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Bunnie Xo revealed her marriage to Jelly Roll ended after an argument on Mother’s Day
The couple, married since 2016, had struggled with communication and avoided arguments throughout their relationship
Despite the split, they remain on good terms and plan to co-parent their future child together
Bunnie Xo is opening up about the argument with estranged husband Jelly Roll that ultimately ended their marriage.
The Dumb Blonde podcast host, 46, broke her silence on the couple’s shocking split with a podcast episode shared to YouTube titled “The Divorce” on Thursday, June 18, days after news of Jelly’s divorce filing went public.
Bunnie explained that she and the “Save Me” singer, 41, have “never been really good” at disagreements, and so they often never argued, choosing instead to hold things in, which she described as a “recipe for disaster.”
The Stripped Down author, real name Alisa DeFord, said they had an argument on Mother’s Day — and though she did not divulge the details of the argument, it left her feeling “fed up and so tired.”
“I just looked at him and I said, ‘Well, file the f—ing divorce papers,'” she recalled. “And in our relationship, that is the one cardinal thing that you don’t say, even though my husband has said it numerous times…. But when I say it, it really holds weight, because I’m not the type of person who says what I don’t mean.”
Bunnie said that after the argument, she “packed a bag and left,” and the two did not speak for several weeks.
“During that, 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. “Was this divorce mutual? No. It was not mutual, even though I told him to file the divorce papers. I was speaking out of anger and just frustration. But was it necessary for us to have a wake-up call and for us to start having these real conversations? Absolutely.”
Jelly, born Jason DeFord, filed for divorce on May 18, but listed the pair’s date of separation as May 9 — the day before Mother’s Day.
On May 9, Bunnie shared a TikTok with Jelly and daughter Bailee, 18, writing, “Never believed in ever after happily ’til y’all” (Bunnie is not Bailee’s biological mother, but has helped Jelly raise her since she was a child).
Despite the breakup, Bunnie said she and Jelly are on good terms, and even played a voice message from him in which he called her “Mama Bea” to show just how “cool” they are with one another.
She also shared that the two are “still having a baby” together, and plan to co-parent their “nugget” as “one big happy family.”
The pair married in 2016, and were together for nearly 10 years before they split.

Grammy-nominated record producer Tay Keith was found dead in his home in Nashville, Tennessee, on Thursday, police said.
Police performing a welfare check found the prolific hitmaker, whose real name is Brytavious Chambers, unresponsive in his Martin Street apartment in Nashville on Thursday afternoon, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said.
No foul play is suspected, police said. He was 29.
The cause of Keith’s death is pending autopsy results.
Keith hailed from Tennessee and worked with music’s biggest stars, including Beyoncé and Drake.
His career included four No. 1 records on the Billboard Hot 100, including Travis Scott’s 2018 single “Sicko Mode” and Drake’s 2023 hit “First Person Shooter.”
He was nominated for a Grammy in 2019 for “Sicko Mode,” which he helped produce while he was a student at Middle Tennessee State University, and again in 2024 for “Rich Flex” by Drake and 21 Savage.
He also frequently collaborated with rapper Sexyy Red, including on “Get It Sexxy” and “Pound Town.”

Paul Avery, an actor who appeared in All My Children, and his wife Sheila died in a house fire on Tuesday.
Shortly after 12:38am, New Jersey State Police and Blairstown Fire Department responded to a blaze at the couple’s home on Mohican Road, where they were trapped inside, according to Leigh Valley Live.
The outlet reported that rescuers pulled the victims from the fire but they later died from their injuries.
Paul and Sheila’s daughter Kyle Avery confirmed the news of her parents’ death in a Facebook post on Tuesday. “I’m devastated to share that our parents, Paul and Sheila Garry Avery, passed away early this morning,” she wrote.
“We loved them so much, and they loved us so much, and nobody ever had to wonder if that was so,” added Kyle. “We’re grateful to the Blairstown Fire Department for their efforts. Service plans to follow.”
In addition to his role as Hughie on two episodes of All My Children in the ’80s, Paul Avery also appeared in Superman (1978), as well as episodes of Three’s Company, Soap and Tales from the Dark Side.

Oliver Tree’s mom is remembering her son with a heartbreaking tribute following his tragic death in a helicopter crash.
Christine Begin Nickell took to Facebook on Thursday to share an emotional message, writing, “Our dear son Oliver, you made this world a better place. We are so proud of you. RIP,” followed by three heart emojis.
Oliver’s mom accompanied the post with a photo of him from his younger years, offering a glimpse of her son as loved ones continue to mourn his loss.
The grieving mother also responded to one condolence message left on the post, writing, “Thank you for such sweet sentiments Pam. It means a lot to us.”
The touching tribute comes days after Oliver was killed in a tragic helicopter crash in Brazil.
Corpo de Bombeiros Militar do Rio de Janeiro via Storyful
As we reported … Oliver was among six people who died Sunday when two helicopters collided mid-air over southwest Rio de Janeiro. The aircraft burst into flames before crashing into an electric vehicle yard below, leaving no survivors.

