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Jeannie Mai<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is getting roasted over a highly controversial comment she made about how she prefers dating white men over Black men in a resurfaced clip<\/a> from\u00a0The Rea<\/em>l<\/i>. It comes days after her estranged husband, rapper Jeezy<\/strong><\/a>, filed for divorce<\/a> from the talk show host on September 14, and social media users are having a field day over the wording she used.<\/p>\n \u201cLove Black guys. But for me \u2013 dark meat on the side, white meat keeps me lean and mean. That\u2019s what I like,\u201d Jeannie, 44, quipped with a laugh when\u00a0The Real<\/em>\u00a0panel were discussing dating habits.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m saying, I really do think black men are attractive. I do,\u201d she continued before two of her Black cohosts called her out for the \u201cdark meat\u201d comment. \u201cWhat are you reading it as? I just mean when I think about men, I like dark men I do,\u201d Jeannie explained.<\/p>\n One of her fellow panelists said she took it to mean, \u201cYou like your main man to be white and your side piece Black,\u201d as the audience went wild with applause.<\/p>\n Jeannie tried to backtrack, explaining, \u201cWhat I meant is I used to date Black men. I think they\u2019re attractive. But what I decided to stick to, is it just kept me happiest, was my man Freddie, who happens to be white,\u201d referring to then-husband Freddy Harteis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The clip went viral on X \u2014 formerly known as Twitter \u2014 and users called out her \u201cdark meat\u201d claim. \u201cIn light of Jeezy filing for divorce against Jeannie Mai, I wonder if this video of his wife calling black men \u2018dark meat\u2019 was a factor in his decision,\u201d one person asked, while another added, \u201cJeezy was crazy for even dating a woman who would say \u2018dark meat on the side, white meat keeps me lean and mean\u2019 on a nationally televised talk show.\u201d One user commented, \u201cJeezy\u00a0<\/span>should\u2019ve ran! Fast!\u201d while another person wrote, \u201cWhat an awful thing to say.\u201d<\/p>\n The \u201cSeen It All\u201d rapper, 45,\u00a0filed for divorce from Jeannie<\/a>\u00a0on September 14, 2023, in Georgia\u2019s Fulton County Superior Court, according to court documents obtained by\u00a0Life & Style<\/i>. He claimed their marriage was \u201cirretrievably broken\u201d with \u201cno hope for reconciliation.\u201d Jeezy asked for joint legal custody of their daughter with \u201cfinal decision-making\u201d to \u201cbe established in accordance with the best interests of the child as determined by the court.\u201d<\/p>\n The filing came eight days after Jeannie gushed about Jeezy and his new memoir becoming a\u00a0New York Times<\/i>\u00a0best seller in an Instagram post, where she called him her \u201chusband\u201d and wrote, \u201cI\u2019m endlessly grateful for your voice in this world. Honored to walk beside you, my love.\u201d The pair married in March 2021 after two years of dating and welcomed daughter Monaco<\/a> in January 2022.<\/p>\n Jeannie and Freddy were married from 2007 through 2017, divorcing the year after their separation. He\u2019s a rancher and hunter who appeared on the Sportsman Channel television series,\u00a0Hollywood Hunter<\/em>, starting in 2011. Freddy went on to star in the Sportsman Channel\u2019s reality show\u00a0The Maverick<\/em>\u00a0beginning in 2019. After Jeannie started her job on\u00a0The Real<\/i>\u00a0in 2013, Freddy made numerous appearances on the program during their marriage. They ultimately split over his desire to have kids while Jeannie did not want children, although she changed her mind after meeting Jeezy.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nWhat Did Jeannie Mai Say About \u2018Dark Meat\u2019?<\/h2>\n
Has There Been Backlash Over Jeannie Mai\u2019s \u2018Dark Meat\u2019 Comment?<\/h2>\n
When Did Jeezy File for Divorce From Jeannie Mai?<\/h2>\n
Who Is Jeannie Mai\u2019s First Husband Freddy Harteis?<\/strong><\/h2>\n