Salma Hayek has traveled from Mexico to Hollywood to become a renowned actress, which absolutely is a reality today! However, becoming one of the most influential Latina actresses was not something she became quite easily as she had to overcome several hurdles in her life including fighting within herself!
She is quite known for having stage fright but little did her fans know that she embarrassed herself in front of her idol, Eminem. It was, later on, revealed when she herself admitted it on her Instagram feed.
Salma Hayek Recounted an Embarrassing Meetup With Eminem
After winning an Oscar for his Lose Yourself, Eminem liked the night of the 92nd Academy Awards since he was able to meet actress, Salma Hayek. Sharing his experience with Rolling Stone, he replied,
“Absolutely,” he replied, “I got to hug Salma Hayek!”
However, this absolute experience got a detailed version when the Mexican-born actress shared her version of the meeting. For the unversed, she has often discussed her stage phobia which makes her condition quite bad.
“I’m just a really good actress that I pretend it’s not happening, but I really get it very bad. I go dizzy; my mouth gets dry.”
It was the very song that had often helped her in coping up with her condition.
“I have a song that I put in my head that helps me get through it. Which is “Lose Yourself.” I mean, you hear that you feel like you can do anything. So I hear it in my head.”
Her stage fear got the best of her when she ended up terrifying the former. She shared pictures of herself with the rapper, writing on her Instagram post,
“In these pictures it might look like @Eminem and I are best friends, but what really happened is as he was walking offstage and I was getting ready to walk onstage, I was so shocked to see him that I spilled water all over him.”
In her post, she further captioned about what exactly happened after she spat on him.
“If you examine our faces, I look mortified and he looks terrified of me- As I was trying to wipe it off I impulsively hugged him and I said “Nice to meet you Eminem- I’m a HUGE fan!” because I AM!”
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She further wrote,
“I was so disappointed that I made such a fool of myself in front of him.”
She was quite embarrassed over the whole fiasco however felt assured after the 50-year-old songwriter shared positive remarks about their meeting. This is not the first time that she has opened up about her stage fright. Back in 2012, she had tried to get into stage work but left due to her crippling stage fear.
Salma Hayek’s Stage Fear Prevented Her to Do Stage Work
Back in 2012, the Marvel actress talked about her insane stage fright that prevented her from getting into Broadway. She opened up about starring in a New York stage show but eventually pulled out from it as she was unable to overcome her weakness.
She shared with Evening Standard at the time,
“I have really bad stage fright. There have been a couple of times where I’ve said yes to stage projects but when we’ve got a little closer I couldn’t. Even when I’m speaking it’s severe, not just like little nerves. I almost did a musical on Broadway, but I just couldn’t. It would have been the worst musical ever.”
Thankfully, her phobia didn’t affect her on-screen performance as she once shared that she feels comfortable in front of the camera but can’t overcome her fear when it comes to performing on stage.
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