Who Is Eminem's Ex-Wife? All About Kim Scott

Best known for his rhythmic rapping, Marshall Mathers, aka Eminem, drew inspiration from his romance with Kimberly Ann Scott for several of his notable songs — though not all of them portrayed her in the best light — including “Kim,” “’97 Bonnie & Clyde” and “Love The Way You Lie” featuring Rihanna.

In 1988, the couple met as teenagers at a house party and began a relationship that would last almost two decades. They were married twice, in 1999 and 2006, before they divorced for good in 2007.

They also had a daughter, Hailie Jade Scott, in 1995. Despite their difficult relationship, Hailie spoke highly of her parents and their influence on her life.

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After graduating from high school in 2014 with the highest grades, she described her dad and mom as influential figures. “They pushed me to be the person I am and gave me all the support to achieve what I have,” she said in the school profile.

So who is Eminem’s ex-wife? Here’s everything you need to know about Kim Scott and her relationship with the singer.

She grew up in Michigan

Kim Scott stands outside the 37th District Court in Warren, Michigan on October 2, 2001. Bill Pugliano/Getty

Kimberly Ann Scott and her twin sister Dawn Scott were born to Kathleen Doherty in Warren, Michigan on January 9, 1975. In 1988, the sisters ran away from home and moved into a youth shelter outside of Detroit.

She met Eminem as a teenager

Eminem and Kim Scott.

Scott was 13 when she first met Eminem (15) at a house party.

“I’m standing on top of their coffee table shirtless, Kangol on, mocking LL Cool Ja’s ‘I’m Bad.’ And I turn around and she’s at the door smoking,” he recalled in his 2014 book. How It All Began: Lessons in Life, Art, and Entrepreneurship from Hip Hop Icons.

Eminem was taken in by his mother as a teenager

Not long after the two met, they began an on-again, off-again relationship, with the future rapper bringing Scott to his mother Debbie Nelson’s house.

“Marshall came home from school with a tall, grumpy blonde girl,” Nelson wrote in her 2008 memoir. My son Marshall, my son Eminem. “He introduced her as Kim Scott and said she needed a place to stay. I was happy to help.”

She continued: “Kim said she was 15 and I had no reason to doubt that. In fact, she was so cute and busty she could have passed for 17.”

Scott’s real age was discovered when truancy officers questioned her about her numerous absences from school.

“As is often the case with troubled kids, Kim had some pretty big stories to tell,” added Eminem’s mom. “I saw Kim as a challenge, someone I hoped I could provide a better life for.”

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She shares children with Eminem

Hailie Jade Scott poses for a selfie in March 2022. Hailie Jade Instagram

Eminem and Scott welcomed their daughter Hailie on December 25, 1995.

In 2001, the “Without Me” rapper said that becoming a father was “a real wake-up call” for him.

“She made me step in – make something of my life and try 10 quadrillion times harder than before,” he told the British publication. Q. “Everything I’m doing right now is for Hailie… money – it’s for her college.”

Hailie eventually graduated from Michigan State University, where she met her future husband, Evan McClintock. The couple tied the knot in May 2024 in a lavish ceremony in Battle Creek, Michigan.

In between her two marriages to Eminem, Scott welcomed Stevie Laine Scott on April 16, 2002, with her then-boyfriend Eric Hartter. In 2005, Eminem legally adopted Stevie when he reunited with Scott.

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Scott’s twin sister, Dawn, was born Alaina Marie Scott on February 22, 1993. Eminem legally adopted her in the early 2000s when Dawn struggled with drug addiction.

“I have full custody of my niece,” he said Rolling Stone 2004 “My niece has been a part of my life since she was born. Me and Kim mostly had her, she would live with us wherever we were.”

Dawn died in 2016 of a suspected overdose, PEOPLE confirmed at the time.

She married and divorced Eminem twice

Kim Scott appears in Macomb County District Court on March 26, 2007 in Mount Clemens, Michigan. Bill Pugliano/Getty

Eminem and Scott married on June 14, 1999, before he left for his first tour. However, things have been difficult for the couple since the beginning of their marriage.

During a 2007 episode of Dr. Keith Ablow’s talk show, Scott said she married Eminem to keep him “faithful and grounded” when he was on tour, but it didn’t work out.

By 2001, the couple had quit their jobs. However, they remarried on January 14, 2006, in a “small, private ceremony” in Michigan, according to the rapper’s representative, Dennis Dennehy. “Family and close friends were present,” he told PEOPLE.

Soon after, Eminem filed for divorce in April 2006, which was settled out of court in December of the same year.

“There was a lot of sadness about why this didn’t work out. They’ve been together for 17 years,” her attorney, Michael J. Smith, told PEOPLE. “They are lifelong friends, lovers, they were husband and wife, they raise children together… There is no end and it is not over between them.”

Smith continued, “Kim is great. She’s a very articulate, very smart woman. She’s going back to college to study design. She just wants to be a mom and go back to college. That’s what she wants to do right now.”

She struggled with depression

After her second divorce from Eminem, Scott mostly stayed out of the spotlight, but she also struggled with substance abuse and depression.

On October 7, 2015, she intentionally crashed her Cadillac Escalade into a utility pole after consuming prescription pills and a fifth of Malibu rum.

“I was sitting at the end of the road where I knew nobody but me was going to get hurt,” she later revealed speaking on 95.5 WKQI’s Mojo in the Morning. “Yes, I was drinking, I was taking pills and I hit the gas and aimed at the pole.”

She added: “I never expected to get out of it alive. I apologized profusely. I didn’t expect to survive it and I said [police] that I tried to do it on purpose.”

The accident resulted in a concussion, broken toes and a broken wrist. Scott was charged with DUI, for which she was ordered to attend drug and alcohol counseling, serve a year of probation and pay a $900 fine, according to News from Detroit.

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She and Eminem are focused on co-parenting

Despite divorcing as a couple after a decade together, Scott told Detroit radio show Mojo in the Morning that their children are their top priority.

“We’re really close friends, we’re just trying to raise our kids together and make it as normal as possible for them,” she said in 2016 about her relationship with the artist.

She will become a grandparent

Hailie and her husband Evan will welcome their first child together in 2025 — making Scott a grandmother for the first time. The couple announced the happy news on Instagram in October 2024, sharing sonogram photos.

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