Bunnie Xo revealed the conflict between her and Jelly Roll that led to the breakdown of their marriage.
Bunnie Xo reveals the fight that led to Jelly Roll divorce filing in bombshell tell-all video
Bunnie Xo finally addressed her bombshell divorce from Jelly Roll after 10 years of marriage.
“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,” Bunnie said on Thursday’s episode of her “Dumb Blonde” podcast.
“We always preach you gotta be comfortable having the uncomfortable conversations, and we did that for eight years in. Then the past year and a half, we kind of got away from that because, we’re in a different life right now.”
Bunnie Xo addressed her divorce from Jelly Roll in Thursday’s episode of her ‘Dumb Blonde” podcast (seen above).Dumb Blonde Podcast/YouTube
The author revealed the breakup was sparked after an argument that ended with her telling the Grammy winner to “file the f–king divorce papers.’”Dumb Blonde Podcast/YouTube
Bunnie continued, recalling their final argument that went down on Mother’s Day where she told him to “file the f–king divorce papers.”
“On Mother’s Day, we had a little bit of an argument, which I don’t think the details are necessary. And, in that argument, I was so fed up and so tired that I just looked at him and said, ‘Well, then file the f–king divorce papers,’” she said.
“In our relationship, that is the one cardinal thing that you don’t say, even though my husband has said it numerous times,” she noted. “But, when I say it, it really holds weight because I’m not the type of person who says what I don’t mean.”
The conversation ended with Bunnie packing a bag and leaving the Grammy winner, she said.
“In our relationship, that is the one cardinal thing that you don’t say,” Bunnie Xo said. (Seen above: the estranged couple in February.)Getty Images
The exes (photographed above in 2024) quietly parted ways in May.jellyroll615/Instagram
The “Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic” host added that their IVF journey had also taken a toll on their marriage.
“In the last two years when we decided to have a baby, I had to do IVF. My hat goes off to any woman, family, couple who is going through IVF because let me tell you something dude that is one of the loneliest, darkest journeys you will be on,” she said, noting that process “completely wrecked” her.
“Yes, everybody gets to see the reward at the end, but it is not all bells and whistles. It is not a beautiful journey,” Bunnie continued. “It wrecked me emotionally, spiritually, physically. It was so hard on me that for the past year and a half, I became a shell of the person I was because I’m doing this IVF journey. I’m fighting hard just to you know be able to produce enough eggs to make a baby with my husband, especially at my age.”
The process became more difficult as she revealed that Jelly Roll “had low sperm count” so “he had to get on a bunch of hormones and a whole bunch of medication which turned him into a freaking nightmare to be around.”
Bunnie (pictured above with Jelly Roll at their 2023 vow renewal) also noted in her Thursday video that the couple’s IVF journey also played a role in their decision to call it quits.xomgitsbunnie/Tiktok
“It wrecked me emotionally, spiritually, physically. It was so hard on me that for the past year and a half, I became a shell of the person I was,” Bunnie, pictured above kissing Jelly Roll in February 2026, said.Getty Images
Bunnie continued, revealing that the couple has “lost four embryos” throughout their experience.
“We’ve had three transfers but we lost the the two twins that we were going to try to have and then we lost the other two. And anybody that’s going through that and has to deal with these miscarriages, it’s gut-wrenching. It is so heartbreaking,” she confessed.
On Monday, news broke that Jelly Roll, 41, quietly pulled the plug on his and Bunnie Xo’s marriage on May 18, citing “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for their split, Page Six confirmed.
The country singer filed for divorce in Williamson County, Tennessee, where he and the “Dumb Blonde” podcast host, 46, lived together.
The exes agreed to divide their assets and debts.
Jelly Roll (seen here with Bunnie) was the one to file for divorce.xomgitsbunnie/Instagram
The country singer cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for their split.xomgitsbunnie/Instagram
Movers were photographed outside of the estranged couple’s Tennessee home on Monday, though it’s unclear whose items were being packed up.
The “Wild Ones” crooner, born Jason Bradley DeFord, hinted at trouble in paradise when he opted out of wearing his wedding ring while performing at the 2026 CMA Fest in Nashville earlier this month.
Bunnie (seen above) and Jelly Roll were married for 10 years.Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
They tied the knot in 2016. (Seen here: the duo in 2022.)FilmMagic
Eagle-eyed fans on social media also noticed that he has ditched his ring since around February or March.
As for Bunnie, born Alisa DeFord, she compared exes to trash cans in a cheeky video of herself wearing a revenge outfit, captioning it, “Intuition when that s–t don’t add up.”
Additionally, the internet personality shared a photo of herself posing in lingerie shortly before news of their split broke.
Bunnie and Jelly Roll (seen here in 2023) renewed their vows in 2023.Getty Images for CMT
Jelly Roll (seen above in February with Bunnie in February) wasn’t seen wearing his wedding ring earlier this month.Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy
Jelly Roll and Bunnie tied the knot in Las Vegas in 2016, but they briefly split in 2018.
They later reconciled and renewed their vows in 2023.
The “Somebody Save Me” singer has previously admitted to having cheated on his estranged wife ahead of getting sober from hard drugs.
