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Lauren LaRosa
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Lauren LaRosa
Hey y', all, what's up? It's Lauren Therosa and this is the latest with Lauren the Rosa. This is your daily dig on all things pop culture, entertainment news and all of the conversations that shake the room, baby. Now, today, hopping right on into the latest, because I got some details for y'.
Giselle Bryant or Robin Dixon
All.
Lauren LaRosa
Okay, so it's like details, but it's giving the tea because I'm about to really take y' all on into this story. So today, there was a story that broke. There were some documents that were filed, and Giselle Bryant and Robin Dixon of the Reasonably Shady Podcast. You guys know they are our podcast cousins, which means they are also a podcast here on the Black Effect Network, are being accused of harassment by Eminem. By rapper Eminem. Y' all are probably like, wait, what? For anybody who doesn't know the background of the story, hearing Eminem and Real Housewives of any sort in the same sentence is like, how did we even get here? Don't worry, y'. All. I got you. So listen, Giselle Bryant and Robin Dixon created their podcast some years ago. They created their podcast back in February. I'm sorry. They created their podcast back in May of 2021 when they created the podcast Reasonably Shady. And if you guys watch their show, you understand that, of course, the title of the podcast is a play off of how they get into things and topics and, you know, just their personalities and what they're known for on the Real Housewives of Atlanta, or, you know, formerly Real House of Wives of Atlanta, because Robin is alum. Giselle is still actively on the show. But, yeah, I mean, it fits. Never in a million years when I first saw that they launched this podcast would I think that Eminem would be like, hold on. Wait, what that Shady? That's all mine. But it happened. And I remember when this story broke, because what happened was. So they launched a podcast in May of 2021. They then went on to file a trademark trademark application for the name Reasonably Shady in February following the date that they launched. Now, when they went to go and file this trademark, Eminem opposed the trademark application in February of 2023. And when he opposed it, he argued that his brand would be damaged if the ladies obtained the trademark because of the things that they would be talking about. And he alleged, you know, there's that thing that people always do when they try and push back on a trademark application where they talk about, you know, people being confused and the consumers would be confused. And he says consumers who have known him by Slim Shady or shady since the 90s would be confused. He says he also owns the trademark for Shady for merchandise shoes. So he's arguing, and he's pushing back right now that following month after. So the month after March, March, 2023. After Eminem pushback, Gisele Bryant and Robin Dixon's attorney gave a statement to some outlets, and he said, Robin Dixon and Gisele Bryant deny any likelihood of confusion between Eminem's trademarks and their reasonably shady podcast trademark. We are prepared to defend any allegations against them regarding their intellectual property. All right, so that is the background on how we got here. Now, there's been some back and forth since this. This has been ongoing since 2023. At this point, there were conversations about depositions. I know that Robin and Giselle were deposed by Eminem's attorneys, but this has been. I mean, in my opinion, this has been the greatest publicity for their podcast that anyone could ask for. I mean, their podcast makes headlines. We talked about them literally this week in a pre. A previous episode where they talked about K. Michelle potentially joining the Real Housewives of Atlanta. And K. Michelle then responded to that. And that picked up everywhere.
Giselle Bryant or Robin Dixon
Right.
