Bunnie XO says she and Jelly Roll are still having a baby: What the ‘Dumb Blonde’ podcast host said about their divorce

Bunnie XO has spoken publicly for the first time about her divorce from Jelly Roll, revealing that the former couple still plans to raise a child together through surrogacy, despite their split.

Speaking on her Dumb Blonde podcast, Bunnie said she and Jelly Roll intend to co-parent the baby, describing themselves as “the most unconventional couple you guys have ever encountered.”

“We’re going to co-parent together,” she said on Thursday’s episode. “J is my best friend. Like, this isn’t what you guys think this is. Nobody cheated on the other person. We just served our purpose for each other.”

The former couple revealed in February that they had secured a surrogate after years of fertility struggles.

According to court records, Jelly Roll filed for divorce in Williamson County, Tennessee, on May 18, 2026, citing irreconcilable differences.

The argument that preceded the divorce filing

Bunnie XO shared details of the argument that occurred shortly before Jelly Roll filed for divorce, describing them as “the type of couple who never argued.”

Noting that the couple had “pretty much stopped communicating” over the previous year and a half, she said: “He would be holding things in. I would be holding things in, and that’s a recipe for disaster.

“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 [expletive] divorce papers.'”

Bunnie said she packed a bag and left, and that the pair did not speak for weeks afterward.

“He was so mad and we were so emotional that he ended up doing exactly what I told him to do and filing the divorce papers,” she said.

Although she said the words in the heat of the moment, she said she did not expect him to actually follow through.

“Was I blindsided? Was this divorce mutual? No,” she said.

Even so, Bunnie maintained that “my husband and I are ending this marriage on the best possible terms,” adding that she had spoken with him for two hours shortly before recording the podcast.

A difficult fertility journey

Over their 10-year marriage, Bunnie XO and Jelly Roll have spoken openly about their fertility struggles.

Bunnie has previously said the couple tried multiple times to have a child together and lost four embryos, describing the process as “hellacious.”

She said the experience “wrecked me emotionally, spiritually, physically,” and added that both she and Jelly Roll underwent hormone treatments as part of their fertility journey.

Bunnie described herself as becoming a “shell” during treatment, while saying Jelly Roll was a “nightmare to be around” once they began hormone treatments.

In her February 2026 memoir, Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic, Bunnie XO wrote that the couple had found a surrogate and remained determined to have a child together.

“I’ve waited this long to have kids with someone I knew would be a great father — and to be able to make sure they have the best life,” Bunnie XO, 46, wrote of Jelly Roll, 41.

Bunnie is also the stepmother of Jelly Roll’s two children, Bailee Ann, 18, and Noah, 9.