Bunnie Xo opens up about the darkest chapter in her marriage to Jelly Roll.
In her new memoir, Stripped Down: Unfiltered and unapologeticthe podcaster, 44, reveals she contemplated suicide in 2018 after discovering the country star, 41, was having an affair just two years after tying the knot — a betrayal that nearly ended both her marriage and her life.
After an explosive fight, Jelly Roll, born Jason Bradley DeFord, moved out of their Nashville home with his daughter, Bailee. Bunnie, whose real name is Alisa DeFord, became increasingly suspicious.
Despite his denials, she later learned that “he had his ex-husband waiting for him at a hotel down the street.” When a friend confirmed the affair, the weight of it all crushed her.
“That night I considered taking my life,” she revealed. “The pain was so intense that I really just wanted to end it all.” She recalled staring at a bottle of pills and wondering, “Would J even care if I was dead?” Finally she stopped herself.
The road back was not easy. “I’m not going to pretend we just went back to normal. We absolutely didn’t,” she admitted, adding, “It would take years to actually feel like this man loved me — that I wasn’t disposable.”
Last year, the couple marked nine years of marriage.
