Their long and tumultuous relationship began when they were just kids.
Even if you have just cursory knowledge about Eminem, you know about Kim, the subject of many of the rapper’s most disturbing songs, like “Kim,” and “’97 Bonnie and Clyde.”
The two met when they were just kids (she was 13 and he was 15). Kim and her twin, Dawn, had previously run away from an allegedly abusive home, and eventually began living with Eminem and his mother.
In 1995, they welcomed their daughter Hailie (the subject of more Eminem songs), and were married in 1999.
But things quickly went downhill — Eminem was accused of pistol-whipping a man he claimed he saw kissing his wife, according to NME. The charge was dropped in favor of a reduced charge of carrying a concealed weapon, and he was sentenced to two years’ probation. The couple divorced in 2001.
Five years later, they shocked the world and remarried. But just three months after that, the rapper filed for divorce. Their second divorce was finalized in 2006, per People.
Though Eminem built his brand around graphic songs, he apologized to his former wife on the track “Bad Husband” from his 2017 album, “Revival.”
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