Eminem has reportedly filed legal paperwork in an attempt to block a popular podcast from trademarking its name Reasonably Shady.
According to Page Six, the Detroit rapper filed an opposition against The Real Housewives of Potomac‘s Gizelle Bryant and Robyn Dixon on February 14.
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In the documents, Eminem claims his brand will be “damaged” if the reality stars are issued the trademark for their show, stating the name “Reasonably Shady” can “cause confusion in the minds of consumers” due to people knowing him as Shady and Slim Shady for most of his career.
Em currently owns the trademark for “Shady” to use on merchandise and has exclusively used “Slim Shady” and “Shady” for entertainment services since 1998.
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Dixon and Bryant filed to trademark “Reasonably Shady” with plans to sell products such as water bottles, lip gloss, sweatshirts, hats, jackets and socks.
The Reasonably Shady podcast began in 2021 and includes conversations about dating, relationships, marriage, entrepreneurs, motherhood, style, current events and more, reaching over five million downloads in under two years.
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Dixon and Bryant have yet to respond to Eminem’s notice of opposition, but have until March 26 to do so.
The pair aren’t the only ones to have used “Shady” in the name of their podcast. In July 2022, Eminem’s daughter, Hailie Jade, launched her own podcast titled Just a Little Shady.
During the first episode, Hailie Jade opened up about what life was like growing up with the rap icon as her father.
“Obviously we were in a normal public school, we never thought anything was different,” she said. “I don’t know, we had so many normal experiences that when something like that happened, I thought like, ‘Oh, everybody else does this too.’ Not realizing that like, no, that’s freaking weird.
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“It’s so fun to look back, when we have these conversations here, wherever, like thinking back as an adult, like, ‘Wow, that’s actually so surreal.’ Those memories of me thinking those were normal things, now I look back and I’m like, ‘Holy crap, that was cool.’”
