Thanks to shows like Full House or Modern Family, a lot of people have been programmed to believe that family drama should be fixed within 22 minutes. However, the truth of the matter is that human relationships are a lot more complicated than anything that can be portrayed on TV.
No matter how much two people may love each other, that doesn’t inherently mean they will be about to get along. With that in mind, it makes sense that some celebrity parents have unfortunately feuded with their children at one time or another.
Of course, most people don’t have purely loving or extremely angry relationships with their parents. Instead, they can adore their parents and get along with them fine most of the time while still having an awkward relationship occasionally.
When it comes to Jeannie Mai from The Real, she has made it clear that she absolutely loves her mother and they often have a lot of fun together. On the other hand, due to Jeannie’s strange living situation with her mom, things get extremely awkward between them sometimes.
The Truth About Jeannie Mai’s Relationship With Her Mom
From the year 2013 until the show’s cancellation, Jeannie Mai served as one of The Real’s co-hosts. Thanks to her role in that long-lasting syndicated talk show, many people got the opportunity to learn a lot about Mai’s personal life.
Due to all of the fans Jeannie Mai earned during her tenure as one of The Real’s co-hosts, millions of people rejoiced when she got engaged to the rapper Jeezy in 2020. Similarly, when Mai’s ex-husband Freddy Harteis implied she is trash in 2021, Mai’s fans were there to support her.
No matter how things may or may not work out in Jeannie Mai’s love life, she can rest assured that on top of having loyal fans, there is another person in her life that is always there for her. When Jeannie spoke to ETOnline in 2019, she spoke about her mom’s role in her life.
"She has so much light in her life and she's super explosive with her personality. She's unapologetic. She's loving of everybody around her and she checks you when your a** needs to be checked."
"So my mom really taught me to be fearless and I love her! She's just so much fun! She is completely the reason why I am a personality and a success to myself today.”
What's Complicated About Jeannie Mai And Her Mom’s Relationship
On top of all the projects that Jeannie Mai is working on at any given time, she also is very active on social media. Thanks to Jeannie’s social media posts, including on her YouTube channel, it is clear that her mom, who is often called Mama Mai, is a huge part of her life.
Despite how close Jeannie Mai is to her mom, it turns out that there Mama Mai has kept some big secrets from her famous daughter. After all, Jeannie revealed that her mom was married for years without telling the family.
Even though Jeannie Mai’s mom had a secret marriage for years, it turns out that Mama Mai still sticks her nose in her daughter’s business. In fact, after Jeannie got divorced, she told ETOnline that since Mama Mai was living with her at the time, her living situation was making dating very awkward.
"It's horrible dating with Mama Mai! She is nosy. When I was a kid she would be the first one eavesdropping on my phone calls: 'Hello? Who you call for? Huh?' Still today, every time my phone goes off, we dive for it and lose nails 'cause she's the one looking to see who I'm dating."
Whether or not Mama Mai is cohabitating with Jeannie Mai or not at any given time now, it is clear that she will always be a part of her living situation. After all, Jeannie revealed that after she gave birth to her daughter, Mama Mai was there helping to raise the baby for the first four months.
Since Mama Mai will continue to play a role in Jeannie Mai’s life, the former The Real co-host told ETOnline in 2019 that any man in her life would have to accept that things may get awkward.
"She's there for life, but even though it's hard to date with my mom around, I'm so thankful for it because the person who can't take Mama Mai is not the person to take me. [You know] what I'm saying?”
“Like, in Asian culture, you have to be down with the family. You have to be down with all the crazy traditional or non-traditional things we do. So Mama Mai keeps me grounded and reminds every bro out there, like, if you can't take this, you can't take this."
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