“Love Black guys. For me, dark meat on the side; White keeps me mean and lean. That’s why I married White. That’s what I like.”
“What do you mean dark meat on the side?” Love barked back with burrowed eyebrows.
Braxton was the most demonstrative of the co-hosts in demanding that Mai explain herself. “Wait, what are you reading it as? “How did you say it? You like your main man to be White and your side piece to be Black …”
Finally, the other co-host, Tamera Mowry, convinced Mai to elaborate on her thoughts.
Check out this episode from a few years back:
Black Twitter swarmed all over Mai for her previous pronouncements about her attraction to Black men and their place in her life. The results were not pretty. Here is a sampling of the responses:
https://twitter.com/InvadarXim/status/1169637433664622592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1169637433664622592&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbossip.com%2F1783456%2Fwheres-jeezy-jeannie-mais-dark-meat-on-the-side-comment-is-getting-them-both-dragged-into-an-angry-snowman-abyss%2F
https://twitter.com/_FemalePharaoh/status/1169718598144860160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1169718598144860160&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbossip.com%2F1783456%2Fwheres-jeezy-jeannie-mais-dark-meat-on-the-side-comment-is-getting-them-both-dragged-into-an-angry-snowman-abyss%2F
https://twitter.com/felicialashay22/status/1169257723097165824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1169257723097165824&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbossip.com%2F1783456%2Fwheres-jeezy-jeannie-mais-dark-meat-on-the-side-comment-is-getting-them-both-dragged-into-an-angry-snowman-abyss%2F
https://twitter.com/xoxopettygal/status/1169649911551397892?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1169649911551397892&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbossip.com%2F1783456%2Fwheres-jeezy-jeannie-mais-dark-meat-on-the-side-comment-is-getting-them-both-dragged-into-an-angry-snowman-abyss%2F
None of them called BW the Other Dark Meat (on the side) https://t.co/GErVscH6bC
— Your Fave's Fave 🇵🇷 (@_ItsMarisWorld_) September 5, 2019
Love yourself, Kings. You are more than just the darkie on the side. I mean dark meat on the side .
— NON SORRY DEY (@HOT_TOMALAY) September 5, 2019
https://twitter.com/_FemalePharaoh/status/1169654266786721798?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1169654266786721798&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbossip.com%2F1783456%2Fwheres-jeezy-jeannie-mais-dark-meat-on-the-side-comment-is-getting-them-both-dragged-into-an-angry-snowman-abyss%2F
https://twitter.com/MEEK_ndhumble/status/1169267774830665728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1169267774830665728&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbossip.com%2F1783456%2Fwheres-jeezy-jeannie-mais-dark-meat-on-the-side-comment-is-getting-them-both-dragged-into-an-angry-snowman-abyss%2F
https://twitter.com/breonthebeat/status/1169308062265597953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1169308062265597953&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbossip.com%2F1783456%2Fwheres-jeezy-jeannie-mais-dark-meat-on-the-side-comment-is-getting-them-both-dragged-into-an-angry-snowman-abyss%2F
https://twitter.com/InvadarXim/status/1169637433664622592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1169637433664622592&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbossip.com%2F1783456%2Fwheres-jeezy-jeannie-mais-dark-meat-on-the-side-comment-is-getting-them-both-dragged-into-an-angry-snowman-abyss%2F
