Eminem’s volatile relationship with his ex-wife Kim Scott has been a frequent topic in pop culture news.
Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III, first met Scott when they were teenagers in high school.
After Scott and her twin sister Dawn ran away from home, they moved in with Eminem and his mother, where she and Scott began a romantic relationship.
They welcomed daughter Hailie Jade in 1995 before marrying four years later in 1999.
However, the couple divorced by 2001.
Scott and Eminem briefly rekindled their relationship and remarried in January 2006, although the rapper later filed for divorce in early April of that year.
The former couple have gone back and forth frequently over the years, but according to one of Eminem’s former employees, it seems he was clearly scared around his ex-wife.
Eminem’s bodyguard claims the rapper was ‘terrified’ of Kim Scott.
Byron Williams, who worked as a bodyguard for the “Lose Yourself” rapper, wrote about their tumultuous marriage in his book “Shady Bizzness,” published in 2000.
Williams claimed that despite the persona Eminem portrayed regarding his feelings for Scott, he was actually scared in real life.
“I saw her throw a flashlight at Eminem on the tour bus and knock him over,” Williams wrote. “Man, he’s scared of her. She’s one tough lady and bigger than him.”
He claimed that Eminem put up with Scott because he was afraid she would keep their daughter Hailie away from him.
After the couple first divorced in 2000, they agreed to joint legal custody of their daughter, with Scott having physical custody, according to ABC News.
The rapper was “entitled to ‘liberal’ parenting when he was in Michigan,” where Scott lived at the time and is from.
Eminem and Scott’s relationship has been rocky over the years.
In a 2007 interview with Rolling Stone via PEOPLE, one of Eminem’s close friends, Proof, detailed the reality of the former couple’s on-again, off-again relationship.
“One time we came home and Kim threw all his clothes on the lawn — it was two pairs of pants and some gym shoes,” he told the publication.
“So we stayed at my grandma’s and Em’s like, ‘I’m leaving her, I’m never coming back.’ The next day he is with her again. The love they have is so genuine it’s funny. He will end up marrying her. But there will always be conflict.”
At one point, Eminem even wrote a song called “97 Bonnie & Clyde” where he raps about him and his daughter driving to dispose of Scott’s body in a lake.
He later wrote the prequel to a song called “Kim”, which was featured on The Marshall Mathers LP.
The song was another fictional account of his emotions as he pretends to kill his girlfriend.
In an interview with Rolling Stone in 1999, Eminem revealed that he could no longer listen to songs about his ex-wife.
“It’s very strange to listen to this song,” he said. “The pain I felt at the time was so real that I really wanted to do it. That’s why I just don’t listen to that song anymore.”
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