Gizelle Bryant Talks Family’s Reaction To Eminem

Gizelle Bryant is not only holding Eminem off her playlists; her total family is on a Slim Shady shutdown.

The “Real Housewives Of Potomac” star revealed that her children now flip off the radio every time the rapper comes on, a results of his ongoing authorized battle along with her and co-host Robyn Dixon over the title of their podcast.

The dispute started in 2023 when Gizelle Bryant and Robyn Dixon utilized to trademark “Moderately Shady,” the title of their podcast, a transfer Eminem legally challenged, claiming it was too near his personal “Slim Shady” model.

Bryant, who shares daughters Grace, 20, and 19-year-old twins Angel and Adore, says her children are fast to close off any tune that includes Eminem. “If it comes on the radio, within the automotive, my children can 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 advised PEOPLE that the method has dragged on longer than anticipated.

“The Eminem lawsuit continues to be going. We’re on the tail finish, however it’s a must to perceive,it is like a Patent and Commerce subject, they usually have their very own timeline for when it is over. So we’re on their timeline,” she defined.

Talking of the drama, she added, “I discover it to be foolishness. I would like it to be over, for certain.” 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.

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 sturdy even because the authorized battle over its title continues.

“Moderately Shady, it is nonetheless up and operating. And we’re like 10 million downloads sturdy in our fifth season,” Bryant shared. 

The rapper, whose full title is Marshall Mathers III, objected to the “Moderately 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 can be a burden given his “restricted data of the themes at subject.”

Bryant and Dixon weren’t able to again down after their first try and query Eminem in courtroom 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 might 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, frame of mind that pertains to fame, together with precise confusion points, and present use.”

In addition 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.

Eminem and his authorized crew pushed again exhausting towards Bryant and Dixon’s try and trademark their podcast title, claiming it might mislead the general public and harm a model he spent years constructing.

The 52-year-old, by means of his attorneys, filed a proper opposition to the trademark utility, arguing that he had spent many years establishing possession of the “Shady” title. 

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 crew mentioned permitting the “Moderately Shady” trademark might make folks assume he was concerned with the podcast or any associated merchandise.

His legal professional argued that the podcast title was too related in “look, sound, and industrial impression,” and would probably “trigger confusion and mistake and to deceive.”