Elton John Supported Eminem Through Drugs Hell

24 May 2009

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Hip-hop star Eminem turned to an unlikely counsellor to help him battle his addiction to painkillers - flamboyant rock star SIR ELTON JOHN.

The Stan hitmaker became a recluse following the release of his last album, Encore, in 2004 as he fought his drug demons.

Although he has been clean for a year, at the height of his drug problems the star was reportedly popping 20 painkillers a day and nearly overdosed on methadone.

But it was his friendship with former cocaine addict John - who he performed with at the 2001 Grammys - which set him on the road to recovery.

We became friends, and I talk to him about things, career-wise

He tells the Metro Times newspaper, "I talk to Elton (John a lot). We became friends, and I talk to him about things, career-wise. "And he had a substance-abuse problem in the past.

So when I first wanted to get sober, I called him and spoke to him about it, because, you know, he's somebody who's in the business and can identify and relate to thelifestyle and how hectic things can be.

He understands, like, the pressure and any other reasons that you wanna come up with for doing drugs.

"Me and him have had similar lives and stuff. So I reached out to him and told him, 'Look, I'm going through a problem, and I need your advice.'"

In other news a bloody TV commercial promoting Eminem's new album Relapse has been banned from the air after it was deemed "too gory" for U.S. viewers.

The advertisement features scenes showing a maniacal-looking Eminem submerged in a bathtub full of blood interspersed with shots of severed limbs.

But the horror-inspired clip has been barred by TV censors and will not be shown on the small screen, according to a post on the rapper's official website.

Relapse, Eminem's first disc of new material in four years, is on course to land the top spot in the U.S. Billboard album charts this week (ends22May09), following its release on Tuesday (19May09).

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