Rapper Eminem denies his addiction to prescription sleeping pills has anything to do with his latest filing for divorce from his wife, Kimberly.
Kimberly Mathers told a Detroit radio station Thursday she was blindsided by her husband's divorce filing and went on to say Marshall Mathers III was still "having problems" despite undergoing treatment in August for a dependency on sleeping pills, "Entertainment Tonight" reported Friday.
The rapper released a statement later that day through his publicist, saying "a few of Kim's statements in a radio interview this morning need to be addressed.
"First, her allegations regarding my status post-rehab are both untrue and unfortunate. Second, she was aware that I was filing for divorce. We both tried to give our marriage another chance and quickly realized that a wedding doesn't fix the underlying problems."
The high school sweethearts were married from 1999 to 2001 then tied the knot again in January of this year.
They have a 10-year-old daughter.
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