American television presenter Jeannie Mai Jenkins is a mom-to-be following her heartfelt pregnancy reveal recently. She revealed that she couldn’t keep quiet about the news.
Jeannie Mai Jenkins announced her pregnancy on “The Real” broadcast on Monday, September 20, with the help of her co-hosts, Garcelle Beauvais, Loni Love, and Adrienne Houghton, who dropped hints of the news just before the big reveal.
Mai Jenkins wore an oversized white blazer that slightly covered her apparent baby bump while on the show, and her face lit up right before sharing the good news.
Jeannie Mai attends Barker Hangar’s People’s Choice Awards 2018, on November 11, 2018, in Santa Monica, California. I AM PREGNANT!|
I AM PREGNANT!
“I can say that our ‘Real’ fam is growing, and it’s been hard to keep all of these secrets from you guys because we’ve had so much to reveal here at the show, including the fact that I am pregnant!” she said as she stood on her feet.
In response to the big reveal, the co-hosts rejoiced and could not stop admiring her grown belly as Mai Jenkins stood up to cradle it before taking off her blazer, giving the viewers a side view glimpse of her tummy.
TV personality Jeannie Mai visits Hallmark’s “Home & Family” at Universal Studios Hollywood on June 11, 2019, in Universal City, California.
Love also stood up to applaud her, and together with the ladies, they asked Mai Jenkins how she felt about revealing her pregnancy on the show. Shereplied:
“I think it feels surreal because this is the same home that I said so many defiant things. I always said that I would never be a mom. But I do know that you never say never.”
KEEPING IT UNDER WRAPS
The 42-year-old make-up artist is expecting her first bundle of joy with her husband, rapper Jeezy, who was born Jay Wayne Jenkins.
Mai Jenkins shared she and her spouse have been keeping her pregnancy top secret for five months but are now relieved to have finally let it be known that they will be parents for the first time together as Jeezy is already a dad to two kids.
[T]ragedy struck before their March 2021 wedding at their Atlanta home when the stylist found out she was pregnant, only to experience a pregnancy loss soon after.
DIFFICULT JOURNEY
Their journey to conception was not easy as the couple tried starting a family nearly a year ago but struggled to get pregnant, Mai Jenkins revealed to Women’s Health recently. The outlet received her exclusive photos of her maternity.
The star disclosed they opted for in-vitro fertilization (IVF), which she noted as a humbling experience considering her age as she is already in her forties.
Mai Jenkins shared when she suffered a miscarriage, she wondered if she was being punished. She wondered if she was being cursed or jinxed.
After her miscarriage, she was determined to never have children of her own. This was influenced by her boyfriend, who she married in an intimate ceremony. He made her look at her life from a new perspective. She said their love is pure, honest, and safe.