Bunny Xo clapped back at rumors that her marriage was troubled less than a year before her estranged husband Jelly Roll filed for divorce.
“Someone said the other day, ‘They used to be together, and now you never see them together,'” Bunnie, 46, said on an August 2025 episode of her “Dumb Blonde” podcast. “I say, ‘Don’t you know that for the last six months (that) I’ve been trying to have a baby?’
Us Weekly confirmed Monday, June 15, that Jelly Roll (real name: Jason Bradley DeFord), 41, filed for divorce of Bunnie (real name: Alisa DeFord) in May in Tennessee after nearly a decade of marriage. same day, Bunnie made a cryptic Instagram post about finding her “sparkle” again.
Us has reached out to representatives for both stars for comment.
The podcaster previously responded to marriage speculation after Jelly Roll enjoyed a whirlwind 2025 summer, including headlining a European tour with Post Malone and even meeting Pope Leo XIV during a visit to Vatican City.
At that time, Bunnie Xo insisted on her could not join her husband on the road because they were exploring fertility options. (Jelly Roll shares son Noah Buddy, 9, with ex Melissa Ann Cowell and daughter Bailey Ann18, with fv Felicia Beckwith.)
“My husband has to work to bring home the bacon,” Bunnie told podcast listeners last August. “Luckily I get the luxury of working from home. He doesn’t. He’s going to show up, but I’ve literally been on IVF meds for six months and going through heartbreak and cursing so much s***.”
She added: “That’s why you haven’t seen me (because) mommy is about to pop out. I have to remind them. I might even do a sexy photoshoot and piss off all the f***ing (haters).”
Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo attend the 68th GRAMMY Awards.
Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesThe former couple resumed making public appearances together earlier this year, including stepping out at a pre-Grammy gala in January and then exchanging PDA on the red carpet at the music industry awards show in February.
Also in February, Bunnie Xo opened up in her memoir Stripped Down: Unfiltered and unapologetic about how she and Jelly Roll rebuilt their marriage after he cheated several years ago. (Jelly Roll described his infidelity as “one of the worst moments of my adult life” in an October 2025 appearance on the “Human School” podcast.)
Bunnie spoke exclusively Us sore why she was honest with her readers about the “betrayal” she felt over her husband’s infidelity.
Bunnie Xo has hit back at an Instagram commenter who criticized her for staying with her husband Jelly Roll after he had an affair. “It takes a stronger woman to face pain head on, do the work and rebuild with the man she loves instead of running or gossiping,” replied Bunnie Xo (real name Bunnie DeFord). “Growth (…)
“I don’t think anyone can just snap out of it. It’s a process. You’re literally grieving and you’re heartbroken, but you’re still in love with this person. Even though the affair is part of the book, it’s not our story,” she shared Us in February. “It’s literally what catapulted us into who we are today, and I think the readers (of her memoir) absolutely need to consume it, chew on it and think about it. But they also see what we made of that whole situation. It completely changed who we are as people and how we looked at love.”
Jelly Roll confessed People later in February it it was “hard” at times to read Bunnie’s candid memoirs.
“We went through a lot of pain and had to go through it together, but read
the whole book and seeing where it ended up is really moving,” he added. “I’m just proud of her for telling her story so unapologetically. I mean, she speaks fearlessly about everything from domestic violence to sexual assault. I’m just proud of her. She is so brave.”
