a kid with the Oscars, it was like a vacuum. I donвЂ™t know that I was disappointed, I was blown back by the fact that I won. Were you disappointed that you missed it? And also, back at that time, the younger me didnвЂ™t really feel like a show like that would understand me.Д«ut then when I found out I won, вЂњThatвЂ™s crazy!вЂќ That to me shows how authentic and real that award is - when you donвЂ™t show up and you still win. Back then, I never even thought that I had a chance to win, and we had just performed вЂњLose YourselfвЂќ on the Grammys with the Roots a couple of weeks before the Oscars, so we didnвЂ™t think it was a good idea. I kinda figured maybe since I didnвЂ™t get a chance to do it at the time, maybe it would be cool. Last nightвЂ™s performance certainly was a surprise - how did it all come together, and why this year? His last two albums, last monthвЂ™s вЂњMusic to Be Murdered ByвЂќ and 2018вЂ™s вЂњKamikaze,вЂќ were both surprise releases, and last nightвЂ™s appearance was a tightly kept secret: Sources say the Dolby Theater was put on lockdown during rehearsals, and that if news leaked to the media, he had the option to cancel.Д«ut it all came off without a hitch, and Eminem got on the phone with Variety this afternoon to talk about how it came together, why he decided not to attend the ceremony in 2003 - and what he was actually doing that night 17 years ago. Eminem (real name: Marshall Mathers) has made a habit out of surprises in recent years.

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