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Eve felt a little emotional after opening up certain subjects from her new book like about her battle with alcoholism and the phone call from JAY-Z that changed her life.
The first lady of Ruff Ryders sat down with The Breakfast Club on Tuesday, September 17, to discuss highlights from her brand-new memoir Who's That Girl. During the conversation, E-V-E explained why she felt compelled to write the book alongside esteemed author and journalist Kathy Iandoli and how she felt about reliving her past. Although she's discussed her drinking problems in the past, Eve said she felt "naked" after she finished it and said talking about her alcoholism and her ectopic pregnancy were the hardest parts.
"I think being really vulnerable about my drinking for real," she said. "Because I talked about it. When I was on 'The Talk,' I talked about it. Yes, I had an issue, but I don't think I actually admitted to myself. Also, the fact that I had this ectopic pregnancy when I was on my sitcom that I never told anybody about and I did not even recognize it until I was ready to get pregnant with my kid. So I never really dealt with it at all. That was really hard."
"I talk about a lot in this book," she added. "We reread stuff and I definitely was like, 'Do we really want to put this stuff out here?' But I was like 'I think it's important'." I think it's important for myself. I think it's important for my kid."
Later on in their chat, Eve also addressed the advice JAY-Z gave her. In her book, she recalled a time when the Roc-a-Fella Records co-founder gave her some life-changing advice over the phone and told her that female rappers "don't really do that well." After the quote from Hov received backlash on social media, Eve clarified that he didn't mean it in a demeaning way.
"There was nothing bad about that," Eve explained. "It's one of those things where it was an amazing phone call that I needed. That was one of those — I felt like I was always an underdog anyways. And he wasn't saying out of malice or mean. It wasn't about that. It was facts really."
Eve's memoir Who's That Girl is in bookstores and online retailers everywhere. Watch the entire interview below.