{"id":2462820,"date":"2026-06-16T21:16:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T21:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2462820"},"modified":"2026-06-16T21:16:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T21:16:56","slug":"how-can-jelly-roll-be-getting-divorced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/how-can-jelly-roll-be-getting-divorced\/","title":{"rendered":"How can Jelly Roll be getting divorced?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<div data-editable=\"aiSummary\" class=\"article__ai-summary-wrapper\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/ai-article-summary\/instances\/cmqgsd5e3000r3b6ret3ejx81@published\" class=\"ai-article-summary hidden  \" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-selector-brand=\"accent-ai\">\n    <button class=\"ai-article-summary__toggle\"><br \/>\n        <strong class=\"ai-article-summary__title\"><br \/>\n            <span 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couple met in 2015 when he was living in his van.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-article-summary__item\">&#8220;I would have killed myself if it wasn\u2019t for you and Jesus,&#8221; he said at the 2026 Grammys.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n            <span class=\"ai-article-summary__disclaimer-text\">AI-generated summary was reviewed by a celebrity.land editor.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqgscjbw000x28qb6ibe8zu0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Jelly Roll has filed for divorce from the woman we all thought was his soulmate.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqgsd1wm00023b6r8nw7d40s@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Grammy-winning singer \u2014 who was born Jason Bradley DeFord \u2014 is named as the plaintiff in a divorce case filed in May in Williamson County, Tennessee, against his wife, Alisa Andrea DeFord.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqgsd1wm00033b6ru2i4kyny@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            She goes by Bunnie XO, and she\u2019s a model and the host of the popular <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dumbblondepodcast.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dumb Blonde podcast<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqgsd1wm00043b6rluypaxw2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Theirs has been the type of love story country songs are written about \u2014 she\u2019s inspired multiple tunes the country artist has released as recently as 2024\u2019s \u201cKill A Man\u201d and 2026\u2019s \u201cThorns.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqgsd1wm00053b6rn2j49nbd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            They first met in 2015 when she attended one of his concerts in Las Vegas.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqgsd1wm00063b6r82ekkmoy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            It was a match made in unconventional heaven. He had a lengthy criminal record starting at the age of 14 and resulting in 40 stints in jail or prison, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hulu.com\/series\/jelly-roll-save-me-b54b1dab-33f8-41e5-a4da-0523a847dac7\" target=\"_blank\">according to his 2023 documentary \u201cJelly Roll: Save Me.\u201d<\/a> She was a sex worker.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqgsd1wm00073b6re5sqizyj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            He was hardly at the top of his game at the time and was living in his van, he explained a few years ago during an appearance a few years ago on the podcast \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m63282XDiVw\" target=\"_blank\">King and the Sting<\/a>.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqgsd1wm00083b6rkgi67nc7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt\u2019s a white trash love story,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen I hugged her, I could just feel the genuineness of her. I could tell it wasn\u2019t an act.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqgsd1wm00093b6rohgsyxw9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            And while she was seeing someone else at the time, the two stayed in touch, eventually becoming a couple.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqgsd1wm000a3b6rvwjdn78w@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A year later he proposed onstage at a Yelawolf and Deftones concert in Las Vegas and they married in record time.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqgsd1wm000b3b6r02pbsmnv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            They were deeply in love when an ex gave birth to the singer\u2019s son. It wouldn\u2019t be the only challenge to their relationship.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqgsd1wm000c3b6rlqarmcol@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Bunnie XO helped him get on his feet financially and fight for custody of his daughter, Bailee, from a previous relationship. According to her husband, she dove fully into helping to take care of his daughter when he achieved that goal in 2017.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqgsd1wm000d3b6rq4einrn4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI\u2019ll never forget, Bunnie looked at me, and \u2014 man, it makes me emotional \u2014 she said, \u2018No matter what happens with us, I\u2019m going to help you get the girl,\u201d\u2019 he said during a 2023 appearance on \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L8TNsfEP6WI\" target=\"_blank\">Bussin\u2019 With The Boys<\/a>.\u201d And I was like, man, what character, you know what I mean?\u201d<em>\ufeff<\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqgsd1wm000e3b6rohnfkpye@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            More recently, she\u2019s been his biggest cheerleader after he shed almost 300 pounds from his 550-pound frame.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqgsd1wm000f3b6r7q2486oe@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            He has credited her with \u201csaving\u201d him and paid tribute to his \u201cbeautiful wife\u201d just back in February after winning the best contemporary country album for \u201cBeautifully Broken\u201d at the 2026 Grammys.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqgsd1wm000g3b6r5nm4cofo@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI would have never changed my life without you,\u201d he said, through tears. \u201cI would have ended up dead or in jail. I would have killed myself if it wasn\u2019t for you and Jesus. I thank you for this.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqgsd1wm000h3b6rjnenan9l@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            That type of devotion is one of the reasons why she stayed even after a split in 2018 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/10\/24\/entertainment\/jelly-roll-cheating-bunnie-weight-loss\">following his infidelity<\/a>, something he has called \u201cone of the worst moments of his adulthood.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqgsd1wm000i3b6rhyolquty@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In her recent memoir \u201cStripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic,\u201d Bunnie XO explained that the pair had always been open to having other women join them sexually, but that didn\u2019t inoculate her from the hurt of his having a ten-month affair in 2018.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqgsd1wm000j3b6r0flcbaud@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe both live by the motto that we aren\u2019t each other\u2019s possessions and consider our relationship to be free, not open,\u201d she wrote.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqgsd1wm000k3b6rkdl1ifrk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Her life, as she described in the memoir <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/how-bunnie-xo-overcame-troubled-past-to-find-peace-exclusive-11904310\" target=\"_blank\">and told People magazine<\/a> when it published, had been turbulent in the past, including everything from a painful childhood to domestic violence, drug addiction, sexual assault and suicidal ideation.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqgsd1wm000l3b6rge5b465l@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI really was just searching for the love of my father in so many men, and then it became a career. I thought I was taking my power back from the abuse that I\u2019d been through, but really I was just in survival mode,\u201d she said. \u201cI took situations from my childhood and let them sour me as I got older, and I want to take full responsibility for my actions. It\u2019s important that if you\u2019re going to give somebody your testimony, you give them the good, the bad and the ugly.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqgsd1wm000m3b6rbszzappy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            That factored into her willingness to give her husband a second chance after his infidelity. While promoting her book earlier this year on \u201cThe Kelly Clarkson Show,\u201d she said that having received so many opportunities to turn her life around, she felt she owed it to her husband to offer him one as well\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqgsd1wm000n3b6rgetfz8vg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI gave it to him, and it is the best decision I\u2019ve ever made,\u201d she said. \u201cWill he get a third? Absolutely f**king not.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqgsd1wm000o3b6r3svczhyv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Reps for Jelly Roll and Bunnie XO did not immediately respond to inquiries.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.celebrity.land.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary Grammy-winning country singer Jelly Roll has filed for divorce from his wife, Bunnie XO. The couple met in 2015 when he was living in his van. &#8220;I would have killed myself if it wasn\u2019t for you and Jesus,&#8221; he said at the 2026 Grammys. 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