Bunnie Xo makes brutal joke about Jelly Roll divorce following 10-year marriage
Bunnie Xo just savagely compared her marriage to Jelly Roll to a prison sentence, as she joked about returning to single life following their 10-year-long relationship.
Last Monday (15 June), the shock news broke that the podcaster and influencer, 46, and the American rapper and singer, 41, had called time on their romance.
PEOPLE Magazine dropped the bombshell that Jelly, whose real name is Jason Bradley DeFord, had filed divorce papers against Bunnie on 18 May in Williamson County, Tennessee, citing ‘irreconcilable differences’ as the reason why.
Since then, both parties have made it clear that the break-up was on good terms, with Jelly saying at a recent concert that ‘nobody cheated’ and the celebrity duo remain ‘best friends’.
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While Bunnie, real name Alisa Andrea DeFord, has been getting candid with fans on her Dumb Blonde podcast.
In her most recent episode, which was uploaded on Thursday (25 June), she revealed some of the DMs she’s received since the split became public knowledge.
The podcaster claimed that she’s only responded to two social media DMs since the break-up, as she divulged some of the more bizarre messages that have appeared.
She read one out loud in the studio, which said: “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.”
Bunnie joked: “So listen. I don't mind that the dude's in prison. What I don't like is he said, 'let me go out and have a time with you.’
“So that's where it's like, okay. So you're just expecting me to put out on this first date.”
Her co-host, Meme Shahan, then chimed in with: “I mean after 10 years he might need it,” and Bunnie responded: “I mean, same.”
She laughed: “I just got out of a 10-year bid too b****es, what are we talking about.”
Bunnie’s other co-host, Hailee Clark, then added: “How the turn tables.”
The influencer made sure to quickly clarify that she was joking, though, as she warned: “I'm gonna get a phone call,” before insisting it was a joke and ‘just cutting the rug buddy’.
It comes just after Jelly spoke out for the first time since the public split, during his show at the Saratoga Springs, New York, stop of his tour.
In a video, obtained by Page Six, he declared: “This is the only time and the only city I’m gonna speak about this, so break your camera phones out now.”
“Me and my wife are best friends. We will always be best friends,” he said, while pointing out that ‘she will probably be the only woman I will ever love the way I loved her’ and urging that ‘nobody cheated on nobody’.
Jelly then affirmed that ‘every word’ of her previous podcast is the truth, adding: “That will be my best friend forever. This is the only time I will ever speak about it. Bunnie, I love you, baby.”
Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo's relationship timeline
August 2015
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.
July 2016
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.
August 2016
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.
23 August 2016
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.
2018
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.
2019
Bunnie launches the Dumb Blonde podcast, which goes on to be a massive success, with Dolly Parton and MGK appearing as guests.
2022
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.
March 2023
Bunnie deletes her OnlyFans and leaves the sex industry behind.
31 August 2023
Bunnie and Jelly Roll return to The Little White Chapel in Vegas to renew their vows.
June 2024
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.”
February 2026
Bunnie says that following Jelly Roll’s 275 pound weight loss, his penis has gotten ‘severely bigger’.
9 May 2026
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.
18 May 2026
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.”
18 June 2026
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’.
Topics: Entertainment, Celebrity, Sex and Relationships, Podcasts
Madison Burgess