Jeannie Mai has opened up about her breakup with Jeezy, reflecting on how she moved through the darkness of divorce and eventually found her way back to herself through motherhood.
On Thursday (November 20), a little over a year after officially ending her marriage to the rapper, the TV host shared a vlog centered on her 3-year-old daughter, Monaco Mai Jenkins, whom she co-parents with Jeezy.
In the video, Mai explained that although the last two years have been filled with personal hardships, they ultimately shifted her life in a powerful way.
“It cracked me open and showed me everything that I’ve been trying to mask. I went through things that I wouldn’t wish on anybody,” Mai said. “The kind of pain that shakes your faith and makes you question everything. A chapter of my life ended, one I once shared right here.”
“And what looked like an ending became the awakening I never saw coming,” she added. “Because I realized how far I had abandoned myself. How often I traded peace for making broken things look whole. And when everything fell away, it stripped me down until the only person left to meet was me.”
Mai went on to say that her little girl was the one person who constantly reminded her of who she truly is. “Seeing her run toward me, it pulled me right back into who I have been becoming,” the former The Talk co-host shared. “And the wildest part, the two years I feared most became the years that saved me.”
“For years, I mistook chaos for love. I didn’t realize how much of me disappeared along the way,” Mai continued. “And after everything I’ve lived through — the winds, the wounds, the rebuilding — this is the first time I’ve truly felt whole.”
Mai and Jeezy tied the knot on March 27, 2021, but their marriage was short-lived and ended in a turbulent divorce announced in 2023. Their split involved a custody battle over their daughter and Mai accusing the rapper of assault.
In June, Jeezy stopped by The Breakfast Club and said he and Mai have since reached “peace.”
“I’m all about understanding. I’m all about what’s best for everybody, the greater good,” he said. “I don’t want no enemies, I don’t want no issues, I just want peace, I just want joy and I just want freedom. I love my freedom.”
