Eminem’s 19-year-old child has come out as non-binary.
The teenager made the announcement in a video posted on TikTok last week and asked fans to “call Stevie (they/her/him),” she wrote. Dailymail.
Eminem legally adopted Stevie, formerly Whitney, in 2005 after the rapper, 48, briefly reconciled with Stevie’s mother, Kim Scott, 46.
In a video posted online, Stevie shares his gender neutral journey known as “non-binary” – an umbrella term for people whose gender identity doesn’t fit comfortably with ‘man’ or ‘woman’.
Audio of the teenager crying with joy plays at the beginning of the video before a photo montage is shown to document his/her transformation over the years.
The video begins with pictures of Eminem’s child known as Whitney with the pronoun ‘she’ captioned before switching to another picture along with the pronouns ‘they/she’.
Cutting his/her blonde hair short, Stevie then taps out his/her name along with the title “all pronouns”.
Stevie wrote, “Watch me get more comfortable with myself” and “always growing and changing,” and used the gender neutral hashtag in several of the posts.
The post was liked by his sister Hailie Jade, 25, who is rapper Eminem’s biological daughter with Kim.
According to The Sun, the teenager’s new name was mentioned in their grandmother Kathleen Sluck’s obituary last month.
It read: “Kathleen was an extraordinary mother to her two daughters; Kim and Dawn; and was very happy to be a grandmother to her grandchildren; Alaina, Adam, Hailie, Stevie, PJ, and Parker.”
Stevie came out as bisexual in 2017, and at the time his Instagram bio was referred to by the pronouns he/she.
The teenager said in a since-deleted post: “Happy National Coming Out Day!’ Am I bisexual? I would like to say that you are perfect just the way you are and that love is love!? Be yourself!”.
Stevie’s biological father is Eric Hartter, a tattoo artist who died of a suspected drug overdose in 2019 after a history of substance abuse and run-ins with the law.
Kim had six-month-old Stevie after her divorce from the rapper in 2001. Eminem was already Hailie’s father at the time.
Eminem adopted Stevie in 2005 after reconciling with his ex-wife Kim and previously spoke about how he wanted to provide a stable environment for his child.
The “Slim Shady” hitmaker also has an adopted daughter Alaina, 28, whose mother is Kim’s twin sister, Dawn. Dawn died of a drug overdose in 2016.
The musician has shielded his children from the spotlight, but shared a rare insight into being a father in a 2004 interview with Rolling Stones magazine, where he also talked about Kim’s history with substance abuse.
“You can never let a child feel that it’s his or her fault for what’s going on,” he said.
You just have to let her know: “Mommy has a problem, she’s sick, and it’s not because she doesn’t love you. She loves you, but she’s sick right now, and until she gets better, you have Daddy. And I’m here.”
Meanwhile, Kim was reportedly hospitalized after a suicide attempt on July 30 of this year, reports TMZ.
It was claimed that Kim was taken to the hospital to undergo a medical and psychological evaluation, but is now at home recovering.
The rapper’s ex-wife was grieving her mother’s death and made a heartbreaking dedication saying she wished she had died instead – four days before she “tried to kill herself”.
Her mother Kathy Sluck died on July 23 at the age of 65 and her funeral was held in Michigan six days later. It is not known how she died.
Kim and Eminem married in 1999, only to go through a nasty divorce two years later during their famous and stormy romance.
They remarried in January 2006 but split again in April. Their relationship and Eminem’s rise to global fame inspired his blockbuster film 8 Mile.
Eminem and Kim’s volatile relationship is one of rap folklore – the controversial rapper has often made clips throughout his music career inspired by his personal life – talking about her murder, drug use and infidelity. /Telegraph/