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Janet Marie "Jay" Kyle (née Thomas), usually referred to by her nickname "Jay", is the deuteragonist of My Wife and Kids. She is the matriarch of The Kyle Family and mother of Junior, Claire and Kady. She is also the grandmother of Junior, Jr. She liked to have fun with her family and to be active.

Biography[]

Jay Kyle is a mom who gave birth to her and Michaels first born Junior on prom night which causes confrontational issues between her and Claire when she chaperones Claire going to prom as a sophomore and takes over the whole evening.

Physical Appearance[]

Jay is a African American woman of average height and slim but curvy figure. She has light skin, hazel eyes, honey blonde brownish hair that changes length throughout the season, small button nose and full pink lips. In season one and half of season 2 her hair is curly kinky shoulder length and dirty blonde. Half of season 3 her hair is still dirty blonde and straighten into waves. In season 4 her hair straight shoulder length. In season 5 her hair is medium length and straight and honey brown. Throughout the seasons, her figure goes from slim to thick to slowly getting slim again and wears colorful but cute clothes.

Personality[]

She is a very excitable and nice person. During the series, Jay's maiden name is contradicted as in the Season 2 episode "Make Over", in which a frumpy-feeling Jay gets a new look, her maiden name is said to be Thomas. However in another episode her maiden name is said to be Johnson. In the "Pilot", Jay gets a job at a stock broker firm, much to Michael's chagrin, a job which she is subsequently fired from in the season two episode "Jay Gets Fired". In the fourth and fifth seasons, a running gag featured Jay often uttering a devilish laugh when she has a plan or when she thinks something is funny. When the other Kyles witness her laughing at something that's really not funny, they sometimes gave her a "not funny" gesture to make her stop. Jay has also been portrayed as something of a hypocrite and delusional. Seeing herself as better, smarter or more experienced in subjects than she sometimes actually is. She is quick to point out her husbands and family and friends flaws but gets very defensive of her own to the point of denial.

When Michael evicted Junior from their house in Season 3, "Jr.'s Risky Business: Part 2" after catching him and his girlfriend Vanessa in their bed after having sex, she is the one who tries to have Michael rethink his decision. When Junior drew a portrait of her she asked him to redo it as it looked nothing like her (it actually looked exactly like her). When he drew it again the portrait was of Halle Berry, she insisted it looked exactly like her.

During her time as a psychology student Jay started analysing everything her family did and giving false diagnosis until Michael tricked her into seeing what she was doing using a technique she prescribed.

She also often calls therapists if she believes something is wrong with Michael but quite clearly does not want any actual help, she just wants to be told she is right and Michael's wrong. She takes offence when he calls up a therapist about a problem she has and quite blatantly says they only call the pheraphist if there is a problem with him. She is also quick to leave (say his name and he appears I believe in joe hendry) another pheriphists office when it was apparent the woman wouldn't take her side. Eventually though they did see an impartial therapist.

Age[]

32 (thirty-two)

33-34 (thirty-three to thirty-four)

34-35 (thirty-four to thirty-five)

35-36 (thirty-five to thirty-six)

36-37 (thirty-six to thirty-seven)

Trivia[]

  • Her maiden name is Johnson, stated by her husband.
  • However in "Make Over" it is stated her maiden name is Thomas.

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