Jeannie Mai Jenkins and Jeezy at the Tyler Perry Studios grand opening gala in 2019.Photo:Paras Griffin/Getty
Paras Griffin/Getty
Jeannie Mai Jenkinsis hoping to salvage her relationship with husbandJeezyafter hefiled for divorceearlier this month.
“She got married to stay married,” the insider reveals. “She’s committed to trying to save her marriage.”
A second source reveals that the problems between the pair escalated recently, sharing, “They’ve had issues for a long time, but things got really hard over the last few months.”
“He spends nearly all his time in Atlanta, and she was flying back and forth between there and LA,” the insider explains. “She was scaling back a bit and trying to spend more time in Atlanta to work on their issues.”
The source added: “She obviously knew they had problems, but she wasn’t expecting a divorce. Now she’s trying to figure out what her future looks like and where she’ll be living.”
Jeannie Mai Jenkins and Jeezy at the Gold House’s Inaugural Gold Gala: A New Gold Age on May 21, 2022.Stefanie Keenan/Getty
Stefanie Keenan/Getty
While Jenkins is hoping to work on their marriage, Jeezy, 45,posted to Instagramshortly after filing for divorce that he wasfocusing on himself.
“Too focused on who I’m becoming to focus on who’s not coming with me,” wrote Jeezy, who was married to Jenkins for two-and-a-half years.
In his filing, the Grammy-nominated star said the former couple — who had a prenuptial agreement in place — are “currently living in a bona fide state of separation,” and that their marriage is “irretrievably broken” with “no hope for reconciliation.”
The document also stated that Jeezy (né Jay Jenkins) wants to share joint legal custody of the pair’s daughter, Monaco. (He’s also dad to two children from previous relationships.)
Reps for each did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.The Atlanta Journal-Constitutionwas first to report the news.
Nine days before the divorce news broke,Jenkins shared a sweet Instagram postthat showed her and Monaco celebrating Jeezy making theNew York TimesBest Sellers list for his book,Adversity for Sale.
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Jenkins and Jeezytied the knot in March 2021at their home in Atlanta, andwelcomed their daughterin January 2022.
The pair celebrated their two-year anniversary in March with asurprise trip to Vietnamthat Jenkins organized for her husband as a “long-awaited adventure.”
“When Jeezy and I met, we bonded over the similarities and differences of our cultures,” she told PEOPLE at the time. “Now that we have a daughter, blending our worlds, it gives even more meaning to explore Vietnam together as a multicultural family.”
source: people.com
