\n<\/p>\n
Jeannie Mai<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 broke her silence more than three weeks after her estranged husband, Jeezy<\/strong><\/a>, filed for divorce<\/a> after two years of marriage.<\/p>\n \u201cSometimes, you need to take a break and disconnect to heal,\u201d read a photo of a hand-written message<\/a> written on lined paper in a notebook that Jeannie shares via Instagram on Wednesday, October 11.<\/p>\n Jeezy, 45, \u2014 real name Jay Wayne Jenkins<\/b> \u2014 filed for divorce from Jeannie, 44, on September 14 in Georgia\u2019s Fulton County Superior Court, according to court documents obtained by Life & Style<\/i>. He claimed their marriage was \u201cirretrievably broken\u201d with \u201cno hope for reconciliation.\u201d<\/p>\n The rapper asked for joint legal custody of their daughter, Monaco, who was born in January 2022. The documents stated that \u201cfinal decision-making\u201d will \u201cbe established in accordance with the best interests of the child as determined by the court.\u201d<\/p>\n The day he filed for divorce, Jeezy shared a cryptic Instagram post<\/a> with a series of photos of him leaning against a luxury car with what appeared to be his friends in the background. In the caption he wrote, \u201cToo focused on who I\u2019m becoming to focus on who\u2019s not coming with me.\u201d<\/p>\n Fans slammed his decision to divorce Jeannie<\/a>\u00a0in the comments, with one person writing, \u201c2 years. Did y\u2019all even TRY!?\u201d while another added, \u201cI really hate this for you guys. I wish you could work it out. I love y\u2019all together.\u201d One fan pointed out how he still had his wedding band on, commenting, \u201cWhy he got his wedding ring on tho lol y\u2019all stressing me out,\u201d while another wrote, \u201cTo focused on who I\u2019m becoming to focus on who\u2019s not coming with me? I guess that\u2019s your wife and baby girl not coming with you.\u201d<\/p>\n Jeannie seemed to be happy in their marriage in a September 6 Instagram post<\/a> alongside Monaco, where they celebrated Jeezy\u2019s memoir, Adversity For Sale<\/em>, making The New York Times<\/em> best sellers list, calling him her \u201chusband\u201d in the caption.<\/p>\n \u201cYour story has always been an inspiration to me, but seeing it in print has left me even more in awe of your strength and wisdom. You invited us into the most intimate corners of your life, where pain and triumph coexist. This moment isn\u2019t just a testament to your literary skills baby, but a recognition of your ability to inspire through the power of storytelling,\u201d she wrote, adding, \u201cI\u2019m endlessly grateful for your voice in this world. Honored to walk beside you my love.\u201d<\/p>\n The accompanying video showed Jeannie and Monaco as they prayed. \u201cGod, I want to thank you for my family,\u201d she said as the little repeated her mom\u2019s words. The former The Real<\/em> host added, \u201cGod thank my daddy for helping people believe in themselves just like he teaches me,\u201d as a copy of his memoir sat on the coffee table in front of them.<\/p>\n Jeezy and Jeannie met after he appeared on\u00a0The Real<\/em>\u00a0in the fall of 2018. They began dating in January 2019, and made their romance Instagram official in September 2019.<\/p>\n The \u201cSoul Survivor\u201d rapper proposed to Jeannie<\/a> in April 2020 at his home in Los Angeles. \u201cI want nothing more than to spend the rest of my life loving you\u2026.YES,\u201d the\u00a0Real<\/em>\u00a0cohost wrote via\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0at the time. \u201cThank you, everyone, for celebrating this journey with us. We are praying love over everyone from here.\u201d The pair wed in a romantic\u00a0wedding ceremony<\/a>\u00a0in March 2021 at their home in Atlanta, Georgia.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n