Jeannie Mai recently revealed how her divorce from Jeezy was a major ‘wake-up call.”
Posting to her YouTube channel on Friday (Dec. 5), Mai spoke candidly about dealing with her new life as a single mom.
“Divorce is a word you never imagine attached to your name,” Mai said in the video. “Not because you’re special, but because you think you know how to save something before it breaks.”
“As a divorcee, you’re always seeing people say what the things that warn you before a divorce happens are,” Mai added. “The one thing I can tell you is that nobody tells you that it’s both earth-shattering and a wake-up call. It’s because the life that you pictured disappears. And the future you actually need starts calling out to you.”
Mai went on to share what has been most difficult about divorce.
“The hardest part about divorce isn’t heartbreak. It’s letting go of the woman I performed, the version of me that I maintained because I was scared to admit the truth,” Mai says. “One day, you realize you’re not broken, you’re honest. And honesty is heavy. It’s freedom.”
“It cracked me open and showed me everything that I’ve been trying to mask. I went through things that I wouldn’t wish on anybody,” Mai continued. “The kind of pain that shakes your faith and makes you question everything. A chapter of my life ended, one I once shared right here.”
In September 2023, WBLS reported that Jeezy filed for divorce from Mai, citing “no hope for reconciliation.” The rapper has also said that his decision to file for divorce was not “impulsive.” Jeezy also sought joint custody of their child, Monaco.
Mai said that she discovered her true self following the ordeal.
“And what looked like an ending became the awakening I never saw coming,” she continued. “Because I realized how far I had abandoned myself. How often I traded peace for making broken things look whole. And when everything fell away, it stripped me down until the only person left to meet was me.”