Jeannie Mai Jenkins Is ‘Trying to Save Her Marriage’ Despite Husband Jeezy’s Divorce Filing: Source

Jeannie Mai Jenkins is hoping to save her relationship with husband Jeezy after he filed for divorce earlier this month.

A source told PEOPLE Really host, 44, is “hurt and devastated” by the rapper’s decision to end their marriage.

“She got married to stay married,” reveals the insider. “She is committed to trying to save her marriage.”

Jeannie Mai Jenkins at the 2022 Baby2Baby Gala held at the Pacific Design Center on November 12, 2022. Michael Buckner/Getty Jeannie Mai Jenkins said she was honored to walk alongside her ‘love’ Jeezy 9 days before filing for divorce

Another source reveals that issues between the pair have recently escalated, sharing, “They’ve had issues for a long time, but things have gotten really difficult in the last few months.”

“He spends almost all of his time in Atlanta, and she’s been flying back and forth from there to LA,” the insider explains. “She was cutting back a little bit and trying to spend more time in Atlanta to work on their issues.”

The source added: “She obviously knew they were having problems, but she didn’t expect a divorce. Now she is trying to figure out what her future looks like and where she will live.”

Jeannie Mai Jenkins and Jeezy at the inaugural Golden Gala of Gold House: A New Golden Age on May 21, 2022.

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Jeezy is focused on who ‘becomes’ — not who ‘goes with me’ — amid Jeannie Mai Jenkins divorce

While Jenkins hopes to work on their marriage, Jeezy, 45, took to Instagram shortly after filing for divorce to focus on himself.

I’m too focused on who I’m becoming to focus on who isn’t with me, wrote Jeezy, who was married to Jenkins for two and a half years.

In her filing, the Grammy-nominated star said the former couple – who had a prenuptial agreement – “currently live in a bona fide state of separation” and that their marriage is “irretrievably destroyed” with “no hope of reconciliation.” .”

The document also states that Jeezy (née Jay Jenkins) wants to share joint legal custody of the couple’s daughter, Monaco. (He is also the father of two children from previous relationships.)

Representatives for none of them immediately responded to PEOPLE’s request for comment. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution was the first to publish the news.

Jeezy and Jeannie Mai Jenkins relationship timeline

Nine days before the divorce news broke, Jenkins shared a sweet Instagram post that showed her and Monaco celebrating Jeezy’s marriage The New York Times Best Seller List for his book, Trouble for sale.

“Today I’m celebrating an extraordinary milestone achieved by my husband, @jeezy, whose memoir ‘Adversity For Sale’ jumped to the New York Times bestseller list,” she wrote in the caption.

“This moment is not only a validation of your literary skills, honey, but also a recognition of your ability to inspire with the power of storytelling,” Jenkins continued. “I am beyond grateful for your voice in this world. It is an honor to walk beside you my love🖤”

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Jenkins and Jeezy married in March 2021 at their Atlanta home and welcomed their daughter in January 2022.

The couple celebrated their two-year anniversary in March with a surprise trip to Vietnam that 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 to bring our worlds together, it makes even more sense to explore Vietnam together as a multicultural family.”

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