Eminem takes ex-wife to court

US rapper Eminem plans to tell a judge that his ex-wife should stop criticising and insulting him in public because it could harm their 11-year-old daughter, Hailie.

The Grammy and Oscar-winning rapper has filed a motion seeking to prevent Kim Mathers from making “derogatory, disparaging, inflammatory and otherwise negative comments”, The Detroit News reported.

Kim Mathers has blasted Eminem in recent television and radio interviews, including one last month on a Detroit radio station in which she said he was unfaithful and uncaring – and disparaged his sexual prowess.

“Complicating the situation for the child is the fact that her father is an internationally-known public figure,” the motion reads

“It is simply impossible for her to be shielded from the kind of media campaign currently being waged by (Kim) against (Eminem).”

The rap superstar, whose real name is Marshall Mathers, is scheduled to appear today in court on the motion, which was filed on March 16.

During the past decade, the pair have become one of Detroit’s most talked-about couples, thanks to the on-again, off-again nature of their relationship. They also have struggled with substance abuse and have had run-ins with the law.

They had Hailie in 1996, married in 1999, divorced in 2001, remarried in January 2006 and separated three months later. Their second divorce was finalised in December.