Lauren LaRosa
But of course, these are women who have a huge audience because of the platform of, you know, housewives that they were on for. For as long as, you know, for as long as a lot of people can remember Pomaic. So, you know, it's not like they need the reach of the publicity moment, but it's a good one if you're going to make one. So in the headlines today, Eminem says that they are harassing him because after they were deposed, Giselle Bryant and Robin Dixon, now it's Eminem's turn to be deposed. They're asking for Eminem to be deposed by their attorneys. So his attorneys and their attorneys are going back and forth, or they have been going back and forth. They're trying to figure out when he's going to be deposed. Originally, they had agreed to October 29th of this year for the deposition for Eminem, and then things went haywire. They couldn't agree on the time, you know, Giselle and Robin felt like. Giselle and Robin felt like, you know, because Eminem's attorney had basically said, look, y' all want 11am Eastern Standard Time? He's asking for 2pm it's very hard to get Eminem to sit down for a deposition. Take him when you can get them, is my advice to you. But if we need to. And he also said, can we make sure that it's, you know, less than two hours? Because we made sure you guys. Deposition was less than two hours, but we'll say as late as you need. They took that as you basically like, you better be lucky we even sitting down for this deposition. Like, do you know who this is? This is Eminem, girl. Okay, y' all better be lucky we even giving y' all the time. We give y' all take. Take it or leave it. And they're saying, no, that's not fair. That's not how these things work. So I reached out to Giselle and I. I called her on the way here into the podcast, and I'm like, listen. And when I called her, she was like, hello? Cause when I called people, because there's. People are so used to me calling, being like, hey, such and such is happening. What's going on? You got a statement? You know, she was a little bit apprehensive at first when I called her, but me and her know each other. We did a few Black Effect events together, but she was just more so, like, what did I do, Lauren? Like, why are you calling? But I asked her if she would speak to you guys, our low riders, just about what's going on, so y' all could hear right from her, because Eminem is accusing them of harassment. So I'm like, who better to speak than those in question, Giselle Bryant or Robin Dixon? So let's give Giselle a call, and she knows we're calling.
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Giselle Bryant or Robin Dixon
Hey. Hi.
Lauren LaRosa
Hi. Okay, so we're taping. So you're on the podcast now. The Latest with Lauren LaRosa. You're here with my audience. I call them the Lowriders. And they are going to be so excited to hear from you.
Giselle Bryant or Robin Dixon
Great. Can't wait.
Lauren LaRosa
Well, okay, so I just gave them some background on everything that has been happening to catch him up, you know, from the time you guys created the podcast to filing for the trademark and Eminem's team pushing back on the trademark. And, you know, talking about this would confuse the audience and it would damage his brand. But today, the story broke via Us Weekly and Page Six, that Eminem is accusing you guys of harassment because there was a disagreement or. Or not even a disagreement, but there was no agreement to be reached on a time of the deposition that he's supposed to sit down on.
Giselle Bryant or Robin Dixon
Right? So backstory. His attorneys deposed Robin and I separately. Right? And in doing that, they asked for. For the day, the complete day. And you know, when we finish is when we finish, but they asked for the complete day, and that is what we gave them. And in turn, that is what we're asking for from him. He could only come up with a 2 o' clock start time of the day, and that's just, like, not sufficient. So we're not harassing the mayor. We're just asking for what we were asked to do, which was give the seven hours in the day a nine to five situation. So he finally came up with, I think, a day that he could sit, I think at two o'. Clock. And my attorney told his attorney that she works until five. That is when she's done. Because they said that, well, they said, hey, we can find people to work after hours to, you know, if. If Eminem were to go after hours in the deposition, we can find people to. To work, you know, after hours. And my attorney rightly so said, look, I don't work after hours, so, no, that's not going to work. And it's not unreasonable to ask for nine, ten o' clock start time.
Lauren LaRosa
Right.
Giselle Bryant or Robin Dixon
Especially when he said, no, he wasn't going to be deposed for like a year. So we had to depose his manager, Paul Rosen Rosenberg, which we did. And then finally Patton and Trey said, no, you know, if Marshall Mathers is the person that is listed that is opposing our trademark, then he should be deposed. So we're not harassing him. We would just like for this to be done in the same frame that was done to me and Robert.
Lauren LaRosa
So his attorneys mentioned that they. There was Also something mentioned in docs about you back and forth where his attorney said, oh, is there a way that. Okay, so here's the time, and I know you guys oppose the time, but also they had actually asked if the deposition could be two hours or less because that's what they. That's the amount of time they took with you guys. But you're saying that you guys gave them a full day?
