Bunnie Xo jokes Jelly Roll marriage was like a '10-year prison' bid as she discusses life after divorce
Topics: Jelly Roll, Celebrity
Kiesha Dosanjh
Featured Image Credit: Dumb Blonde Podcast/YouTube
Topics: Jelly Roll, Celebrity
Newly single Bunnie Xo has opened up about life after her shock split from husband Jelly Roll.
The celebrity couple devastated fans when it was revealed that Jelly Roll, real name Jason DeFord, had filed for divorce. It is said the 41-year-old first filed on May 18, with the news reaching the public earlier this month.
However, fans were left in shock, with the news coming shortly after the pair packed on the PDA for the cameras at the 2026 Grammy Awards.
As always, rumors began flying after news of the shock split, but the singer took to Instagram to clear things up shortly after.
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Posting a video from his concert, the country star said: "First and foremost, nobody cheated on anybody. Please stop with the crazy internet rumors. Bunnie and I love each other deeply, and that will never change."
But is Bunnie ready to move on? Well, the people in her DMs seem to think so.
In the latest episode of her Dumb Blonde Podcast, the 46-year-old revealed she had only responded to two messages since the split.
However, for entertainment on the podcast, the social media influencer read some of the outrageous messages she had received.
One read: “Hey pretty lady, I'm about to get out of prison on a 10 year bid next year. Please let me go out and have a time with you. That's all I ask. I promise it will be worth it. Hit me back.”
However, the fact the man was in prison didn't seem to bother Bunnie.
“What I don't like is he said, 'let me go out and have a time with you',” she said
“So that's where it's like, okay, so you're just expecting me to put out on this first date. Which…”
It was then that her co-host, Meme Shahan, joked: “I mean after 10 years he might need it."
Seemingly referring to her marriage to her former husband, Bunnie responded with a laugh: “I just got out of a 10-year bid too b*****s, what are we talking about.”
They tied the knot at a Las Vegas chapel in August 2016, with Jelly Roll filing for divorce in May 2026.
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Elsewhere, another 'fan' told Bunnie that if she wanted a man 'without tattoos everywhere', he should hit her up.
“You can call me fat roll, or crunchy roll, or glazed donut,” the admirer added.
Bunnie broke her silence on the divorce during an episode of her podcast shortly after the split, in which she said their rapid rise into the global spotlight over the past year completely altered their communication.
“J and I have never really been good at having disagreements. So, we were the type of couple who never argued. So, he would be holding things in. I would be holding things in, and that's a recipe for disaster," she admitted.
The podcaster then revealed it was a tense argument on Mother's Day which was 'the absolute straw that broke the camel's back'.
However, Bunnie declined to share the details of what the argument was about.
Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo meet at one of the former’s shows at the Las Vegas Country Saloon. This was before Jelly Roll enjoyed mainstream success. He’s living in a van and only around 20 people are at the gig. They talk backstage. At the time, Bunnie is dating someone else.
Later, Bunnie splits from her ex and asks a friend to give her Jelly Roll’s number. Bunnie says Jelly Roll would call and text her for advice about his daughter Bailee, from a previous relationship.
The pair’s relationship turns romantic when Jelly Roll travels to Vegas to film a music video and Bunnie offers to put him up at her place.
Jelly Roll proposes to Bunnie onstage at a Yelawolf and Deftones concert in Las Vegas. He tells her: “[I wanna know] will your fine a** marry my white trash a** tonight in Las Vegas?” That night, they tie the knot at The Little White Chapel.
Jelly Roll welcomes a son, Noah Buddy, with an ex. In 2016, Jelly Roll and Bunnie are also granted primary custody of Bailee due to her mother’s substance abuse issues.
Jelly Roll cheats on Bunnie, and the pair temporarily separate. Jelly Roll later calls the affair ‘one of the worst moments of his adulthood’.
He says he ‘did a lot of work to repair that relationship’ on the Human School podcast. They rekindle their relationship later that year.
Bunnie launches the Dumb Blonde podcast, which goes on to be a massive success, with Dolly Parton and MGK appearing as guests.
Jelly Roll’s music takes off in a big way. His single ‘Son of a Sinner’ hits No. 1 on Billboard's US Country Airplay chart.
Bunnie deletes her OnlyFans and leaves the sex industry behind.
Bunnie and Jelly Roll return to The Little White Chapel in Vegas to renew their vows.
Bunnie reveals on Instagram that the couple have decided to undergo IVF. She writes: “W/all odds stacked against us, it’s always been hard & we have only just begun.”
Bunnie says that following Jelly Roll’s 275 pound weight loss, his penis has gotten ‘severely bigger’.
The date of separation in Jelly Roll and Bunnie's divorce filing. Bunnie later reveals the couple have an argument, and she says in anger: “Well, then file the f**king divorce papers.”
Jelly Roll packs a bag and the couple don’t speak for weeks.
Jelly Roll files for divorce, citing ‘irreconcilable differences’.
Lawyer Holly Davis - who doesn’t represent either party - tells People: “It's a very neutral and agreement-oriented filing. It doesn't look like a contested divorce filing.”
Bunnie opens up on her podcast Dumb Blonde about the end of her marriage.
She says there was no cheating, and she and Jelly Roll are still planning to have a baby via IVF and co-parent it together.
Her IVF journey took a heartbreaking strain on her mental health, and she says it ‘wrecked me emotionally, spiritually, physically’.
She adds: “It was not mutual. Even though I told him to file the divorce papers, I was speaking out of anger and frustration. But was it necessary for us to have a wakeup call and to actually start having these real conversations? Absolutely.”
She says that Jelly Roll is already dating other people, and she is ‘excited to discover myself single’.
The same night, Jelly Roll addresses speculation around the divorce onstage at Saratoga Springs, New York, saying the internet ‘is a liar’.
He adds: “Me and my wife are best friends, we will always be best friends. I will love her. She will probably be the only woman I'll ever love the way I loved her.”