Bunnie Xo explains sad reason she deleted Jelly Roll divorce podcast episode
Bunnie Xo has opened up to fans about why she deleted her podcast episode addressing her divorce from Jelly Roll.
The podcast host, 46, shocked fans when news of the couple’s split broke. PEOPLE Magazine dropped the bombshell that Jelly, whose real name is Jason Bradley DeFord, 41, had filed divorce papers on 18 May in Williamson County, Tennessee, citing ‘irreconcilable differences’ as the reason why.
In the weeks that followed, both parties have made it clear that the break-up was on good terms, with Jelly Roll saying at a recent concert that ‘nobody cheated’ and the celebrity duo remain ‘best friends’.
While Bunnie Xo, real name Alisa Andrea DeFord, has been getting candid with fans on her Dumb Blonde podcast. In an episode uploaded in June, she directly addressed the splitShe
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She said there was no cheating, and that she and Jelly Roll are still planning to have a baby via IVF and co-parent it together. She added: “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.”
But the author and social media star has now removed the revealing episode, explaining that while she wants to be candid with fans, it ‘backfired’ on her.
“I do always feel like I owe you guys the truth of things even when, to me, they’re obvious, but for some reason people always want to try to make things like a negative thing,” she explained in an episode uploaded on Friday (10 July)
“I took it down because I realised I just don’t want one of the hardest moments of my life to become a permanent headline,” she continued. “I don’t want to live in that.
She explained she didn’t want her divorce to be her whole personality. The podcast episode in which she candidly explained the divorce made her $100,000 and was one of her highest-viewed episodes ever.
“But I don't care about the money,” she said. “If I cared about the money, I would have left it up and let it get another f–king 100 grand.”
“There is so much behind the scenes that I have not spoken on and that I will never speak on,” she shared.
“I have been sitting in purgatory for two and a half months in my studio house,” she added. “Literally, there was times where I was on the floor, screaming, crying, because I could not understand what the f--k was going on.”
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: Celebrity, Sex and Relationships, Podcasts
Greg Harris