Grammy-winning singer Jelly Roll and his spouse, Bunnie XO, have ended their marriage. The nation music star, whose actual identify is Jason DeFord, filed for divorce on Could 18, 2026, though information of the break up didn’t change into public till almost a month later.
Rumors shortly unfold in regards to the causes behind Jelly Roll and Bunnie XO’s (aka Alisa DeFord) breakup. Based on movie star gossip columnist Rob Shuter, the divorce wasn’t attributable to “dishonest or scandal,” however reasonably it stemmed from Bunnie’s curiosity in returning to the “adult-entertainment” trade.
Sources instructed Shuter’s Naughty However Good that discussions about Bunnie’s profession targets turned tougher as Jelly Roll’s fame grew. Ultimately, they realized they wished “very completely different futures.”
“Bunnie began critically contemplating a return, and that created actual stress,” one supply defined. “She wasn’t speaking about her previous anymore. She was speaking about her future.”
One other insider mentioned, “She’s at all times been pleased with the place she got here from. For Bunnie, this wasn’t about controversy. It was about enterprise, freedom, and doing one thing she understood.”
Nonetheless, Jelly Roll reportedly “struggled” with the potential affect on his personal profession. “No one was judging anybody,” a separate supply famous. “The problem wasn’t morality. The problem was compatibility. They stopped seeing the identical image after they appeared forward.”
Shut associates of the pair later revealed that the notorious Mom’s Day struggle between them was the “closing straw.” Whereas the heated argument didn’t instantly finish their marriage, it “uncovered issues that had been constructing for a very long time. The actual story is that they wished completely different lives.”
Bunnie opened up in regards to the dispute on the June 18 episode of her Dumb Blonde podcast, admitting it left her “fed up and so drained.”
“I simply checked out him, and I mentioned, ‘Properly, then file the f—ing divorce papers,’” she recalled. “And in our relationship, that’s the one cardinal factor that you simply don’t say—despite the fact that my husband has mentioned it quite a few instances, ‘trigger he’s the runner. However after I say it, it actually holds weight as a result of I’m not the kind of one who says what I don’t imply.”
Shortly after the argument, Bunnie “packed a bag and left,” and the 2 didn’t communicate for weeks. “Throughout that, he was so mad, and we have been so emotional that he ended up doing precisely what I instructed him to do and submitting the divorce papers,” she added.
Regardless of the divorce, insiders say there’s “nonetheless love” between the 2. “The wedding is over,” a good friend instructed Shuter, “however the respect stays.”
In an sudden twist, Bunnie additionally introduced on her podcast that she and Jelly Roll are having a child collectively. “And also you guys are going to be shocked to listen to this, however we’re nonetheless having a child. We’re nonetheless having a child, guys. We’re nonetheless having a child collectively,” she instructed listeners. “So, now we have been probably the most unconventional couple that you simply guys have ever encountered.”
She continued, “We’re nonetheless having a child collectively. We’re going to co-parent collectively. Jay is my greatest good friend, like, this isn’t what you guys suppose that is. No one cheated on the opposite particular person. It’s actually simply… we served our objective for one another.”
