“It’s been really hard to keep all of these secrets from you guys because we’ve had so much to reveal here at the show, including the fact that I am pregnant!" she exclaimed on Monday’s show. The 42-year-old famously has not wanted kids for many years, so the news was a shock to many, with Houghton calling it, “like, the craziest moment ever.” Mai acknowledged changing her mind on the topic. “I’m so thankful to be on a show that’s really helped me to grow and to evolve and to see myself differently than I would have ever imagined seeing myself,” she explained. The proud papa-to-be? Her new husband, “Soul Survivor” rapper Jeezy. “Jeezy and I have been kind of saving this and hiding this for five months,” she told Women’s Health, the magazine she gave exclusive pregnancy photos to.“So, we’re relieved to finally share the news.”
Is Jeannie Mai Jenkins pregnant?
Yep, and she’s thrilled about the pregnancy. “This is the most incredible day of my life. I feel chosen,” she tweeted after the episode’s premiere. She also tearfully told her co-hosts on air, “I think the reason it’s such a big deal is because Jeezy made me realize that I’ve never really felt safe in my life.” She said that she and Jeezy created a space where they could both feel safe, and when that happened, “all of a sudden you start having visions and dreams. And for both of us, at the same time, it would be becoming parents.” Mai told him early in their dating relationship that she wasn’t planning on having kids, and he said he already had children so that was fine. “But as we started to fall in more of this healthy love with each other, we said ‘I see having kids with you,” she said.
How did Jeannie Mai meet Jeezy?
The two met when he was a guest on The Real, but it wasn’t until much later that he asked her out. She agreed to go out with him and they had a sushi dinner and went salsa dancing. “Later that evening, he asked if I could picture spending the rest of my life with him,” Mai told Vogue earlier this year. “And crazy enough, I could.” The two were rumored to be dating in the beginning of 2019, but didn’t become Instagram official until August of that year. Once they revealed the relationship, Mai was eager to talk about her man frequently. “My man is fine!” she told her co-hosts a few weeks after going public. She emphasized how alike they were and what a pleasure their relationship had been to that point. “Getting to know him has been one of the most beautiful experiences of my life,” she declared.
Who is Jeezy’s wife?
It’s easy to wonder about Jeezy’s marriage status; the 42-year-old rapper has been linked to several women over the years. Notably, he’s dated Khloe Kardashian and had a relationship with R&B star Keyshia Cole; both claimed that theyturned down marriage offers from him.However, he’s found true love with Mai. “You find the one, you can’t play,” he told Fat Joe last year. Jeezy also has three kids from two exes, including ex-fiancéeMahlet “Mahi” Gebremedhin, who waged a very public child custody and child support battle with him last year over their daughter. He claimed she was jealous of his engagement with Mai, but she accused him of trying to divert from the real issues with a “path of vitriol, lies, and slander.”
Are Jeannie Mai and Jeezy married?
Yes, and while Jeezy never officially went down the aisle before, it’s the second marriage for Mai. She was married to actor/producer Freddy Harteis from 2007 to 2017. She said she was too young when they got married; “he was a great guy and we tried our best, but we just weren’t compatible by the end.” Wanting kids was a major factor in the unraveling of their relationship; he wanted kids and she didn’t. As early as 2014 that difference caused problems. “He definitely seems like he wants kids, and he actually came out and said that he wants children,” an emotional Mai said at the time, tearing up on air. The issue continued to be a sticking point, and she mentioned it after their divorce. “When you physically see how a man is with a child, and if the man really desires to be a father, and you know that you are that block between that happening, you just don’t feel right about yourself every single day,” she revealed, again on air, in 2018. (Harteis currently has two children in a new relationship.)
Are Jeannie Mai and Jeezy still together?
Yes! Mai announced that they were engaged on March 27, 2020. Mai had been planning to take Jeezy to her native Vietnam to introduce him to her homeland properly, but COVID-19 changed that. While they were in quarantine, Jeezy cooked up the idea to give Mai a special Vietnamese experience in their home. He invited her to “Vietnam” in their living room, complete with arranged authentic Vietnamese dishes for her. He then played a slideshow of the two of them before getting down on one knee and popping the question in front of the fireplace. “I completely froze because I could not believe that he did this!” Mai said in glee, describing the experience on her YouTube show Hello Hunnay. She believes that Jeezy, or “Jay” as she calls him, planned to propose in Vietnam during their trip but didn’t let COVID-19 stop the proposal. “Jay is my soulmate,” she said happily. Exactly a year later, in 2021, the couple announced that they’d secretly gotten married on March 27 with only family and friends present. The wedding was in part because of the COVID-19 pandemic. “After Jeezy’s mother unexpectedly passed, we quickly learned that life is too short. And at the end of the day, Jeezy and I really just wanted to become husband and wife,” Mai explained. “So we decided to turn our original wedding into a mini-mony, where we exchanged our vows in front of our immediate family and a few close friends.” Mai wore a nude-colored Galia Lahav gown with a 15-foot veil. Jeezy wore a champagne blush tux.
Is Jeannie Mai still on The Real?
Even though Mai, Love, Houghton and Mowry-Housley just won a Daytime Emmy last year for Outstanding Talk Show Hosts in 2020, the past two years on The Real have been somewhat tumultuous. There were rumors that Mai and Bailon were feuding with Mowry-Housley Love during salary negotiations in 2019, and Mowry-Housley announced in 2020 that she was leaving to spend more time with her family, just weeks after Amanda Seales ducked out six months after arriving. Mai’s contract however, seems to be intact and everything seems to be going well. Next, find out why Elaine Welteroth departed The Talk—and who’s taking her place!
