Jeannie Mai and Jeezy have referred to as it quits after two years of marriage, and now the divorce proceedings have taken a darkish flip.
Based on court docket paperwork obtained by ET, Mai claimed she suffered bodily abuse by the hands of Jeezy over the course of their marriage. In a press release to ET, Jeezy vehemently denied the claims as blatantly “false but in addition deeply disturbing.”
It was Jeezy, whose actual identify is Jay Wayne Jenkins, who filed for divorce. He pulled the plug on the wedding greater than two years after he and The Actual co-host tied the knot throughout an intimate ceremony in Atlanta on March 27, 2021.
In court docket paperwork, the rapper stated he is been separated from his spouse, with “no hope for reconciliation,” and that they’ve a prenuptial settlement. He is searching for joint authorized and bodily custody of their daughter, Monaco, whom the couple welcomed in January 2022.
ET has reached out to Jeezy and Jeannie’s reps for remark.
This is a glance again on the timeline of their romance, from making issues Instagram official, to welcoming their first little one collectively.
GETTING TOGETHER
The pair — who first met when Jeezy was a visitor on Jeannie’s daytime discuss present, The Actual — have been first noticed publicly collectively in a photograph on Malika Haqq’s Instagram in January 2019, months after Jeannie’s divorce from first husband Freddy Harteis was finalized. Quickly after the since-deleted pic was posted, Jeannie opened up about their relationship on The Actual — however was hesitant to place a label on it.
“Jeezy and I hang around. He is very particular to me, so we do not actually have a label to outline what it’s we’re doing. We’re simply having a superb time collectively,” she shared.
Later that yr, a supply confirmed to ET that the pair have been a pair, and so they made issues Instagram official in September 2019.
“Life is wonderful,” Jeezy instructed ET on the time when reflecting on his life and profession, earlier than subtly giving Jeannie a shout-out. “She’s wonderful too, by the best way.”
The pair quarantined collectively through the COVID-19 pandemic, and bought engaged on March 27, 2020.
In a press release to Folks, Jeannie’s rep revealed that Jeezy was initially going to pop the query throughout a visit to Vietnam, however modified his plans when the holiday was canceled because of the pandemic.
“Jeannie and Jay have been set for a visit to Vietnam this April. What Jeannie didn’t know is that Jay was planning to suggest,” Jeannie’s rep stated. “As an alternative, Jay determined to convey Vietnam to Jeannie with a shock quarantine date evening in his residence crammed with Vietnamese meals and decor.”
Jeannie posted in regards to the engagement on Instagram, writing, “I would like nothing greater than to spend the remainder of my life loving you….YES? Thanks, everybody, for celebrating this journey with us. We’re praying love over everybody from right here.”
HARD TIMES
Throughout their engagement, Jeannie competed on season 29 of Dancing With the Stars, paying tribute to her fiancé with certainly one of her very first dances.
Nonetheless, The Actual co-host was pressured to tug out of the competitors after surprising medical issues. Jeannie was rushed to the hospital in November 2020 and compelled to bear emergency throat surgical procedure, after it was discovered that an abscess was partially blocking her airway.
“I’m completely devastated that my journey on Dancing With the Stars has to finish this manner,” she stated on the time, in a video filmed from her hospital mattress. “I discovered that I’ve a throat abscess the place my tonsils and throat had gotten so contaminated, it began permeating to the remainder of the areas behind my neck and ears. I needed to get emergency surgical procedure, which is why I am right here now.”
“It was fingers down top-of-the-line journeys of my life, so thanks a lot,” she stated of her time on the present. “I like you, guys.”
Jeezy later joined Jeannie’s co-hosts on The Actual to share an replace on her restoration.
“For me, it was actual, you understand? I instructed her, it was the toughest factor ever, since you guys know Jeannie greater than I do — she’s not a quitter, she’s a fighter,” he stated. “I thank y’all for y’all prayers and y’all help… She’s doing properly; she’s consuming all the pieces in the home. However she’s positively doing properly.”
THE BIG DAY
After a troublesome and emotional yr, Jeannie and Jeezy tied the knot on March 27, 2021, in an intimate ceremony at their Atlanta residence.
Jeannie regarded unimaginable in a customized nude Galia Lahav wedding ceremony robe with a corset prime detailed with appliqués, and a billowing skirt. She accomplished the look with a home made headpiece with a 15-foot Galia Lahav veil and diamond and morganite drop earrings created by Rosalina Lydster. Jeezy, on his finish, regarded dapper in a bespoke champagne blush swimsuit, designed by his favourite tailor, Teofilo Flor, and stylist Chris Shelby.
The couple instructed Vogue — who shared the unique first images from their nuptials — that they initially wished to get married in Lake Como, Italy, or the south of France. Nonetheless, amid the coronavirus pandemic and the surprising demise of Jeezy’s mom, they modified their plans.
“We have been actually trying ahead to having all of our family and friends there to have a good time,” Jeannie instructed the journal. “We needed to change all of our wedding ceremony plans attributable to COVID. After Jeezy’s mom unexpectedly handed, we rapidly realized that life is simply too brief. And on the finish of the day, Jeezy and I actually simply wished to change into husband and spouse. So we determined to show our unique wedding ceremony right into a mini-mony, the place we exchanged our vows in entrance of our rapid household and some shut mates.”
Practically three months after their intimate wedding ceremony, Jeannie shared with ET why being married to Jeezy felt “1,000 %” completely different.
