«IT'S CALLED GOSSIP AND OF COURSE IT'S AN OBSESSION OF MINE»

Eminem, while struggling with drug addiction and celebrity, found solace in an unexpected confidant, he revealed this week. The controversial rapper is "friends", it seems, with Sir Elton John."Me and him have had similar lives and stuff," Eminem explained in an interview with the Detroit Metro Times. "We became friends and I talk to him about things, career-wise."
Em and El didn't always seem so sympathetic, however. The artists' first meeting, at the 2001 Grammy awards, was spoiled by allegations of Eminem's homophobia. But flash forward eight years and Eminem calls Elton the musician he most looks to for support. "I talk to Elton a lot."

The Guardian
May 15 2009