News November 19, 2021
‘The Real’ Threw Jeannie Mai Jenkins a Surprise Baby Shower! WATCH!

On today’s special episode of “The Real,” hosts Loni Love, Adrienne Houghton and Garcelle Beauvais surprised mother-to-be Jeannie Mai Jenkins with a baby shower complete with gifts AND special guests — and you have to see her face the moment she found out!
The episode began as normal with Garcelle introducing the topics for Girl Chat.
“We have so much to talk about today and wanted to get right into girl chat. You guys ready?” Garcelle asked to which Adrienne replied, “So ready!”
However, things took a sharp turn when Loni flat out refused to take part.
“I’m not. I don’t feel like doing it today!” Loni exclaimed.
Shortly after, Adrienne and Garcelle followed suit, leaving Jeannie the odd woman out!
“Okay, I’m not going to lie, I’m actually glad you just said something because I don’t feel like it either,” Adrienne said, with Garcelle adding, “Okay, if we’re all going to be honest, I don’t want to do it either.”
After a few moments, Loni finally let the cat out of the bag and surprised Jeannie with the good news.
“You know what? We should have a baby shower for Jeannie Mai and the baby! Jeannie Mai Jenkins, Mai Jenkins, today is your baby shower!”
Needless to say, a visibly shocked Jeannie was completely caught off guard and almost fell out of her chair.
“You guys! You tricked me! I was like, ‘You guys, we’re not allowed to do this, we’re professionals! And we have a show, and the fam will be so mad!’” Jeannie said, adding, “You guys are such goofballs!”
During the epic episode, our ladies were joined not by one, but TWO special guests.
Up first was Jeannie’s own mother Mama Mai, who expressed excitement for being a grandmother — or in her own words “Glama Mai” — and that her daughter made “the right choice” to have a baby with her husband Jeezy.
“Glama Mai” also gave honest advice to her daughter on how to raise her bundle of joy.
“I want your kid to earn [money]. Any time your kid asks you for something, remember you have to say, ‘No, no, no,’ or ‘I’ll think about it.’ Don’t ever say yes… Good parents, you love them so much, they will spoil [their kids]. I don’t like it.”
Last but not least, we were joined by Jeezy, who completely surprised Jeannie when he walked onto our set.
After a tearful reunion, Garcelle asked the rapper what he is most looking forward to with this pregnancy.
In response, Jeezy noted that their child will be “the first thing” that he and Jeannie will have together that’s from the both of them.
“I think from the moment we initially first talked about being married, we talked about having something together, whether that was real estate businesses, all those things, but God gave us a child first and I’m just excited to see the first thing that we have together is actually from the both of us,” he said.
“I feel like that’s what we both need right now at our ages and just in our careers. Like Mama Mai said, we ain’t going to spoil the Baby J, you guys are. I’m just excited about us actually having this experience together.”
Though Jeannie and Jeezy admitted that they don’t know the sex of their baby, Jeezy thinks it’s a boy “for sure”!
“I admit, it’s just one of those things where you just know. I just feel like at this point in time, it feels like we need a boy. By the way, you need somebody that is going to be tough like you right now,” he explained.
Congratulations to Jeannie and Jeezy on your pregnancy, and we can’t wait for Baby J’s arrival!