Jeannie Mai Compares Jeezy Divorce To ‘Experiencing Death Alive’
- Divorce is an excruciating pain that forces self-protection, but Jeannie is grateful that her daughter was young.
- Despite the turmoil, Jeannie remains grateful for the love she experienced and defines healthy love for herself.
- Jeannie is open to remarrying because she believes that love cannot be saved and she enjoys witnessing it between two people.
Jeannie Mei doesn't mince words when talking about how hard it is to go through a divorce.
It's been over a year since The Real alum and the “I Do” rapper finalized their divorce after two years of marriage. As she navigates her life post-Jeezy, Jeannie reflected on how she made it through such a difficult chapter in her life.
“Divorce is heartbreaking no matter what,” the personality said on the Jan. 29 episode of iHeartRadio's Question Everything podcast. “It's one of the greatest pains any human being has to endure, honestly.”
Mai admitted: “Divorce is common – it's experiencing death in life. Divorce does this inhuman thing that forces you to then protect yourself to get what you need out of the divorce. It's the worst.”
Because of just how tumultuous the entire divorce was, Jeannie — who shares daughter Monaco, 4, with the rapper — is thankful her daughter was so young when they split.
“I'm so lucky that Monaco was the only one when this happened,” she told host Danielle Robay. “She won't remember what that turmoil is like. That's not something I want her to ever have to think about. My job is to define peace for her.”
While Jeannie says she knows some people who “love” their divorce, that doesn't make the situation any less heartbreaking for her.
“You never want to corrupt something that's so planned and meant to be forever,” she reflected. “At the same time, divorce is also the biggest wake-up call.”
Even though it only lasted a few years, Jeannie remains grateful for her marriage to Jeezy, who filed for divorce in September 2023.
“I will never regret being married because I am so grateful to have experienced love in so many different ways,” she said. “Now I just have to – instead of experiencing love, because I have that down – I have to define what healthy love looks like for me. But that starts with me first.”
During that same interview, the former talk show host was also asked if she was reconsidering walking down the aisle. Before marrying Jeezy, Jeannie was married to Freddy Harteis from 2007 until their divorce in 2018.
“I actually would because I really don't want a block on myself,” she explained. “You can never put a container around love. You can never say, like, 'Oh, I'll only find love,' when I say I'm never going to get married again.
“I enjoy what love brings,” Mai continued. “I enjoy watching two people come together and let their guard down and just become their childlike versions of what they hope love is. That's such a wonderful, special, privileged place to reach someone.”
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