It’s not every day that a hit TV show gets canceled while it’s on the streaming ratings charts, but that’s exactly what happened with the Duffer Brothers‘ Netflix series The Boroughs.
On Wednesday, news broke that Netflix has dropped the axe on the sci-fi series less than one month after its release (and with mere days left in Emmy voting). The Boroughs had a strong cast — Alfred Molina, Geena Davis, Alfre Woodard, Denis O’Hare, Clarke Peters and Bill Pullman — and even stronger producers in Matt and Ross Duffer, the Upside Down Pictures guys behind Netflix’s Stranger Things. (The series was created by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews of Off Franklin Productions.)
The Boroughs also super-served an overlooked demographic — especially for streaming — senior citizens. (The Boroughs definitely had Cocoon vibes.)
But the weirdest part of all of this is: The Boroughs worked.
In its first four days, The Boroughs was second place on Netflix’s top 10 English-language TV chart with 5.6 million views. In its first full week, it jumped to No. 1 with 9.5 million views. The following week, it was fourth with 3.7 million views, and from June 8-14, The Boroughs tacked on 2 million views, ranking eighth. It would be canceled on June 17, the day after Netflix shared the fourth-week stats.
Earlier today, Nielsen revealed its own streaming charts for The Boroughs‘ debut week. It ranked second, behind only fellow Netflix series Nemesis. (Nielsen’s streaming ratings have a four-week delay.)
Critics also loved the series: The Boroughs has a 97 percent “Certified Fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and was 91 percent with “Top Critics.” (OK, so not all critics “loved” it: The Hollywood Reporter‘s own Angie Han referred to The Boroughs as a “clunky geriatric spin on Stranger Things.” Han did, however, also call it “perfectly watchable.”) The audience score on Rotten Tomatoes is a solid 79 percent.
“In a seemingly perfect retirement community, a grieving newcomer’s monstrous encounter inspires him to join a misfit crew of unlikely heroes who uncover a dark secret that proves their ‘golden years’ are more dangerous, and they are more formidable, than anyone expects,” the logline for The Boroughs reads.
The Boroughs is named for its “picturesque retirement community promising its residents the time of their lives,” the official synopsis reads. “But for new arrival Sam Cooper (Molina), paradise feels more like a prison. Everything changes when a terrifying nighttime encounter reveals that something monstrous is stalking the manicured cul-de-sacs. Dismissed by the powers that be as just another confused old man, Sam finds unlikely allies in a band of neighborhood misfits: a sharp-witted former journalist, a spiritual seeker, a cynical music manager and a brilliant doctor running out of options. Overlooked and underestimated, these unlikely heroes must band together to unravel the dark truth at the heart of The Boroughs before their time runs out.”
Well, the time on the series has quickly run out. Why?
Two sources tell THR that a problem with The Boroughs was its expensive production budget. That is true: The Boroughs costs about $10 million per episode, one said. Another said the real number is “materially higher.” Netflix weighs viewership directly against cost when making pickup and cancellation decisions, and though The Boroughs did well, it wasn’t quite Wednesday.
But the quiet-part-out-loud here is that the Duffer Brothers ditching Netflix for a four-year deal at Paramount seems to have rubbed high-ranking Netflix executives the wrong way, the first source told THR. The relationship there has been “tough” since Matt and Ross “embarrassed” the streamer by leaving, the source said. A source close to Netflix denied the accuracy of that characterization, and says this was simply a business decision.
The current Netflix regime is not the one that greenlit The Boroughs — it was Peter Friedlander and Blair Fetter, now both at Amazon MGM Studios, who gave the original thumbs up. Another pair of former Netflix executives, Cindy Holland and Matt Thunell, are tickled to be reunited with Matt and Ross at Paramount, where the Duffers’ deal encompasses (linear) TV, streaming and film. Two days prior to the cancellation news leaking, Paramount publicly dated the Duffers’ secret event movie for Nov. 3, 2028. But that’s not why news of The Boroughs cancellation came 48 hours later.
June 15 was also the deadline for Netflix to extend the options on the cast of The Boroughs. It declined to do so, effectively killing the series. There won’t be a rebirth, multiple sources tell THR. Netflix is both the studio and the platform here, with 100 percent ownership of the series. It is highly unlikely the streamer would sell the series to the competition, which includes Paramount — and now the Duffers.
A source close to the Duffers says the brothers still have a good relationship with Netflix and have multiple projects in development there.