Eminem‘s teenaged child Stevie appears to have called out their father for not revealing that they were adopted.
In a TikTok video posted a week ago, Stevie — who came out as non-binary shortly afterward and alternates between they, he and she pronouns — seemed to recount a conversation with the 48-year-old rapper about being adopted.
The clip featured repeated denials that they were adopted, before they learned that their biological father had died last year.
Stevie is the biological child of Eminem’s ex-wife Kim Scott and the late tattoo artist Eric Hartter, whom she was linked to during a period when she had separated from the musician. He died in 2020.
Eminem later adopted them in 2005 after he and Scott reconciled. The couple got married in 2006 but divorced again before the year was over.
Stevie sported short blonde hair and a gray hoodie in the video, which was filmed exclusively in closeup.
He lip synced along to captions that seemed to recount a real-life incident in which someone had informed him that he was adopted.
Adopted: Stevie is the biological child of Eminem’s ex-wife Kim Scott and the late tattoo artist Eric Hartter, whom she was linked to during a period when she had separated from the musician; Eminem seen in January 2020 in Hollywood
Breaking the news: The teen lip synced along to captions that seemed to recount a real-life incident in which someone had informed them that they were adopted
Investigation: They appeared to recount a conversation in which Eminem falsely claimed to be their biological father after they asked about their birth
‘He’s not your real dad,’ said the unnamed person. ‘You’re adopted.’
Stevie appeared to lip sync a denial, before approaching their adopted father (given name: Marshall Mathers III), though the rapper seemed to have falsely claimed to be their biological father.
‘Youre my real dad right? am i adopted [sic]?’ they recounted asking.
‘I am your real dad,’ the father figure allegedly replied.
Then Stevie claimed they were ‘sent an article of my biological dads death [sic],’ which they showed to their grandmother.
‘im sorry they wouldn’t tell you about him,’ Stevie recounted her grandmother saying.
They concluded the video by lip syncing the line ‘That must be so confusing for a little girl’ from the Adventure Time song Remember Me, which soundtracked the video.
Too late: Stevie appeared to get confirmation that they were adopted after their biological father died, meaning they would never get a chance to speak with him
Family: Eminem adopted Stevie in 2005 after he and Scott reconciled. The couple got married in 2006 but divorced again before the year was over
Shortly after posting the video about their adoption, Stevie shared a TikTok video announcing that they were genderfluid.
The teenager asked fans to ‘call me Stevie (they/she/he)’.
In a video posted on the social media site, Stevie shows their journey to being open about being genderfluid — a term for people who find that their connection to any particular gender can change over time, sometimes rapidly.
Eminem’s child Stevie now identifies as gender fluid
Announcement: Eminem’s 19-year-old child came out as non-binary last week and asked fans to ‘call me Stevie’
Audio of the teenager crying with joy is played at the start of the video before a montage of photos is shown to document their transformation over the years.
The video begins with snaps of Eminem’s child being known as Whitney with ‘she/ her pronouns’ captioned before transitioning into photos alongside the pronouns ‘they/ her’ 19 seconds in.
Cutting their blonde hair short and sporting a nose piercing, Stevie then poignantly reveals their name alongside the caption ‘all pronouns’.
Family: Eminem legally adopted Stevie, formerly known as Whitney, in 2005 after the rapper, 48, reconciled with Stevie’s mother Kim Scott (pictured in 2015)
Tight bond: The musician has shielded his children from the spotlight but shared a rare insight into being a father as he said in an interview in 2004: ‘You’ve got Daddy. And I’m here’
Stevie wrote: ‘Watch me become more comfortable with myself’ and ‘forever growing and changing’, and has used the hashtags ‘#genderfluid and #bi and in several posts.
He also previously used the hashtag ‘#nonbinary,’ but it appeared to have been deleted later.
The post was liked by their sister Hailie Jade, 25, who is Eminem’s biological daughter with Kim.
According to The Sun, the teenager’s new name was referenced in their grandmother Kathleen Sluck’s obituary last month.
It read: ‘Kathleen was a exceptional mom to her two daughters; Kim and Dawn; and was overjoyed to become a grandmother to her grandchildren; Alaina, Adam, Hailie, Stevie, P.J., and Parker.’