Gizelle Bryant is not only retaining Eminem off her playlists; her complete family is on a Slim Shady shutdown.
The “Actual Housewives Of Potomac” star revealed that her children now flip off the radio at any time when the rapper comes on, a results of his ongoing authorized battle along with her and co-host Robyn Dixon over the identify of their podcast.
The dispute started in 2023 when Gizelle Bryant and Robyn Dixon utilized to trademark “Fairly Shady,” the title of their podcast, a transfer Eminem legally challenged, claiming it was too near his personal “Slim Shady” model.
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Gizelle Bryant Says Eminem Is Off-Limits In Her House
Bryant, who shares daughters Grace, 20, and 19-year-old twins Angel and Adore, says her children are fast to close off any music that includes Eminem. “If it comes on the radio, within the automotive, my children could be like, ‘That is Eminem. Flip it. My children are on prime of it. They know. No, no Eminem for us,” she shared.
The music snub comes amid an ongoing authorized dispute between Bryant and Dixon and the rap icon. Bryant instructed PEOPLE that the method has dragged on longer than anticipated.
“The Eminem lawsuit continues to be going. We’re on the tail finish, however you must perceive,it is like a Patent and Commerce difficulty, they usually have their very own timeline for when it is over. So we’re on their timeline,” she defined.
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Talking of the drama, she added, “I discover it to be foolishness. I need it to be over, for positive.” Curiously, whereas Eminem’s music is off the desk, Bryant says her household nonetheless listens to Dr. Dre regardless of his shut ties to the rapper.
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The ‘Actual Housewives Of Potomac’ Star Says ‘Fairly Shady’ Is Nonetheless Thriving
Bryant is just not letting a trademark struggle with Eminem decelerate her podcast success. The mother-of-three says her podcast with Dixon, continues to be going robust even because the authorized battle over its identify continues.
“Fairly Shady, it is nonetheless up and working. And we’re like 10 million downloads robust in our fifth season,” Bryant shared.
The rapper, whose full identify is Marshall Mathers III, objected to the “Fairly Shady” trademark, citing potential confusion together with his well-known Slim Shady persona. The nickname has been tied to Eminem since his 1999 album “The Slim Shady LP.”
Mathers has pushed again legally, requesting a protecting order and arguing that testifying could be a burden given his “restricted data of the themes at difficulty.”
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The Actuality TV Women Pushed To Depose The Singer After Preliminary Denial
Bryant and Dixon weren’t able to again down after their first try and query Eminem in court docket was denied. The podcast hosts pushed ahead of their authorized battle by submitting a brand new request to depose the songwriter.
As reported by The Blast, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Workplace dominated in September 2024 that Bryant and Dixon may solely depose Eminem’s supervisor, not the artist himself.
In October, Bryant and Dixon responded with a request for reconsideration. They argued, “Mr. Mathers’ deposition is important in figuring out possession, validity of rights, way of thinking that pertains to fame, together with precise confusion points, and present use.”
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Additionally they claimed that being restricted to a third-party witness whereas dealing with a Movement for Abstract Judgement would forestall them from mounting a correct protection.
The Rapper Argued The Podcast Title Would Confuse The Public
Eminem and his authorized group pushed again laborious in opposition to Bryant and Dixon’s try and trademark their podcast identify, claiming it may mislead the general public and injury a model he spent years constructing.
The 52-year-old, by way of his attorneys, filed a proper opposition to the trademark utility, arguing that he had spent a long time establishing possession of the “Shady” identify.
He holds emblems for Slim Shady, Shady, and Shady Restricted, which have all been a part of his identification since his rise to fame within the late ’90s. Eminem’s group mentioned permitting the “Fairly Shady” trademark may make folks suppose he was concerned with the podcast or any associated merchandise.
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His lawyer argued that the podcast identify was too comparable in “look, sound, and business impression,” and would probably “trigger confusion and mistake and to deceive.”
Eminem Dodged Deposition, Citing Restricted Involvement
The daddy-of-three managed to keep away from being deposed within the trademark dispute, arguing that his direct involvement within the matter was minimal and that showing in court docket would place an pointless burden on him.
Eminem instructed the court docket that his private testimony wouldn’t add worth to the case, since he was not intently concerned within the day-to-day dealing with of the Shady model.
The artist recognized three people he felt had been higher suited to testify. His authorized group named his longtime supervisor, Paul Rosenberg, Common Music Group’s Chief Advertising Officer, Eric Hahn, and licensing govt, Stuart Parr, as having extra related perception.
Gizelle Bryant’s stance in opposition to Eminem’s music reveals she is just not backing down in her struggle to maintain issues “Fairly Shady.”
