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Wait, What?! 'The Real' Star Jeannie Mai Reveals She Is Considering Having A Baby After Divorcing Ex-Husband Because She Didn't Want Kids!
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Mar. 12 2019, Updated 8:19 p.m. ET
The Real star Jeannie Mai has had a change of heart. Though the co-host previously expressed she has no desire to become a mom, during the March 12 episode, she admitted her 40th birthday brought a change in her outlook.
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Jeannie and her ex-husband Freddy Harteis split in October 2017. At the time, she explained that kids were a huge deal breaker for them.
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“It was one of the main factors of our separation,” she admitted.
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As the couple got older, though Jeannie was always vocal about her views on having children, she noticed Freddy’s shift in attitude.
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“When you physically see how a man is with a child and realize that a man really desires to be a father, and you know that you are that block between that happening, you just don’t feel right about it,” she explained.
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Shortly after their split, Freddy went on to have a baby with girlfriend Linsey Toole.
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Though it took her a few more years, it seems Jeannie has also come around. During the show she told her co-hosts once she turned 40, something “magical” happened that left her open to love in unexpected ways.
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She added that in five years time, “Who knows? You might have a little Jeannie!"
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