When the COVID-19 crisis canceled their April trip to Vietnam, four-time Grammy nominee Jeezy decided to ‘bring Vietnam’ to his March 27 proposal to The Real co-host Jeannie Mai while still at home in quarantine.
‘As I walked in, he started to describe that I was stepping into a dinner in Vietnam,’ the 41-year-old bride-to-be recalled to her Hello Hunnay vlog on Thursday.
‘So here I was looking at the love of my life as he was transporting me to Vietnam, as I turn my attention to the table, there were all these beautiful Vietnamese dishes. He set up our little chopsticks.
Fantasy: When the COVID-19 crisis canceled their April trip to Vietnam, four-time Grammy nominee Jeezy (L) decided to ‘bring Vietnam’ to his March 27 proposal to The Real co-host Jeannie Mai (R) while still at home in quarantine
The 41-year-old bride-to-be recalled to her Hello Hunnay vlog on Thursday: ‘As I walked in, he started to describe that I was stepping into a dinner in Vietnam’
‘And there were lanterns. Here’s the crazy things – there were actual silk lanterns, the kind that you can only get in Vietnam, hanging on the window.’
The South Carolina-born, Georgia-raised 42-year-old then showed Jeannie a slideshow of themselves superimposed over Vietnamese tourist hotspots they had planned on visiting.
Mai – who’s half Vietnamese – noted: ‘The fact that Jay did not let the quarantine stop us from still enjoying our trip to Vietnam really touched my heart.’
When Jeezy (born Jay Wayne Jenkins) got down on one knee by the fireplace and popped the question, the San Jose native ‘completely froze because I just could not believe that he did this.’
Jeannie described: ‘There were actual silk lanterns, the kind that you can only get in Vietnam, hanging on the window’
Mai added: ‘As I turn my attention to the table, there were all these beautiful Vietnamese dishes. He set up our little chopsticks’
Ho Chi Minh City: The South Carolina-born, Georgia-raised 42-year-old then showed Jeannie a slideshow of themselves superimposed over Vietnamese tourist hotspots
Mai – who’s half Vietnamese – noted: ‘The fact that Jay did not let the quarantine stop us from still enjoying our trip to Vietnam really touched my heart’
‘I then at that very moment figured it all out,’ Jeannie said.
‘Jay had planned to propose to me in Vietnam. The reason he brought Vietnam to me is because he didn’t want the quarantine to stop the fact that he wanted to propose to me. Jay is my soulmate.’
Before dancing the night away on their patio dubbed ‘Club Ice,’ the Don’t Make Me rapper then showed Mai a video of her parents offering their approval for the marriage as well as other family members.
‘Jay had done the most important thing in my culture, which his to pay respect to the mom and the dad,’ former make-up artist gushed.
‘Jay is my soulmate!’ When Jeezy (born Jay Wayne Jenkins) got down on one knee by the fireplace and popped the question, the San Jose native ‘completely froze because I just could not believe that he did this’
‘The most important thing in my culture!’ Before dancing the night away on their patio dubbed ‘Club Ice,’ the Don’t Make Me rapper then showed Mai a video of her parents offering their approval for the marriage as well as other family members (Mama Mai pictured R)
Jeannie and Jeezy reportedly met on the set of The Real and began dating in November 2018 – one month before her divorce was finalized to her husband of a decade, Freddy Harteis (R, pictured in 2015)
Blended brood: Mai will soon become stepmother to the 5ft9in hip-hop star’s son Shyheim, daughter Amra Nor, and son Jadarius from previous relationships (pictured November 28)
Jeannie and Jeezy reportedly met on the set of The Real and began dating in November 2018 – one month before her divorce was finalized to her husband of a decade, Freddy Harteis.
Mai will soon become stepmother to the 5ft9in hip-hop star’s son Shyheim, daughter Amra Nor, and son Jadarius from previous relationships.
The Daytime Emmy winner currently co-hosts the syndicated talk show The Real (remotely) on weekdays alongside Adrienne Bailon, Tamar Braxton, Loni Love, Tamera Mowry, and Amanda Seales.
And Jeezy is next scheduled to perform June 27 at the Aretha Franklin Amphitheater in Detroit.
Remotely at home: The Daytime Emmy winner currently co-hosts the syndicated talk show The Real on weekdays alongside Amanda Seales, Loni Love, Tamera Mowry, and Adrienne Bailon (pictured Wednesday)
Still on? Jeezy is next scheduled to perform June 27 at the Aretha Franklin Amphitheater in Detroit (pictured August 23)