Eminem has gotten credit (and blame) for a whole lot of things over the years, but Euphoria‘s Jacob Elordi has given the Detroit rapper props for something unusual — ridding the actor of his Australian accent.
During a recent sit-down on The Kelly Clarkson Show, the Brisbane-born Elordi, who plays Nate Jacobs on the hit HBO series, shared with the host how he got rid of his native way of speaking with a little help from Slim Shady.
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Listening to “a lot of Eminem, like a terrible amount of Eminem” helped the actor sound more American and less Australian, he revealed. Elordi said he was grateful to Eminem for the help.
“And I still love that man so much… I have to thank him so much for getting rid of [the accent],” he told Clarkson. Check the entire segment below.
Elsewhere in the interview, Elordi talked about what other music he’d been listening to. He cited David Bowie, the National, and his “number one favorite thing to listen to,” Bon Iver.
Eminem has been busy lately putting out things other than accent-busting raps. In an Instagram post shared late last month, Slim Shady unveiled his new Mom’s Spaghetti sauce.
The sauce, which is “born to be served at a street level,” according to the product’s website, goes for $13/jar (or $25 for a two-pack), though it’s currently sold out.
Em’s announcement that he was dropping food instead of music upset some fans.
“Marshall, the sauce we really want is the album,” one person commented below a social media post announcing the sauce. Another wrote: “Drop the bomb tracks tho Marshall.”
A third person wrote: “Not the drop I wanted, but I’ll take 10.”
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Eminem’s last album was 2020’s Music To Be Murdered By, which served as his 11th studio effort. Guest appearances include the likes of Young M.A, Royce Da 5’9″, Ed Sheeran, the late Juice WRLD, Don Toliver and more. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 279,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.
