EMINEM’S former spouse Kim Mathers was seen loading up on beauty products during a day of retail therapy after taking a nap in her car.
Exclusive photos and video obtained by the U.S. Sun showed Kim stepping out with a bruised face and bandaged thumb.
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It’s not known how she got the injuries, but the 49-year-old still seemed well enough to enjoy a little retail therapy close to her home in Michigan.
Her famous ex may have retired his bleach-blonde alter ego with his new album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grace), but Kim still loves to dye her hair.
For years she had long tresses, but now wears her hair in a short, spiked ‘do which is styled with gel and is often seen with a bandana wrapped around her head.
The mom-of-four was seen snoozing outside a Sally Beauty Supply store for a little under an hour recently, before heading inside the shop where she stocked up on products.
Although Kim has the money to visit a salon, it seems prefers to do it at home.
She was seen leaving the store with at least four large bags full of items for her hair.
Her ex stopped dying his hair blonde many years ago and prefers to stay brunette with a beard, as seen on recent outings and at their daughter Hailie Jade’s wedding.
Kim, who prefers to live a more reclusive life than her ex, was reunited with her ex at the ceremony in Detroit as Hailie, 29, tied the knot with fiance Evan McClintock.
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TATTOO COLLECTION
In recent years, Kim has added dozens of tattoos to her collection and is now heavily inked with a variety of large designs.
She covered up a huge tribal tattoo on her top right arm with a gothic inking and added the word “Artemis” in large writing.
In Greek mythology, Artemis is said to be the daughter of Zeus and Leto and is the goddess of the moon, wild animals, and “the hunt.”
Kim, who has been open about her time in rehab and mental health struggles, also has the words “born, regret” tattooed on her neck.
She added the phrase “some destruction is beautiful” as well as a cross design on her left shoulder.
Among her other big inkings is a giant colorful Cheshire Cat design down her top left arm, as she previously told The U.S. Sun she is a big fan of Alice In Wonderland.
For her outing this month, she showed off her inkings in a white vest top, pairing it with slim-fit jeans and white Nike sneakers.
She accessorized with a chain, bracelets, and rings and was seen strolling across a parking lot carrying a small purple purse.
The U.S. Sun exclusively revealed last year that Kim is doing much better since her mental health scare following her mom Kathy Sluck’s death in 2022.
She received treatment for addiction at a center in Detroit, Michigan.
Kim Mathers’ turbulent past
Eminem’s ex hasn’t had an easy ride over the years but is now thriving having spent time in rehab and rebuilding her relationship with the star. Here’s a look back at her rollercoaster life.
Teen runaway
At just 13, Kim reportedly ran away from an abusive home and was taken in by Marshall’s mum, Debbie Nelson, who described her as a “tall, sulky blonde girl” in her memoir.
“[She said she] had no idea who their real father was, and claimed to have been sexually abused by her stepfather,” Debbie wrote.
Pregnant at 21
Kim and Marshall fell in love and she gave birth to Hailie Jade on Christmas Day 1995.
They moved back to the trailer but Eminem claimed it was impossible to live there because of Debbie’s drug habit and they were in and out of her home.
“My mother did a lot of dope and s***, a lot of pills — so she had mood swings,” he told Rolling Stone.
First marriage
The pair had a volatile relationship and often split up but ended up tying the knot on June 14, 1999.
They split after just a year, finalizing their divorce in 2001, and Kim sued over abusive lyrics about her in his songs which she claimed caused her to attempt suicide.
The pair settled for an undisclosed sum and agreed on a custody arrangement for Hailie.
Second marriage
Kim had another child, Stevie Laine, but the couple couldn’t stay apart.
Marshall ended up adopting Stevie and Kim’s niece Alaina as her mom Dawn was struggling with addiction.
The pair got married again in 2006, but Kim was reluctant to go through with it and after 45 days Marshall left.
Kim went on to have a son, Parker, although little is known about his father.
2015 car crash
The mom-of-four struggled with depression and addiction and in October 2015 drove her Cadillac Escalade into a telephone pole.
She later apologized and admitted she had tried to take her own life.
“I sat at the end of a road where I knew that no one else but myself would get hurt,” she told US radio station 95.5 WKQI.
Sister’s death
Just months after the crash, in January 2016, Kim’s twin sister Dawn Scott was found dead from a heroin overdose in a trailer park.
She had been homeless for two years and Kim had been caring for her daughter Alaina full-time.
Kim said Marshall had been “very supportive,” explaining, “We are very close friends; we are just trying to raise our kids together and make it as normal for them as possible.”
2017 apology
The rapper apologized for the way he treated Kim in his 2017 song, Bad Husband, and the pair’s relationship grew stronger.
He rapped: “We might have loved each other too much/ And maybe that’s what made us do what we did to each other/ All the screw-ups.”
Mom’s death & suicide attempt
Kim was left devastated when her mom Kathy Sluck, 65, died on July 23, 2021, after her health deteriorated.
Just days after her mom’s funeral Kim again tried to take her own life, but was saved by one of her children who phoned 911 after finding her surrounded by pills in the bathroom.
Rehab and weddings
She underwent treatment and has since been doing much better, while Marshall has continued to support her.
In the past two years, she has celebrated the weddings of both Hailie and Alaina and told The U.S. Sun she is very close to her children.
Hailie is Eminem’s only biological child with Kim but they adopted Alaina in the early 2000s before her mom, Kim’s sister Dawn Scott, died of a drug overdose.
Alaina was raised by Kim and Eminem, real name Marshall Mathers, and calls them mom and dad.
Eminem also later adopted Kim’s child from her first marriage to Eric Hartter, who now uses they/them pronouns and goes by Stevie Laine.
All three of the rapper’s children, along with his brother Nathan, are mentioned on his new album, his first record in four years.
Stevie and Aliana have both appeared on Hailie’s podcast, Just A Little Shady, while her parents have never recorded with their daughter.
Kim also has a fourth child, Parker, who lives with her and is believed to be in his teens and was last seen with his mom grabbing pizza in photographs published last year.
Eminem and his ex have had a tumultuous relationship over the years, having been married from 1999 to 2001.
She sued the star for defamation days after he filed for divorce over the violent lyrics in his song, Kim.
They settled out of court and later reconciled and remarried in 2006, before splitting again only a year later.
Kim spoke about their difficult relationship on ABC’s 20/20 in 2007, in which she addressed rumors about what went wrong during their marriage.
“Money is great, but it doesn’t make your husband stay at home with you,” she said of her ex.
But they are believed to have overcome their differences in recent years and put the past behind them for the sake of their children.
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