The Internet’s Latest Mama’s Boy Wants to Set the Record Straight
Exclusive: The Ultimatum’s Jebin John went viral for saying his wife should be like his “new mom.” He told us what everyone got wrong.
“My wife has to be like my new mom,” Jebin John said in an interview on the reality TV show, The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On. His mom wakes up at 4 a.m. to get ready for work, yet makes sure his food is ready. When she’s back from work, food appears on the table again — and there’s even more food in the fridge. Jebin’s thought process is simple: his mom takes care of him, so why shouldn’t his wife?
Of course, as soon as this clip went viral, women couldn’t help but express their frustration in a world where mama’s boys or Raja Betas are often coddled and can’t take care of themselves. “I had a violent physical reaction to this,” one user commented. “May this type of love never find me,” another commented. “Seeing this conversation happen is a good thing,” Sunny Soni, a dating coach with many South Asian clients, told The Juggernaut. “If it gets more men thinking, ‘maybe I do need to learn how to be a better partner,’ then that’s a positive.”
Does Jebin John agree with the comments section? Does he think of himself as a mama’s boy? Ahead of The Ultimatum’s reunion, The Juggernaut asked him all the questions you may have — yes, including about the letter he wrote that got him kicked off the show.