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  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Jeannie Mai has likened divorce to "experiencing death alive"

    The 47-year-old TV star finalised her divorce from rapper Jeezy in 2024, and Jeannie admits that it's been a heart-breaking experience for her.


    During an appearance on the Question Everything podcast, Jeannie said: "Divorce is heart-breaking, no matter what. It's one of the greatest pains that any human has to endure, honestly.

    "Divorce is just - it's experiencing death alive. Divorce does this inhumane thing that forces you to then protect yourself to get what you need from the divorce. It's the worst."

    Despite this, Jeannie feels relieved that their daughter Monaco, four, was so young when the break-up happened.

    The TV star - who married Jeezy back in 2021 - explained: "I am so lucky that Monaco was only one when this happened. She's not gonna remember what that turmoil is like. That's not something I want her to ever have to think about. My job is to define peace for her."

    Jeannie filed for divorce in September 2023, but she still doesn't have any regrets about her decision to tie the knot.

    She said: "I'm never gonna regret that I got married because I'm so thankful to have experienced love in so many different ways.

    "Now I just have to - instead of experiencing love, 'cause I've got that down - I have to define what healthy love looks like for me. But that first starts with me."

    What's more, Jeannie's heart-breaking experience hasn't discouraged her from marrying again in the future.

    She shared: "I actually would because I really don't wanna ever put a block on myself.

    "You can never put a container around love. You can never say, like, 'Oh, I'm only going to find love,' if I'm saying I'm never gonna get married again.

    "I enjoy what love brings. I enjoy watching two humans come together and release their guard and just become like their childlike versions of what they hope love to be. That's like such a beautiful, special, privileged place to reach somebody."

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