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==Personal life==
Dating since 1992, Smith married Tamika in 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.essence.com/love/method-man-wife |title=A Typically Private Method Man Opens Up About What’s Kept His 20-Year Marriage Solid |work=Essence |first=Victoria |last=Uwumarogie |date=September 24, 2021 |access-date=April 11, 2025 |quote="I’ve been with her 29 years," he said. "We got married in ’01, so we’re 20."}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://blackdoctor.org/method-man-and-wife-tamika-celebrate-20-years-married/2/ |title=Method Man and wife Tamika Celebrate 20 Years Married! |website=Blackdoctor.org |last=Greenlee |first=Marcus |date=March 8, 2021 |access-date=April 11, 2025 |quote=Smith met Tamika in 1999 when she was his personal assistant. They married 2001}}</ref> 
The couple have three children together: son Shakuan; and girl-boy twins Cheyenne and Raekwon, the latter of whom played football for [[Stony Brook Seawolves football|Stony Brook University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.silive.com/highschoolsports/2019/12/curtis-football-duo-opt-to-take-their-talents-to-division-1-schools.html |title=Curtis football duo opt to take their talents to Division 1 schools |work=Staten Island Advance |date=December 24, 2019 |access-date=April 11, 2025 |quote=Curtis High School Safety Raekwon Sign Letter Of Intent}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ecelebritymirror.com/celebrity-babies/method-man-daughter-cheyenne-smith |title=Is Method Man’s Daughter Cheyenne Smith Also Involved In The Music Industry? |website=Celebrity Mirror |date=April 18, 2022 |first=K |last=Smith |access-date=April 11, 2025 |quote=Cheyenne and her twin brother Raekwon were born in 1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://n.rivals.com/content/athletes/raekwon-smith-211938?view=pv | title=Raekwon Smith, 2020 Athlete, Stony Brook }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.silive.com/highschoolsports/article/he-may-have-a-famous-dad-but-curtis-footballs-raekwon-smith-making-sweet-music-on-his-own/|title=He may have a famous dad, but Curtis football's Raekwon Smith making sweet music on his own|date=November 26, 2016|website=Staten Island Advance |access-date=December 26, 2019}}</ref>

Method Man is a comic book fan and has a collection of around 30,000 comics, including [[Hulk]] #181, which features the first full appearance of [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 29, 2017 |title=Method Man breaks down his collection of 30,000 comics |url=https://www.amc.com/blogs/method-man-breaks-down-his-collection-of-30000-comics--1004604 |access-date=September 30, 2021 |website=AMC}}</ref>

In 2004, Method Man starred in a Fox sitcom called ''[[Method & Red]]''. However, after only a short time on the air, the show was put on hiatus and never returned. Method Man later spoke to the press about Fox's influence on the show's style, saying that "there's been too much compromise on our side and not enough on their side", and criticizing the network's decision to add a laugh track. Before the show premiered, he was telling fans not to bother watching it. He told the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'': "This is frustrating for me. I'm trying to keep this show ghetto, and there's a way for it to be both ghetto and intelligent. But it's not going that way."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jun-19-et-braxton19-story.html |title=Rap star says Fox keeps show too unreal |work=Los Angeles Times|date=June 19, 2004 |access-date=July 15, 2016}}</ref>

In 2006, Method Man had a personal and publicized conflict with TV talk show host [[Wendy Williams]] on ''The Breakdown'', an Internet show on Onloq.com.<ref name="onloq.com">{{cite web |url=http://onloq.com/channels/the-breakdown/28/ |title=The Breakdown Channel |website=Onloq |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071205024920/http://onloq.com/channels/the-breakdown/28/ |archive-date=December 5, 2007}}</ref> Williams talked on air about Method Man's wife's having cancer, which was something he wanted to keep private and her own family members had not yet known about. He said that people who lived next door to him did not know, but Williams had dug it up and made it public over the radio. Because of this leaked information, Method Man and his wife had many problems.<ref name="onloq.com"/> Williams also reported rumors that Method Man had been having an affair with his wife's doctor. Method Man first heard of this while in recording sessions in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://allhiphop.com/2006/07/26/method-man-talks-wendy-williams-incident/ |title=Method Man Talks Wendy Williams Incident |date=July 26, 2006 |website= AllHipHop|access-date=March 2, 2007}}</ref>

On May 17, 2007, Method Man was arrested in New York City for marijuana possession. His SUV was pulled over near the Battery Tunnel toll booths for having an expired inspection sticker. An unidentified source said, "It was like something out of ''[[Cheech & Chong]]''. He rolls down the window and the smoke would choke a horse."<ref name="nydailynews" /> The arresting officer noticed two [[blunt (cigar)|blunts]] and a [[plastic bag]] containing marijuana in plain view. Upon further inspection more marijuana was found under the driver's seat. Method Man was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana, criminal possession of marijuana, [[Driving under the influence|DWI]], and driving an uninspected motor vehicle.<ref name="nydailynews">{{cite news |date=May 19, 2007 |title=Phew-Tang Clan! Posse guy in dope-filled car bust |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2007/05/19/2007-05-19_phewtang_clan_posse_guy_in_dopefilled_ca.html |location=New York |work=Daily News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Strong |first=Nolan |date=May 19, 2007 |title=Method Man Arrested On Marijuana Charges In NY |url=http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=7105 |newspaper=AllHipHop |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613070040/http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=7105 |archive-date=June 13, 2007}}</ref> He reached a plea agreement to perform community service including rapping to children about the dangers of drugs.<ref>{{cite news |last= Wolfe |first=Roman |date=August 17, 2007 |title=Method Man Gets Community Service For Pot Charges; Must Create Raps For Children |url=http://allhiphop.com/2007/08/17/method-man-gets-community-service-for-pot-charges-must-create-raps-for-children/ |work=AllHipHop}}</ref>

On October 5, 2009, Method Man was arrested at his home in Staten Island for income tax violations.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.cnn.com/2009-10-05/justice/method.man.taxes_1_method-man-tax-rapper-and-actor?_s=PM:CRIME |work=CNN |title=AllPolitics Two Conservatives Battle For Staten Island Seat |date=October 31, 1997 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006192504/http://articles.cnn.com/2009-10-05/justice/method.man.taxes_1_method-man-tax-rapper-and-actor?_s=PM%3ACRIME |archive-date=October 6, 2012 }}</ref> He was accused of failing to file income tax returns for the state of New York between 2004 and 2007, and owed nearly $33,000 in taxes. On June 28, 2010,<ref name= klmnb>{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Biz |url=http://www.sohh.com/2010/06/method_man_avoids_jail_time_pays_106k_in.html |title=Method Man Avoids Jail Time, Pays $106K In Tax Evasion Case |website=Sohh.com |date=June 28, 2010 |access-date=March 30, 2012 |archive-date=April 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403033951/http://www.sohh.com/2010/06/method_man_avoids_jail_time_pays_106k_in.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Method Man pleaded guilty to tax evasion and was sentenced to a [[Discharge (sentence)|conditional discharge]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/news/article/0,,7321302,00.html |title=Method Man Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion |website=ARTISTdirect |date=June 29, 2010 |access-date=March 30, 2012}}</ref> and paid a $106,000 fine.<ref name= klmnb />