Over the weekend, Eminem’s daughter Hailie Jade tied the knot with longtime boyfriend Evan McClintock in a private ceremony surrounded by close friends and family, including the rapper himself.
On May 20, Hailie Jade took to Instagram and shared a series of pictures from her wedding day with her husband, with the caption, “Waking up a wife this week,” adding, "We couldn’t have asked for a better, more beautiful weekend celebration."
In the wake of her post, TMZ published other insider images from the nuptials, including the one where Eminem was seen having the father-daughter dance with the bride as well as posing alongside the newlyweds donning a classic black tuxedo.
Since Eminem’s photographs from Hailie Jade’s wedding went viral, netizens have been pointing out that the rapper kept his usual demeanor and didn’t smile even for his daughter’s wedding pictures.
Here are some of the wild reactions from the comment section of the rapper’s fan account, @Shadyind’s post on X.
“This dude still won’t smile,” a person wrote.
“That looks like a man that had to pay for a wedding,” another person wrote.
“Not even on this day he smiles,” a third individual wrote.
“@Eminem be telling her I have an image to uphold,” one person wrote.
Another set of users wrote:
“Doesn’t even smile for his daughter’s wedding photo,” another person wrote.
“Don’t mess it up, Evan. Cause that diss track is going to be diabolical,” an individual wrote.
“Couldn’t he just crack a smile?” another person wrote.
“Maybe smile? It’s such an important day for his daughter!” a person wrote.
Hailie Jade and Evan McClintock got married over a year after they got engaged in February 2023. They had been dating since 2016 as college sweethearts.
Eminem’s daughter Hailie Jade is a social media influencer
Hailie Jade, Eminem’s second-oldest and only biological child, was born to him and his former wife Kim Scott in December 1995 in Detroit. Following her parents’ divorce in 2006, she remained in their joint custody.
Throughout his career, Eminem dedicated several songs to Hailie Jade, including My Dad’s Gone Crazy, Mockingbird, and Hailie’s Song, among others. In fact, for the first track, Hailie entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the “youngest performer to be credited on the R&B charts.”
Currently, the 28-year-old daughter of the multiple-time Grammy winner is a social media influencer who primarily deals with beauty and fashion-related content. She is a Michigan State University alumna with an undergraduate degree in psychology.
Besides being an active Instagrammer with over 3 million followers, Hailie Jade is also a podcaster who hosts the show Just a Little Shady, a name inspired by her father’s rap alter-ego. In 2021, during an interview with Mail Online, Hailie Jade stated that she was “very close” to her father.
In mid-May 2024, she got married to her longtime boyfriend Evan McClintock in an intimate ceremony at Greencrest Manor in Battle Creek, Michigan, reportedly attended by his father’s friends and close associates 50 Cent, Dr. Dre, and Jimmy Iovine.