Women Of “The Real” Discuss How Jeannie’s Divorce Turned Messy & Vincent Herbert’s Sabotage

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA – NOVEMBER 14: Television personalities Jeannie Mai (L) and Freddy Harteis attend the Roku grand opening on November 14, 2015 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Imeh Akpanudosen/Getty Images for Innovative Dining Group)

Dj Envy: Everything was so nice at first. When did it turn?

Jeannie Mai: It turned when money got involved and ego. It’s been about one year. You know how people say, ‘Money changes people.’ So does ego. So does social media and so does the press. And all of that mixed in between, you’ve really got to keep yourself grounded at who you are at the core. You’ve got to remember who you are because you can’t speak for other people.

We didn’t get divorced on bad terms but love is a word—I have to figure out what that means between us right now. One thing that he always said, I really believed it. ‘You don’t truly know a person until you don’t get what they want.’ That’s when they show you who they are. It’s a good quote but you wouldn’t think that the person you were married to and were with for fourteen years and taught you the quote and would be the best number example of what it was.