Giselle Bryant or Robin Dixon
We gained the money. They asked for a full day. And. And so I took a full day off of my. Of my time. Like, I cleared my day for the deposition. It just so happened that his attorneys didn't have any more questions to ask after we told them that, no, we did not start Name our podcast Reasonably Shady after Eminem. So, like, there's nothing more to discuss. Yeah, my lawyer's position is like, look, she doesn't know. Is he going to talk slow? Is he going to have to take a million bathroom breaks? Is he going to answer the question adequately? So it is standard to clear your schedule for the day and give a seven hours.
Lauren LaRosa
And then there's the, you know, the kind of like the take it or leave it. I know you guys kind of felt like when they changed, when they suggested what they suggested about the time. As far as he's busy, if this is the time you can get him, we suggest that you do it. There was like a. Oh, we feel like, you know, they're saying, we'll take it or leave it, and that's not fair. How does. Like, so what is the Patent and Trademark Office saying to you guys after. You guys, of course, are opposing all of these things, and they're kind of seeing, you know, how this is playing out, where the availability, you know, from what you're saying isn't being made the same way. Like, have you heard from the Patent Trademark Office yet?
Giselle Bryant or Robin Dixon
So it is with them now. But. But my position on that is to take it or leave it is crazy to me because that's not how we did business with them. They asked for specific days. We gave it to them. And for Eminem to say, he's so busy. Lauren, I have seven jobs. I'm busy, too, so. But I cleared my schedule and so did Robin for this, for this whole situation. And the take it or leave it is even more crazy. When he filed the petition, we were minding our business. He is coming up against us. So we think that if you're going to come up against our patent, our trademark, you would find the time to be deposed.
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Lauren LaRosa
Very true. There at no Point. Did he like him or his manager, you know, Rosenberg, like, they never just reached out and said, let's find, like, a happy medium here. Like, this, to me, is kind of like the. It's a very far stretch between the two worlds.
Giselle Bryant or Robin Dixon
I. Not kind of. Kind of. Yes, we've been offered something that's not reasonable.
Lauren LaRosa
Okay. Monetary. Okay.
Giselle Bryant or Robin Dixon
I. My position is we've gone this far. This is. I don't know. We. In year two of this nonsense, we're going to go to the end of the road, but everything is now with patent trade, and they're going to come back with, I guess, their findings or their rulings or whatever.
Lauren LaRosa
When you guys were offered. Like, when they tried to offer, I guess, like. Like, it's kind of almost like a settlement type of thing. Like a. Is it.
Giselle Bryant or Robin Dixon
I want to say that. No, I don't want to say that they offered a settlement. I want to say that there was some language of kind of like a happy medium, so to speak, and it. I wasn't happy, and it wasn't medium.
Lauren LaRosa
Are you able to tell us what that. Wait, first of all, you get on my nerves. I wasn't happy, and it was a medium. Are you able to give us any. Like, what that was. Was it that you guys couldn't do the podcast or Shady would have to be removed? Like, are you able to give us anything on, like, what it was that they actually asked without telling us what they offered?
Giselle Bryant or Robin Dixon
I don't think legally I can say that.
Lauren LaRosa
Okay.
Giselle Bryant or Robin Dixon
So. So. But I. I will tell you when this is all over for sure.
Lauren LaRosa
Okay. Got you. And then my final question is, there. The Eminem's attorney gave a statement to an outlet, and he says, or no, this is actually from the document. I'm sorry, I read that wrong. In the document, they say, refusal to cooperate and insistence on filing a motion over three hours, start time difference, prove that their pursuit of this deposition is designed to harass any response to that statement.
Giselle Bryant or Robin Dixon
Totally. That's a stretch. And if. If it is designed to harass, then I will say his lawyers harassed me because, again, I cleared my schedule for the day because that is what his attorney asked of us. So you can't ask me and Robin, two very busy black women, to do something that Eminem can and will not do.