“Oh my god. Married life feels 1,000 % completely different than once we have been relationship, within the biggest manner,” she stated on the time. “I cherished our relationship life as a result of we actually spent such concentrated high quality time attending to know one another and ensuring that we have been proper for one another. And now being married, it is much more dealt with with such delicacy and such thoughtfulness, as a result of we’re in our 40s and we each grew up in households that weren’t wholesome marriages. Now we have by no means seen what that appears like.”
BABY MAKES THREE
Only a few months after their wedding ceremony, the couple introduced that their household was rising — they have been anticipating their first little one collectively!
Jeannie confirmed off her child bump on The Actual’s season 8 premiere, revealing that she’d by no means deliberate on having youngsters till she grew to become comfy in her relationship with Jeezy, who has three youngsters from earlier relationships.
“You recognize, I used to be like, I do know precisely what I would like, I do know precisely what sort of girl I wish to be, and I all the time stated, ‘I would by no means be a mother,'” she shared. “And there is so many causes now which are coming to fruition as to why I’d have stated that then, however I do know that you simply by no means say by no means, and that love can actually change you.”
“I believe the rationale why it’s such a giant deal is as a result of Jeezy made me understand that I’ve by no means actually felt secure in my life, you understand?” she continued, holding again tears. “I’ve by no means actually really felt secure. And naturally, it has to do with issues that occurred once I was youthful, however when you understand what feeling unsafe is like, that turns into your world. And falling in love with Jeezy, assembly somebody who additionally did not really feel secure of their life, we started to actually create a spot the place our happiness spelled out what secure regarded like round us. So, as quickly as you’re feeling secure, in a wholesome relationship, impulsively you begin having visions and desires and for each of us on the identical time, it will be turning into dad and mom, having youngsters.”
Jeannie had beforehand opened up about being sexually abused as a baby, and stated in a video on her Hey Hunnay with Jeannie Mai YouTube channel {that a} worry of not with the ability to maintain her little one secure was a contributing consider not desirous to have youngsters of her personal.
She even recalled telling Jeezy on their first date that she did not need youngsters, however as their relationship blossomed, so did her want to construct a household with the rapper, and provides their little one the childhood they “by no means had.”
“I am so grateful as a result of I’ve by no means felt this prepared. I have been by way of a lot, and I’ve survived and I am shining. My coronary heart is prepared. I used to be meant to be a mother,” she stated.
The couple welcomed their daughter, Monaco Mai Jenkins, on Jan. 11, 2022.
In a video posted to her YouTube, touring the newborn lady’s nursery, Jeannie revealed that Monaco’s identify pays homage to the small nation on the French Riviera, the place she and Jeezy first solidified their relationship. After contemplating giving the newborn a J identify, The Actual co-host stated she and her husband opted for one thing extra private.
“That’s actually the theme of the nursery, what Monaco is about. Household, moments, touring, discussions, necessary key factors in my life and Jeezy’s life, that introduced Monaco right here,” she mirrored.
On the annual Baby2Baby Gala in November 2022, Jeannie opened as much as ET about motherhood and the help she was receiving from her household.
“It is not laborious to get away, as a result of I’ve a village, my household. They really take Monaco away an excessive amount of,” she joked. “Mama Mai thinks she gave delivery, my dad thinks that is his new little pal. And my husband’s dad and mom are hands-on, too.”
SPLITTING UP
With out many exterior rumblings about hassle of their marriage, Jeezy filed for divorce from Jeannie on Sept. 14, 2023.
Based on the court docket paperwork obtained by ET, Jeezy, whose actual identify is Jay Wayne Jenkins, says he is been separated from his spouse, with “no hope for reconciliation,” and that they’ve a prenuptial settlement. He is searching for joint authorized and bodily custody of their daughter.
Jeannie’s final submit with Jeezy was a Father’s Day celebration in June, although she was photographed together with her wedding ceremony ring nonetheless on throughout New York Vogue Week occasions in early September.
ET has reached out to Jeezy and Jeannie’s reps for additional remark.
MAI CLAIMS PHYSICAL ABUSE
In court docket paperwork obtained by ET, Mai claims Jeezy choked her throughout an April 2022 incident on the Ritz-Carlton Resort in San Francisco, California. She claims the rapper choked her from behind as she was heading up the steps earlier than pushing her down the steps.
Mai went on to additionally declare Jeezy verbally assaulted her by calling her a “f**king b**ch” and repeating “I can accomplish that significantly better than you.” Mai claims resort safety quickly intervened after she instructed them she did not really feel secure being round him.
In a separate incident, Mai claims Jeezy grabbed her so violently throughout a December 2022 incident inside a automobile that it resulted in a number of two to three-inch scratches throughout her proper breast. In her court docket submitting, Mai claims Jeezy apologized for not less than one incident. She hooked up a sequence of textual content messages and images of the alleged accidents.
In a single such textual content message trade, Mai purportedly despatched Jeezy a sequence of images displaying a giant bruise on her knee and scrapes and bruises on her elbow. She additionally What’sApp’d him, “Babbbby… I’ve a whole lot of attire to put on this week,” adopted by a face with a peeking eye emoji.
In a press release to ET, the “All There” rapper stated the home abuse allegations “usually are not solely false but in addition deeply disturbing, particularly coming from somebody I cherished.” Jeezy added, “This malicious try to tarnish my character and disrupt my household is ridiculous. It is disheartening to witness the manipulation and deceit at play and at the moment my principal concern is being an lively father to our daughter as I proceed to struggle for court docket mandated joint custody. Relaxation assured, the reality will prevail by way of the right authorized channels.”
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