Fans of Eminem’s music remember that a lot of the controversies involved his fractured relationship with his mother, then Debbie Mathers and now Debbie Nelson-Mathers, also known as Debbie Nelson and Debbie Mathers-Briggs. Where is Eminem’s mom now?
Today, Eminem’s mother is 67 years old and largely keeps out of the public eye. Eminem reached out to his mother in a 2014 music video. The lyrics for that song said they were still estranged but, in it, he apologized and indicated he wanted to repair their relationship. He put the blame for his tough upbringing on his absent father in that song. Eminem’s father died in 2019.
“But I’m sorry mama for ‘Cleanin’ Out My Closet,’ at the time I was angry,” Eminem wrote in the song. It’s called “Headlights.”
I went in headfirst, never thinkin’ about who, what I said hurt
In what verse, my mom probably got it the worst
The brunt of it, but as stubborn as we are, did I take it too far?
“Cleanin’ Out My Closet” and all them other songs
But regardless, I don’t hate you ’cause, Ma
You’re still beautiful to me, ’cause you’re my Ma
According to the Sun, Eminem forgave his mother in 2013.
Debbie has continued to have a tough life. In 2006, Eminem paid his mother’s medical bills. Then named Debbie Mathers-Briggs, she was suffering from “stage four breast cancer,” according to The Irish Examiner, which reported she wanted to repair her relationship with her son even back then.
Despite her breast cancer diagnosis, Eminem’s mom today is still alive, not dead.
Here’s what you need to know:
Eminem’s mother was born in Missouri and had Eminem when she was only 15 years old, according to The Sun; Marshall Bruce Mathers II, Eminem’s father, abandoned the family when Eminem was young. Debbie had many jobs and raised Eminem in poverty near Detroit, Michigan.
Debbie married a man named John Briggs and has three grandchildren, according to The Sun. The Famous People reports that she opened a taxi service in her hometown of St. Joseph, Missouri. Online records in 2022 do show her with a P.O. box in St. Joseph, Missouri, and Ancestry.com records show her living in St. Joseph as recently as 2019. Online records also show her affiliated with a classic cab and limousine company. Records give John Briggs’ address in different communities throughout Michigan, including Warren, where Debbie raised Eminem.
A wedding announcement obtained via Newspapers.com, shows that Debbie Rae Mathers married John Williams Briggs in about 1998, according to the St. Joseph News Press.
Debbie has a son named Nathan Kane Mathers with another man. He is Eminem’s half brother.
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