Lauren LaRosa
Got it. Well, thank you. And, I mean, we love Reasonably Shady. So I hope y' all figure this out. Cause I don't know what else to call y'.
Giselle Bryant or Robin Dixon
All.
Lauren LaRosa
Like, I really. I was sitting here thinking. I'm like, well, what else Would they be like? Cause it is very, you know, in our, in the opening of this podcast, before I called you, I said it's very. It's on. It's so on brand for y', all with y' all personalities, the way y' all cover the topics, y' all talk about, your, your Personas on the show. It's, you know, the shade is there, but y' all can be reasonable. So where else do you go from here? Like, I just don't know.
Giselle Bryant or Robin Dixon
I, I don't know anyone that listens to the podcast that knows about Robin and I that listens to Reasonably Shady that thought about Eminem in any capacity. So this an issue like the patent trademark of it all. It's like no one thinks about Eminem. No one thinks about Slim Shady. And quite frankly, he didn't stole shady from the black community anyway. So, you know, I don't even understand why we have gone down this road, but we gonna be Reasonably shady, Lauren. Don't you worry.
Lauren LaRosa
Okay.
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Lauren LaRosa
Well, thank you so much. Enjoy your Thanksgiving. I know you're probably in the kitchen getting ready to cook. I'm about to head on home and start to do the same myself. I appreciate you for tapping on in with the latest. I really appreciate you.
Giselle Bryant or Robin Dixon
All right, thank you.
Lauren LaRosa
Alrighty, bye. Well, guys, you have it right here. I don't know what's gonna happen basically, but if and whatever happens next, you guys will hear it right here first on the Latest with Lauren LaRosa because at the end of the day, there's always a lot to talk about. But my lowriders, I tell you every episode, I am appreciative that you guys decide to be right here with me. It is my job, my due diligence, and I'm honestly starting to believe this is my calling to be in these people's business. Okay. To bring you updates first, foremost, but also make sure you know what is going on lately because this is the latest. I'll catch you guys in my next episode. Enjoy your Thanksgiving.
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Episode: Reasonably Shady vs. Slim Shady: The Legal Battle Breaking the Internet
Date: November 27, 2025
Host: Loren LaRosa
Key Guest: Giselle Bryant (of “Reasonably Shady” podcast)
This episode dives into the headline-making legal dispute between the “Reasonably Shady” podcast hosts (Giselle Bryant and Robyn Dixon of Real Housewives of Potomac/Atlanta fame) and rap superstar Eminem, over the trademark “Reasonably Shady.” Loren breaks down the drama, contextualizes trademark battles in the pop culture sphere, and brings firsthand commentary from Giselle Bryant herself as the co-hosts are accused of “harassment” by Eminem in trademark proceedings.
Quote:
"Never in a million years when I first saw that they launched this podcast would I think that Eminem would be like, hold on. Wait, what—'That Shady? That’s all mine.' But it happened." — Loren LaRosa, (05:15)
Quote:
“Giselle and Robin felt like, you know, because Eminem’s attorney had basically said, look, y’ all want 11am Eastern Standard Time? He’s asking for 2pm. It’s very hard to get Eminem to sit down for a deposition. Take him when you can get him is my advice to you… That’s not fair.” — Loren LaRosa, (07:20)
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“We’re not harassing the man. We’re just asking for what we were asked to do, which was give the seven hours in the day—a nine to five situation.” — Giselle Bryant (14:03)
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“If it [the pursuit of deposition] is designed to harass, then I will say his lawyers harassed me—because again, I cleared my schedule for the day because that is what his attorney asked of us.” — Giselle Bryant (20:15)
Quote:
“No one thinks about Eminem. No one thinks about Slim Shady. And quite frankly, he done stole 'shady' from the black community anyway.” — Giselle Bryant (21:19)
For listeners who missed the episode:
This was an inside look into a truly contemporary legal and cultural clash, featuring firsthand testimony, cultural commentary, and lots of shade—delivered quite reasonably.