Jelly Roll’s 18-year-old daughter says fans would ‘crumble’ if they knew reason for Bunnie Xo divorce
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Jen Thomas
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Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, Music, Sex and Relationships
Superstar singer Jelly Roll's daughter has spoken out on a TikTok livestream about her dad's split from Bunnie Xo, revealing she's 'for real so done'.
Divorce is never nice for anyone to deal with and reaches far beyond just the couple involved, as Jelly Roll's 18-year-old daughter Bailee Ann can attest to.
Bunnie Xo has been in Bailee Ann's life since she was a little girl, and she recently deleted an episode of the Dumb Blonde podcast where she covered the split from Jelly, whose real name is Jason Bradley DeFord, 41.
In it, she revealed: "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."
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Bunnie, real name Alisa Andrea DeFord, later said the podcast episode 'backfired' on her, but now Bailee Ann has spoken out about the split.
"Nobody cheated. Period. [Get] the f**** out of my comments, my DMs, my live with that s***, I don’t care, I don’t want to talk about it," the teenager fumed in a TikTok live on 19 July, according to PEOPLE.
"Y’all have no f****** idea what happened, and wait ‘til y’all find out," she insisted, claiming that the 'internet in totality' will 'crumble the day that I open my mouth'.
"It’s not a difference in... opinions," Bailee Ann added.
"Nobody else lived in it... I’m for real so done. Good? Everybody good? We’re on the same page? Cool," she said, before continuing on with the live and insisting on changing the subject.
Bailee Ann shared a TikTok Story back in June, when shock news of the split first broke after almost 10 years of marriage for Jelly and Bunnie.
"Oh and one more thing I am disgusted at how invested everyone is in a very clearly private family matter," Bailee Ann wrote, calling it 'crazy'.
"Go on somewhere y'all, worry bout your house - not mine. I’m not speaking on it - yet," she noted.
According to TMZ, Jelly filed for divorce on 18 May, their date of separation was listed as 9 May, and the grounds for divorce were listed as 'irreconcilable differences'.
A source told PEOPLE that Jelly wanted the split to be done 'fairly'.
"There was never any desire to drag the process out, they both wanted to handle the divorce with respect for one another," they said, before adding: "He’s a very generous person by nature and wanted to make sure the divorce was handled fairly and respectfully."
For his part, Jelly Roll recently addressed the split while onstage in Saratoga Springs, saying: "While we're talking about liars, the internet is a liar too."
He continued: "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.
"Nobody cheated on nobody."
LADbible Group has approached Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo's representatives for comment.
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 adds 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’.
Bunnie kisses 24-year-old reality star Dylan Wolf at Jelly Roll’s Tennessee bar, Goodnight Nashville, while celebrating the Fourth of July. TMZ later shares footage of the intimate moment.
Bunnie shares Jelly Roll's reaction to the kiss on her podcast, telling listeners that he totally 'gets it' and the venue was 'no issue at all'.
“I’m not dating anybody. I do not want to be with anybody. There’s an ice box where my heart used to be. That s**t is chained up,” she adds.