Once the power balance between Eminem and Kim became completely unbalanced, their connection was replaced by a relationship defined by jealousy, anger, addiction, and betrayal. For example, according to reports, Eminem got in legal trouble for attacking a man he saw kissing Kim. For her part, Kim admits stepping out on her marriage to Eminem in an attempt to no longer feel lonely. “I had low self-esteem. I just really wanted attention and love from somebody.”
After that incident, Eminem and Kim got divorced for the first time. Five years later, the couple remarried only to divorce a second time shortly thereafter. During another one of Kim’s rare interviews, she blamed the second divorce on the strange way Eminem handled a dispute between her and his brother.
“There was a disagreement between me and his brother,” Kim stated. “Inappropriate behavior that his brother had. That’s what it was. The next morning, there was a note in the bathroom that said, ‘I’m going to the other house. I need to clear my head.’”
Kim went on to say, “I’m so confused about the whole thing. He didn’t even come around for a month after that. He didn’t come to see the kids, he wasn’t calling me. He didn’t return phone calls, I didn’t know what the heck was going on. Then his attorney’s assistant comes to the door and serves me papers.”