Some folks could be shocked to examine Jelly Roll dishonest on his spouse in her memoir — however Bunnie Xo by no means thought of glossing over that chapter of their marriage.
“I attempted to be as actual as doable with the state of affairs,” Bunnie Xo, 46, completely informed Us Weekly about her memoir, Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic, which is out February 17. “I believe I might need even toned it down.”
Bunnie Xo, who has been married to Jelly Roll, 41, since 2016, didn’t wish to maintain something again, including, “It’s simply actually essential to be actual. My husband is my greatest pal. I f***ing love that man — and we have now been via hell.”
The content material creator realized that “love isn’t at all times fairly.”
“It’s uncooked, it’s emotional and it’s a journey,” she added. “I’m so blissful for individuals who have by no means needed to undergo something traumatic of their relationships. However I simply really feel like my husband and I needed to undergo that as a result of it’s a part of our testimony. It’s part of what we’ve survived — we select to be collectively day-after-day.”
After Jelly Roll turned a family title within the nation music scene, he used his platform to candidly deal with subjects in his life comparable to incarceration, habit and previous challenges in his marriage.
“One of many worst moments of my maturity was after I had an affair on my spouse,” the singer admitted throughout an October 2025 episode of the “Human Faculty” podcast. “As a result of it was the primary time that I used to be like, ‘I actually can’t get this proper in any respect. I do know I’m in love with this girl.’ It simply actually, actually, actually blew me again.”
Jelly Roll confessed that he put in “a number of work to restore” their connection, which led to them being “stronger than we might have ever been,” saying, “I want our story would’ve went in the best way that it by no means had an affair. I’m pleased with who we’re right this moment. I actually am.”
Whereas chatting with Us, Bunnie Xo recalled how “arduous” it was to maneuver on from the “betrayal.”
“I don’t assume anyone can simply snap out of it. It’s a course of. You’re actually grieving and also you’re heartbroken however you’re nonetheless in love with this individual. Regardless that the affair is part of the e book, it’s not our story,” she defined. “It’s actually what catapulted us into who we’re right this moment and I believe that readers must positively eat it, chew on it and give it some thought. However in addition they see what we’ve constructed from that total state of affairs. It utterly modified who we’re as people and the way we checked out love.”
Bunnie Xo continued: “We didn’t know easy methods to love one another correctly. We each had been raised in reverse households however weren’t taught easy methods to love accurately. Numerous that will get brushed over [but] as a toddler, he wasn’t taught easy methods to love correctly and I wasn’t taught easy methods to love or obtain love.”
Many Hollywood marriages have overcome allegations of infidelity over time. Former Vanderpump Guidelines stars Brittany Cartwright and Jax Taylor labored via Taylor’s dishonest previous — he was caught hooking up with former costar Religion Stowers throughout season 6 — earlier than getting married in June 2019. “I see him each single day making efforts and […]
Bunnie Xo made it clear that her and Jelly Roll are “greater than the affair.” Stripped Down allowed her the prospect to shine a light-weight on her life like she has by no means finished earlier than.
“I’m very vocal on-line and I’ve [my ‘Dumb Blonde’ podcast] the place I’ve folks inform their tales. However the loopy factor is that no person actually is aware of my life story. They know bits and items that I’ve allowed them to know, however no person is aware of the total story,” she informed Us. “It was very cathartic wanting again and seeing all that I had overcome. However I by no means stopped to essentially give it some thought. It was actually superior to have the ability to look again and be like, ‘Man, I made it via this.’ It was positively therapeutic and cathartic.”
Earlier than Stripped Down‘s launch, Bunnie Xo gave her husband an early copy.
“He’s studying it now. As I used to be writing the chapters, I might inform him, ‘Would you like me to ship the e book to you?’ And he’s like, ‘No, I simply wish to learn it when it comes out. Inform your fact.’ My husband has by no means stifled my creativity,” she gushed. “That’s one factor I really like about my husband. He’s been my No. 1 supporter.”
Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic is out February 17.
