Eminem's Ex-Wife, Kim Mathers, Blasts the Rapper During
Radio Interview
DETROIT Feb 16, 2007 (AP) Kim Mathers blasted ex-husband Eminem
during a radio interview Friday, saying she has come to despise the
man she twice married and divorced.
Mathers described the superstar rapper, 34, as unfaithful and
uncaring and went as far as to disparage his sexual prowess.
"I vomit in my mouth whenever I'm around him," she said during the
interview on WKQI-FM in Detroit.
In a statement released through his publicist, Dennis Dennehy,
Eminem replied: "It's a shame that I've moved on and Kim hasn't.
Her ongoing press campaign is doing nothing but harm to the
children, and for that I feel truly sorry. For their sake, I wish
she would stop."
Kim Mathers said she saw the interview as her chance to turn the
tables on the entertainer, who has killed her off in song and
assailed her with his lyrics.
Over the past decade, the pair have become one of Detroit's most
talked-about couples, thanks to the on-again, off-again nature of
their relationship. They also have struggled with substance abuse
and have had run-ins with the law.
The pair grew up in the suburbs along Eight Mile Road, Detroit's
northern border. They had a daughter, Hailie, in 1996, married in
1999, divorced in 2001, remarried in January 2006 and separated
three months later. Their second divorce was finalized in
December.
In addition to Hailie, Kim Mathers has another daughter and is
raising her sister's daughter. Eminem has been legal guardian of
his half brother.
Mathers said Friday that she was "100 percent sure" they never
would get back together.
Eminem rose to stardom via a number of best-selling CDs, personal
lyrics and a starring role in the hit 2002 film "8 Mile."
He has won nine Grammys, including best rap album for "The Slim
Shady LP," "The Marshall Mathers LP" and "The Eminem Show." He won
an Oscar for the song "Lose Yourself" from "8 Mile."