Janet Jackson was a literal life saver for rapper Eve during a wild night after the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards.
The Grammy-winning rapper, actress and former talk show host wrote in her new memoir that the “Rhythm Nation” superstar came to her rescue after someone spiked her drink at an after-party ceremony in Las Vegas. Close pal Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott also reportedly offered aid.
“Missy came in to check on me, but I was just unable to collect myself. Then who walks in, Janet Jackson,” Eve wrote in “Who’s That Girl” — released last week.
“I had never met her before, and so her first introduction to me was seeing me hysterical,” the 45-year-old Ruff Ryders lyricist added. “None of that mattered to Janet; she actually just sprang into action and told people to get aspirin, water, hot sauce, and a piece of white bread. That concoction knocked me right out of my hysteria. So basically Janet Jackson saved my life.”
Eve, whose real name is Eve Jihan Jeffers, previously shared some details of the near-fatal incident on a 2018 episode of “The Talk” where the topic was the dangers of leaving your drink unattended.
“Probably an hour after the last time I picked my drink up, I started feeling crazy and not drunk,” the “Let Me Blow Ya Mind” hitmaker told co-hosts Julie Chen-Moonves, Sharon Osbourne, Sara Gilbert and Sheryl Underwood. “I knew immediately something was different. And it was weird because I was there but I wasn’t there … I started hysterically crying.”
