Music Video
The music video starts with Eminem rapping on a podium about his life at a small gathering. He's at an open house where he completely ignores his daughter's creations but before he can see the error of his actions, it is too late. Then, he is confronted by his daughter piling boxes in front of the door to stop him from leaving. He convinces his daughter to let him go but she insists to give him a necklace with her picture. Then, he finds himself in a hotel room and then on a stage where he raps. At the end of his performance on the stage, he finds his daughter has followed him and tells him of the divorce. Then, he goes backstage as the "bad" Slim Shady and looks in a mirror, where a "good" Eminem punches him through a mirror. He then finds himself back at home playing with his daughters on the swing. The video ends with him being applauded off the podium. The video features actresses as his daughter Hailie Jade Mathers and his ex-wife Kim Mathers, from whom Eminem was divorced when the song was released. Kim's daughter Whitney Laine Scott, whom Eminem thinks of as his own daughter, is also featured as herself towards the end of the video. She is the younger girl on the swing, at the moment in the lyrics when he says "Hailie just smiles and winks at her little sister".
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