Rapper-turned-country-music-singer Jelly Roll’s wife, Bunnie XO, is a podcaster and has worked in the sex work industry, reported TODAY. The ABC News Studios-produced documentary Jelly Roll: Save Me chronicled the singer’s music career and life struggles. The documentary focuses on his addiction problems, incarceration, and mental health struggles.
According to People Magazine, Jelly Roll, whose real name is Jason Bradley DeFord, has two children. He married Bunnie XO, full name Alisa DeFord, in 2016 in a spontaneous ceremony shortly after he proposed to her onstage at a Las Vegas concert. The couple then renewed their wedding vows in 2023. Bunnie XO runs the podcast Dumb Blonde, which she launched in 2019 to fulfill her dream. She is also a stepmom to Jelly Roll’s children — daughter Bailee and son Noah.
The Jelly Roll: Save Me documentary premiered in May 2023 and is available to stream on Hulu. The documentary shows the singer’s transformation, who claimed his wife Bunnie XO inspired his sentimental songwriting, reported People Magazine. Jelly Roll stated how people have doubted his relationship with Bunnie XO, but “we stuck it out.” He said his wife “saved” him during “one of the darkest times of my life” and has “been nothing but supportive.”
How old is Jelly Roll’s wife Bunnie XO & when did they first meet?
Jelly Roll’s wife, Bunnie XO, who is now 44, first met the country singer in 2015, per People Magazine. She met Jelly Roll at one of his concerts at Las Vegas Country Saloon concerts. However, she was dating someone else at the time. They reportedly talked backstage and stayed in touch afterward through mutual friends. Then, after Bunnie XO’s breakup, the duo started dating. Jelly Roll, during his appearance on King and the Sting and the Wing Clips, claimed, “They split, and I’m not going to act like I shot my shot. She kind of shot hers.”
The singer said he told her he would be coming to Las Vegas to shoot for a music video. He claimed to have only done so after learning about her breakup and that she was interested in him. There, he stayed over at Bunnie XO’s place. Jelly Roll added, “When I hugged her, I could just feel the genuineness of her. I could tell it wasn’t an act.”
After dating for a year, Jelly Roll proposed to Bunnie XO onstage during a Yelawolf and Deftones concert in Las Vegas. The couple had an impromptu wedding in a courthouse shortly after. In the same podcast interview, Jerry Roll revealed, “We got married kind of randomly. It was Vegas, right? So it’s like 11 o’clock. They’re closing the joint down by Hard Rock [Cafe] and I’m like, ‘F— it. Let’s just go now.’ She’s like, ‘The courthouse is open for about 34 to 44 more minutes.’ I was like, ‘Let’s f—— roll.'” The couple later renewed their wedding vows in 2023.
Over the years, Jelly Roll’s wife, Bunnie XO, has been a loving stepmother to his kids and a supportive partner. According to CNN, in one of her podcast episodes expressed her frustration over how the internet has “bullied” Jelly Roll for his weight.
In the clip, Bunnie XO claimed Jelly Roll “got off the internet because he is so tired of being bullied about his f**king weight.” She said, “And that makes me want to cry because he is the sweetest angel baby.” The podcaster added, “My husband doesn’t show it to you guys but I’m gonna have a very vulnerable moment here. It hurts him.” TODAY reported that Jelly Roll then went on a weight loss journey, losing “50 to 70-something pounds.”
Jelly Roll’s wife, Bunnie XO, has also retired from the sex work industry and has shut down her OnlyFans account, per US Weekly. Earlier this year, in March, she marked the one-year anniversary of her retirement in a post. It said, “Awww a year ago I retired from the SW [sex work] industry.” Bunnie XO claimed she was “scared to let go of that part of” her life and to “leave behind the money I was making.” She added, “But I had faith & let God have it & he made sure I made it back 10 fold ?”
According to Billboard, Jelly Roll previously told the outlet how his wife Bunne XO is “a beacon of change in my life.” He claimed to be grateful to Bunnie XO for helping him with his children. She reportedly helped Jelly Roll gain custody of his daughter Bailee in 2017 and shared a “beautiful mother-daughter bond” with her.
In other news, Jelly Roll is now facing a lawsuit after a Philadelphia-based wedding band named Jellyroll sued him. The lawsuit is over trademark infringement, reported Fox 29 Philadelphia.
