Jeannie Mai Jenkins, Jeezy’s Daughter and Monaco.Photo:Monaco Mai Jenkins/Instagram
Monaco Mai Jenkins/Instagram
Jeannie Mai JenkinsandJeezywelcomed daughterMonacoin January 2022.
In June, the businesswoman and television personality opened up to PEOPLE about the role her family plays in her daughter’s life. “When I do have to work, my mom and my brother are so major,” Mai Jenkins said.
“It really does take a village, and not just to help you but also to help your child just identify themselves with their family and who plays what roles,” Mai Jenkins continued. “That’s big for me as a Vietnamese American — family is everything.”
Jeezy’s filing says the former couple 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 says the rapper — who was already a father two children from previous relationships — wants to share joint legal custody of Monaco.
Here’s what to know about Jeannie Mai Jenkins and Jeezy’s daughter, Monaco.
Jeannie Mai Jenkins and Monaco on a boat for 4th of July party.Monaco Mai Jenkins/Instagram
Mai Jenkins has been transparent about her journey to motherhood prior toMonaco’s birthon Jan. 11, 2022. She and Jeezy announced they were expecting after experiencing a chemical pregnancy early in 2021.
In avideoon her Hello Hunnay with Jeannie Mai YouTube channel, Mai Jenkins recalledstarting in vitro fertilization (IVF) shotsonher wedding day back in March. “The very day of our wedding, March 27, we started our in vitro shots. Went for about two weeks, doing the shots with Jeezy and preparing for it,” she said.
Mai Jenkins went on to explain the couple then went in for a “routine appointment” and was soon informed after getting off a plane later that they got pregnant naturally. “I get off the plane, I call the doctor, and the doctor is like, ‘Stop taking your shots. You’re pregnant. You guys got pregnant on your own,'” she recalled.
“We got pregnant a week after the wedding,” Mai Jenkins added.
She’s given Jeannie Mai Jenkins ‘confidence’
Jeannie Mai Jenkins and Monaco during the 71st Miss Universe competition.Monaco Mai Jenkins/Instagram
Since Monaco’s arrival, Mai Jenkins has opened up about the challenges that come with being a new mom — from a difficultbreastfeeding experienceto thefourth trimesterand a bout withpostpartum anxiety. However, she’s remained positive throughout her trials.
“That little person has completely awakened me to seeing the world a whole different way,” Mai Jenkins said on the PEOPLE Every Day podcast about one year after Monaco’s birth. “And the crazy thing is, my daughter gives me so much confidence.”
“I like myself more as a mom,” she continued. “I like myself more getting up and taking care of somebody else and tending to her and watching her actually register things that we’ve worked so hard to teach her.”
She added, “That’s such an accomplishment. I didn’t realize that.”
She’s being taught young about her heritage
Jeannie Mai Jenkins celebrates Mother’s Day with Monaco.Monaco Mai Jenkins/Instagram
Mai Jenkinsfinds it important to educate her daughterabout where she comes from, even at a young age. When Monaco was 16 months old,The Realhost toldJennifer Hudsonon theJennifer Hudson Showthat her little one is “so opinionated.”
“And I think the best thing is learning how to really teach her how to own who she is,” Mai Jenkins continued. “She’s a beautiful blend of being Black and Vietnamese and I want her to really understand what that means as a powerful woman today.”
“We try to have her spend time with her Southern grandparents in Atlanta, in Georgia, and then she goes down to the Bay and she spends time with my Vietnamese grandparents all the time. So she understands both sides and I only speak Vietnamese to her. And then dad only speaks the South to her,” she joked.
Monaco Mai Jenkins at a restaurant.Monaco Mai Jenkins/Instagram
“She was there with me in the green room, in my dressing room, watching me work. And I actually got really emotional, becauseI watched my mom work, I watched her work at IBM, I watched her go for job interviews,” said Mai Jenkins.
“We waited in lunch cafeterias for her to pick me up to go to school and tutoring,” Mai Jenkins continued. “So I’m giving Monaco that exact firsthand grip on what it looks like to have a working mom, and I’m so proud of it.”
She has her own Instagram account
Jeezy and Monaco pose for a photo together.Monaco Mai Jenkins/Instagram
source: people.com
