Slim-Fast Shady: Eminem to hawk diet drink?

On the heels of reporting on Teri Hatcher's endorsement deal gone bad, I see that Eminem has been approached to tout Slim-Fast. Apparently, the bad boy of rap suffered a bout of pneumonia before the new year and now weighs close to 200 pounds.

The crafty folks at Slim-Fast saw an opportunity that smelled better than a fresh batch of French fries. Let's get the chubby white guy to rap about chocolate malt shakes.

Um, here's a guy who once sang:
"Stop dead. Go ahead. In fact, instead why don't you try a diet,
You really should try it, get you fit, only eating a bit may do you some good."

A spokesperson for Slim-Fast has said: "Slim-Fast would love to offer Eminem products and assistance to help him become a potential Slim-Fast success story." Maybe he can share diet secrets with Kirstie Alley and Valerie Bertinelli too?
photo: WireImage.

Comments

[toby]

Kirstie Alley and Valerie Bertinelli are Jenny Craig, he'd be dealing with
Tommy Lasorda.

[Sammy]

But maybe Eminem and the girls will start a diet book group?

[jb]

How tabloid-y of you to give your piece such a misleading headline. By giving the untruthful statement a question mark, you mimic the lead-ins of shallow local TV news segments everywhere:

"Is President Bush about to quit?" answer = no.
"Is Britney Spears moving to India?" answer = no.
"Is Eminem shilling for Slimfast?" answer = big fat no.

Can you understand how this kind of "reporting" feeds the cynicism of the people? All we have to do is read your stupid headline and assume (correctly) that the opposite is true.

Let me give you an example of truth in headlines:

"Has the LA Times stooped to the level of Perez Hilton?" answer = yes!

[doesthisdressmakemelookfat]

Eff off.

[VATTAN]

EMINEM IS KING
HEHEHE I LOVE YOU EMINEM
I'M VATAN from KOSOVO

[Aquamiqushia]

eminem iz da best white rappa eva.... so wat if he gained a few pounds luk at bizzarr he got like wat? 200 pounds mor den em jezz...nd wen some1 stops usin dey tend to gain a little... Em still is sexay n matta wat hiz size...just mor a him ta luv =]

[britt]

yeah anyways, even tho eminem gained a few pounds it really doesnt matter he still one of the best rappers, like look at the heavy set rappers like big pun and biggie smalls and fat joe, they all big and they still the best, just like eminem.! personally i dont think weight should have anything to do with being a good rapper like seriously.........

[khaty]

I've been a fan of eminem and you're still cute even though you gained weight.. I have a blog about eminem hope some of you read it.. http://songandartist.wordpress.com/

thanks.