In an interview with music magazine Mojo Collections, Sir Paul McCartney said that he is a fan of Eminem, describing his lyrics as "only showbiz".

Sir Paul compared the controversy surrounding Eminem to his own teenage years when Elvis Presley's dancing outraged some people.

He said that his favourite track by the rapper was Stan. "I liked it that Elton did it with him at that Grammys thing, because he was suspected to be homophobic. So I guess that put that down. Which is good because it is only showbiz. It's good to remember that, otherwise you start thinking 'what the f**k's happening in the world, man?"

When Sir Paul heard his son playing records with lyrics such as "slap my bitch" he was concerned about their content but his son told him that it was only a song, "It reminded you that we had all of that with rock'n'roll - Elvis isn't trying to s*** anyone, he's just moving his hips. All our parents went 'oh, the state of him'. We never saw it until they said it. I think it's the same again. But if anyone takes it too seriously, it's not too cool."