What Happened To Eminem's Ex-Wife Kim Scott?

Eminem's prosperous career landed him as one of the greatest rappers of all time, being credited as a pivotal artist in hip-hop's history. Through the years, his beloved angst-infused anthems have occasionally been inspired by his ex, Kim Scott. Hits like "'97 Bonnie & Clyde," "Mockingbird," and "Love The Way You Lie" have all been drawn from his relationship with Scott, with "Kim" being his most controversial, yet notable song about her.

The couple met in 1988 at a house party when Eminem (real name Marshall Mathers) was 15 and Kim was 13. It began their tumultuous on-again, off-again relationship that lasted until 2006. Between that time, Kim and Eminem had their only child, Hailie Jade Mathers, in 1995, got married in 1999, divorced in 2001, remarried in 2006, and split again that same year. In addition to fathering Hailie, Eminem also adopted two children who were not biologically his: his niece, Alaina Marie Scott — the daughter of Scott's late sister, Dawn — and Kim's youngest, Stevie Lain Scott, whom she had with Eric Hartter, who died of an overdose in 2019.

Their public relationship and highly publicized breakup were a lot for Kim to absorb. A target for some of Eminem's most brutal lyrics — like in his song "Kim," where he details how he would murder her — Scott was driven down a dark path, revealing on the "Dr. Keith Ablow" talk show that watching Eminem beat up a blow-up lookalike doll of Scott nearly made her commit suicide (via People). So what happened to the former Mrs. Mathers after her split with Eminem?

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Kim Scott has always shared her battle with depression and drug addiction, which has led her to multiple run-ins with the law, hitting rock bottom on October 7, 2015, when she was slapped with a DUI after drunkenly crashing into a telephone poll in Macomb County, Michigan. During a talk with 95.5 WKQI's "Mojo in the Morning" radio show in May 2016, Scott sadly admitted that she had the intention of committing suicide that night and purposefully rammed her SUV into the pole (via Fox 2 Detroit). "I sat at the end of the road; I knew no one else but myself would get hurt," she said on air. "Yes, I drank. I took pills and I hit the gas and aimed for the pole."

Scott unfortunately tried to take her own life again in 2021 and was rushed to the hospital after cutting herself on her leg, per law enforcement sources. During her stay in the hospital, Scott was physically and psychologically examined before returning home. 

Since the incident, she has seemingly been in a healthier state. Public photos of her are rare, but paparazzi found her in 2023 when she rocked a new pixie cut and several tattoos. In May 2024, Scott reunited with her ex-husband while attending their daughter Hailie's wedding. In Eminem's music video for his song "Temporary," Scott can seemingly be caught in the background of the clips on Hailie's wedding day — only being identified by her large, unique arm tattoo.