So Eminem is fat now?

I was reading a piece on ESPN.com and stumbled across a link to an article on Eminem and how he has gotten fat recently. Yep he has done a whole lot since he got remarried, then re-divorced then remarried, then re-divorced, then remarried? to Kim. You know Kim, the woman he "kills" in several of his songs? Yeah apparently they were back on, then off again. Who knows at this point.
But the article was done with Marshall Mathers' mother and she says that he is a recluse now, just paying hangers-on to go get him takeout food and whatnot. He doesn't make appearances anymore.

Listen, if he "retired" good for him to get out before his record album sales decreased. He signed 50 Cent and appeared on Akon's Smack That. If he wants to hang it up, no problem. Get fat. I don't care. But he wrote some music that was so smart. So catchy. So witty. I might go so far as to say he was a musical genius. Not a genius like Mozart, but in terms of rap music, maybe he was only rivaled by Biggie Smalls.
These days groups come up with one hit and suddenly they are great. But the thing is, they have no staying power. Where is that group that did Whistle while you twerp? Exactly. This guy 60 years from now will be looked at as one of the greatest rappers of all time, right behind TuPac, Biggie and Dre. Same Level as Snoop, Jay-Z and Doug E Fresh. I'd put Em ahead of LL Cool J, Nelly (the whitest rapper since Will Smith), Ice Cube, DMX, Master P, Kayne and P-Diddy. Easy. What Eminem could do was truly special, coming up with NO MANY rhymes for one word, then twisting the partial rhyme into a new line. The beats that his music had were pretty sweet. It is telling that my freshman year, I lived on a hall with several black dudes (Shoutout to Eddie) and they were listening to his music.
Real Slim Shady. Stan, That's why they call me Slim Shady, Criminal, Collapse, Hailey's Song, Guilty Conscience, Lose Yourself. The movie 8 Mile. This guy was a star.
And now if he wants to sit off like a hermit and get fat, that is up to him. I just hope he would at least keep his hand in music somehow. Produce, find talent, something. He has a musical gift, sometimes strange, but always entertaining. Who can forget his performance with Elton John at that Awards ceremony? The guy has amazing skill and I guess wanting more is better than wishing he would just go away. If he has "retired" though good for him. I wish him the best and hope the music industry finds someone else just as talented to fill the void he left.