Slim Shady has come under fire for his controversial lyrics at just about every turn of his career.

Eminem speaks during a ceremony honoring 50 Cent with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on January 30, 2020 in Hollywood, California. Leon Bennett/Getty Images

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Eminem has come under fire for using homophobic lyrics on his albums through the years, but filmmaker John Waters is coming to his defense on that topic.

Waters joined the Las Culturistas podcast with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang on Wednesday (May 13), where he discussed the wild choice of a wedding gift Eminem had for Elton John and David Furnish.

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“He’s not homophobic,” Waters, who has openly spoken about his sexuality, proclaimed of Em.…