A semi-secret wedding in the MAJOR backyard of your brand new custom mansion in Atlanta? It's a Covid-Era romance if we ever saw one. Rapper Jeezy and TV personality Jeannie Mai are officially married, just one year after their quarantine engagement. Get in the gorgeous nuptials inside.
Jeezy's plan was to propose to Jeannie on a trip to Vietnam - but that was thwarted thanks to Covid lock-downs. So he popped the question with a Vietnam inspired date night at his home last April, and the two have been on a mission to build their lives together stat.
The twosome, who have been dating since January 2019 (a year after he was a guest on "The Real"), had plans to get married in either the South of France or Lake Cuomo whenever Covid restrictions were lifted. But after Jeezy's mother suddenly passed away this past February, the two felt compelled to just do it - now.
"The Talk" co-host told VOGUE mag:
“We were really looking forward to having all of our friends and family there to celebrate,” Jeannie says. “But we had to change all of our wedding plans due to COVID. After Jeezy’s mother unexpectedly passed, we quickly learned that life is too short. And at the end of the day, Jeezy and I really just wanted to become husband and wife. So we decided to turn our original wedding into a mini-mony, where we exchanged our vows in front of our immediate family and a few close friends.”
And a STUNNING mini-mony it was.
This gown and veil - a champagne blush custom creation between Jeannie and bridal designer Ghalia Lahav - and this super intimate but bomb setting were perfect. Jeannie said she couldn't stop smiling and we see why.
The service took place in the open garden at the couple’s home against a backdrop of magnolia, birch, and maple trees—a setting that was both intimate and familial. “Everywhere you went, there were tall glass candles lighting your path,” Jeannie says. “And, we had a live band, Trap Jazz, perform our favorite songs.”
After each family member proceeded down the aisle, the father of the groom laid a single pink rose on a seat reserved for the late Sharon Denise Jenkins, Jeezy’s mother. Author and pastor John Maxwell waited at the altar as Jeezy made his way down the aisle to “I Can’t Stop Loving You” by Kem. The bride followed afterwards to “How Deep Is Your Love” by the Bee Gees. Then, Jeannie’s brother kicked things off with a twist on tradition—the Vietnamese tea ceremony. “He led Jeezy and I in a ritual performed at Vietnamese weddings,” Jeannie remembers. “In this ceremony, we honored our parents by pouring tea as a gesture to welcome Jeezy into my family, and me into his. Then we paid our respects to our parents and ancestors by bowing four times, each one symbolizing a significant gift in the life that they have provided us with.”
As for who was there - just their "tribe", as Jeannie called them. Mama Mai and the fam and Jeezy's people, too. Jeannie's co-hosts seemingly didn't attend, but there was one other celeb there - Tyrese. He serenaded her for the wedding. And he shockingly didn't spill the beans.
"The Real" co-host Loni Love showed her support on IG though:
VOGUE has the exclusive pics and more details from the wedding and chill Versace-filled after party.
Something tells us Jeannie's changed her mind about not wanting kids too, after ending her first marriage over the fact her then hsband changed his mind on having kids and she did not.
Time will tell. Congrats to the couple!
Photo: Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock.com, Getty
source: theybf
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