Eminem talks about divorcing his wife for the second time

Rapper Eminem has spoken out about divorcing his wife for the second time after she made comments the marriage failed because of his drug addiction reports BBC

As news of their most-recent divorce broke, convicted felon Kim Mathers called a Detroit-area radio station on Thursday to tell her story. On the morning radio call-in, Kim said that trouble between the two had started even before their wedding in January reports PerezHilton.

"He's having problems with, you know, his problem that he had," she said, referring to the sleeping-pill addiction for which Eminem sought treatment last summer.

"Right after he came home from his rehab, we started to have a few problems, and I thought it was going to be in our best interest to delay the wedding. But he really pushed it and I thought it was really going to be something that worked this time."

Kim added, "I don't really necessarily want to get divorced. I was hoping he was going to come home and say, 'I got us a counselor, let's go.' "

But Eminem hit back, denying he was suffering from drug problems and adding she was aware they were divorcing.

He said: "The details surrounding both my marriage and subsequent filing for divorce are private, and I had hoped to keep them that way for the sake of my family.

"However, 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."

He added: "We both tried to give our marriage another chance and quickly realised that a wedding doesn't fix the underlying problems."

The pair, who were childhood sweethearts, first married in 1999 but they soon separated and began a high-profile custody battle for their daughter Hailie.

Eminem wrote a song called Kim in which he fantasised about killing her.