Jean and Mary got along just find in the beginning, though Jean grew closer to Cindy. Jean was just not into the party scene like Mary was. While touring Jean stayed in her room and rarely went out with Mary despite Mary's encouragement. Clearly the more "eccentric" fans unnerved Jean, she had not been brought up around such folks.

It was Jean who encouraged Mary to demand that Motown release her monies to her complete control and get an accounting of her royalties through the years. Jean knew something wasn't right. Mary was shocked by how little she really had.

It was when Lynda came into the group and the two converted to the Jehovah Witness faith that Jean became a thorn in Mary's side, and Motown's as well. As Jean told me, in the summer of 1972 when the reviews started getting bad [[the ladies were forced back into a Diana Ross and the Supremes stage show) and record sales dropped sharply, that all three ladies, including Mary made a decision. They all gave Motown an ultimatum that within a year if things didn't improve they would leave for another label. They were unaware of the legalities of the name. But when they were informed that if they left Motown, they left the name Supremes and the company could hire any three girls to take over. Jean didn't care about this but Mary did. Jean got more and more annoyed with Mary's non-confrontational attitude toward Mary. When the Jimmy Webb lp came out Jean was all over Motown's promotion department for not promoting it; they were all into Lady Sings The Blues at that point.

The failure of Bad Weather made matters worse. Jean became more vocal about the club act and lack of promotion. The final straw came in San Francisco around May 1973 when they got a scathing review and the writer said the group didn't have a "black" sound. This hit Jean to her core. They held a press conference where they defended their act with Jean going a little bit into militantism. The Supremes were never known for this type of talk

It was here that Jean told Mary and Lynda she wanted out. The year was up and Motown had not lived up to the terms of their ultimatum. As she said to me in a 1978 interview, "Mary was very loyal to Motown. And if that's what she wanted, if that's where her loyalties were then...what could I say?"

Despite Mary virtually begging Jean to stay, Jean had met the man she was going to marry and that cemented her decision to leave. Lynda soon followed. Also, Pedro was starting to come around and both Jean and Lynda were skeptical of him and left Mary to deal with him, if that was what she wanted.

As far as Jean's future, she settled into a marital situation and had the children she had longed for. Following her exit from the group several announcements were made about Jean making a comeback but nothing materialized. At one point producer Richard Perry made Jean and Lynda a lucrative offer to record as a duet. He had big plans for them and both ladies were excited. The morning of the meeting to sign the contracts, Jean announced she had changed her mind. She had a baby and didn't want to leave home. Perry then signed The Pointer Sisters and we know what happened for them. Ron Townsend of the 5th Dimension did a few gigs with Jean around LA and at one point he wanted Jean to replace Marilyn McCoo. Jean said no, no more group's for her. Finally Philly producer Bobby Martin got Jean going. He got her a solo deal with A&M who was eager to bust into the R&B market and were hot with the group LTD [[Back In Love Again). Herb Alpert was excited to have her and a solo career was mapped out for her. She did the I Had To Fall In Love lp and was scheduled to tour opening for LTD. Again she did an about face and said her family commitments and Jehovah Witness beliefs would not allow her to do all of this. A&M dropped her. We didn't hear from Jean again until the FLOs was formed in 1986.