Who is Stevie Laine Mathers? Eminem's adopted non-binary child prefers life away from the spotlight
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Rap sensation Eminem has spoken about his daughter Hailie in several of his tracks. But many might not know that the 50-year-old global celebrity is also the father of two other kids, Stevie Laine Mathers, who is the youngest, and Alaina Mathers, who is the oldest.
Adopted by the couple in the 1990s, Alaina's biological mother is Dawn Scott, the late sister of Eminem's ex-wife Kim. However, 20-year-old Stevie is Kim's biological child and was conceived following the rapper and Kim's split.
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Stevie was adopted by Eminem in 2005
Eric Hartter is their biological father, but after Kim and Eminem rekindled their romance in 2005, the rapper—real name, Marshall Mathers—adopted Stevie as his own. By the end of 2006, they had divorced once more after getting remarried the same year. After years of drug abuse, Hartter died in August 2019 from an overdose of cocaine and fentanyl at an abandoned home in Detroit, Michigan, as per Daily Mail.
Stevie came out as non-binary in 2021
After coming out as non-binary two years ago, Stevie now leads a tranquil life in Michigan with their long-distance lover, TikToker Declan Jace, cat Sully, and pet dog. 20-year-old Stevie, born as Whitney, declared on their TikTok channel in 2021 that they were gender flexible and would henceforth alternate using the pronouns he, she, and they. They talked about "becoming more comfortable" with themselves in a TikTok video they posted on their gender identity, which featured previous pictures of themselves.
Stevie has also shared brief glimpses on their TikTok channel of what it was like to grow up as the daughter of Eminem and Kim Scott while maintaining their gender identity and sexual orientation. Stevie recently said in a video that they once searched for "girls kissing" on their mother's iPad and then blamed a cousin when Kim questioned them about it.
Lainey and Hailie, Stevie's older sisters, have also previously shared some information about their youngest sibling. However, most of Stevie's revelations about their lives and upbringing are made through their TikTok videos. The sisters joked about how Stevie was given more freedom when she was younger while they experienced stricter upbringings on Hailie's 'Just a Little Shady' podcast, which bears the name of her father's alter ego, Slim Shady. As the oldest child, Alaina remembered how her sisters seemed to get away with more while she was "always getting in trouble."