Jamie Iovine talks about Eminem being a shy person.
Jimmy Iovine’s son Jamie Iovine, who’s the co-founder of NTWRK, recently sat down with Westling Inc. Managing Editor Nick Hausman on a recent episode of The Wrestling Inc. Daily Podcast. Eminem was mentioned, and Iovine disclosed some insights about his demeanor, including the fact that he is far more shy than most fans believe. He also mentioned that Eminem is a great comic book lover. Jamie Iovine has been exposed to many famous and brilliant musicians since his early years, and he was able to witness some of them, including Eminem, in their natural habitat and outside of their stage persona. Marshall, according to Jamie, is far from the scary battle machine he portrays to the public.
On the show, he talked about Eminem and revealed some of the details about the Detroit Rapper’s personality. “Eminem’s a funny guy,” says Jamie. “Eminem is first off, incredibly gifted [and] incredibly talented, but much more of a nerd than a lot of people would think. First off, loves comics, reads them all the time, and if you listen to a lot of his songs, he has a lot of references in there as well. He’s not current in the product at all. They have licensed him a lot.”
“I remember when I was with the company, there was a package that was made for John Cena – Bray Wyatt match at WrestleMania 30. And it was to an Eminem song, and so he’s familiar with it, but he’s not as deep. And he’s also one of the more quiet people that you’ll ever meet in a person in a one-on-one thing. That’s why he doesn’t do a lot of interviews is because he’s very soft-spoken. When you meet him, you’re expecting mass chainsaw guy, and he’s not.”
“He’s very reserved, very quiet, very shy is a word I would use, which really surprised me the first time I got to speak with him. You can tell there’s a lot going on behind the eyes. There’s a lot of thinking and analyzing, and I think the fact that he’s sober now really has opened him up to a lot more than just hip hop. He’s interested in a lot more things now. I wouldn’t be surprised if we see him be in a lot more movies going forward.”
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