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Jeannie Mai<\/a>\u00a0is refuting claims that she is\u00a0acting as a “gatekeeper” of her daughter with her estranged husband,\u00a0<\/span>Jeezy<\/a>,\u00a0during their contentious divorce battle.\u00a0According to <\/span>multiple reports<\/a>, Mai, 44, has filed a response to\u00a0the rapper’s accusations that she has been keeping their daughter from spending adequate time with him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Jeezy, born Jay Wayne Jenkins, and Mai\u00a0<\/span>share a 1-year-old daughter, Monaco<\/a>, whom the couple\u00a0welcomed\u00a0in January 2022. The 46-year-old GRAMMY-nominated artist\u00a0<\/span>filed for divorce<\/a>\u00a0from the former\u00a0<\/span>The Real<\/span><\/em>\u00a0co-host in September after two years of marriage.<\/span><\/p>\n Court documents filed in Fulton County last month reveal that Jeezy\u00a0requested a judge to “address temporary custodial arrangements” after the previously agreed-upon visitation schedule became “increasingly less feasible.”<\/span><\/p>\n The documents state that Monaco\u00a0has been “temporarily residing” with her mother in the former couple’s Los Angeles home since he filed for divorce in September. They allege that Mai\u00a0is “causing confusion and tension between the parties and is working to stifle the development” between Jeezy and their daughter. As such, the filing requests\u00a0that the court “separate, structure and clearly define the parties’ temporary legal and physical custody rights and set a parenting time schedule consistent with the best interests of the Child.”<\/span><\/p>\n In court documents obtained by <\/span>People<\/em><\/a> on Tuesday,\u00a0Mai’s lawyers deny the former daytime talk show host is preventing the rapper from any time with Monaco. The documents claim Mai has given Jeezy every visitation date he has requested and\u00a0granted him additional time with Monaco during the\u00a0Christmas\u00a0holiday.<\/span><\/p>\n Mai’s lawyers also emphasize her concerns for their child’s safety in the filed documents.<\/span><\/p>\n “It is essential to clarify that Ms. Jenkins’ insistence on reasonable safety measures being put in place, such as safely securing and locking away all firearms that have been unsecured in the past, as well as having familiarity and properly trained caregivers is absolutely not gatekeeping, but rather a responsible effort to prioritize their daughter’s well-being,” the filing read.<\/span><\/p>\n “These requests are grounded in Ms. Jenkins’ genuine concern for the parties’ daughter’s safety and security, especially when under the care of others and traveling across the country, and are reasonable protective measures, not an attempt to restrict Mr. Jenkins’ access to their daughter,” it continues.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The battle between Mai and Jeezy has taken a notable turn as the former couple\u00a0trades accusations against one another. While Jeezy claims Mai has been keeping Monaco away from him, the\u00a0<\/span>Raid the Cage<\/span><\/em>\u00a0host\u00a0strongly suggested that Jeezy\u00a0engaged in infidelity during their marriage.<\/span><\/p>\n After\u00a0<\/span>Jeezy’s divorce filing<\/a>, a source told ET that he and Mai weren’t on the same page when it came to “certain family values and expectations,” adding,\u00a0“They had different views, and each felt like their needs weren’t being completely met.”<\/span><\/p>\n “Things haven’t been great between Jeannie and Jeezy for a few months,” another source\u00a0<\/span>told ET<\/a>, “but she is still very surprised that he filed for divorce.”<\/span><\/p>\n In a recent interview with\u00a0<\/span>Jennifer Hudson<\/a>,\u00a0Mai shared that, although the “Put On” rapper’s filing was initially a surprise, <\/span>she felt as if she was in a better space and healing<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “I think I’m doing better now,” Mai said. “I think at the time, when I found out at the same time as the rest of the world that my marriage was ending in divorce, I was gutted. Today, it’s about picking up the pieces, it’s about discovering me and being a mom to the best blessing, my little girl.”<\/span><\/p>\n She added, “Even though this year I met the most broken version of me, I also met the strongest version.”<\/span><\/p>\n “Monaco is everything, she’s everything, she’s just my whole world,” Mai gushed about her daughter to Hudson. “I think we’re present and we’re alive right now, but I think every parent can tell you that when you have a baby, you get a chance to be born again. This entire world has become a whole different place to me with different colors and sights and sounds because of Monaco. So reliving my life and reparenting myself through this little girl has been the greatest gift of my life.”<\/span><\/p>\n The media personality revealed that\u00a0Monaco will spend her first Christmas in Mai’s hometown of San Jose, California, and\u00a0will also have time with her father this holiday season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “Monaco is going to experience all of the cultures that the melting pot San Jose has,” she shared. “I want Monaco to feel where I came from and to understand that my parents immigrated here to the Bay, straight from Vietnam and there’s so much life that came from that. We had 15 people living in a three bedroom home and she’s going to be in that home. She’s gonna see the bedroom that I grew up in, and she’s gonna watch the stars that are still glued to the ceiling from the ’90s that I have there. And she’s just gonna love seeing the history of how the family came together. I love that.”<\/span><\/p>\n