When a decade-long marriage ends, the body sometimes registers what the mind cannot yet process — and Bunnie Xo's story reminds us that grief is not only emotional but physiological, a full reckoning of the self. After her divorce from Jelly Roll was finalized this past July, she emerged not as a woman defined by loss, but as one deliberately reclaiming the terms of her own life. In speaking publicly about the twenty pounds, the IVs, the baby food, she named the cost of heartbreak honestly — and then turned toward something rarer: the unapologetic practice of self-belonging.
Bunnie Xo Details Physical Toll of Jelly Roll Divorce: 20-Pound Weight Loss, IV Support
Bunnie Xo experienced severe physical health deterioration during divorce, losing 20 pounds and requiring IV medical support due to inability to eat.
We as women feel like we need permission to be selfish, and we don't.
Mark
When she talks about needing IVs because she wasn't eating, is that something her medical team documented, or is this her description of what happened?
Mimi
She's describing her own experience on the podcast. She said her team had to intervene—pick her up off the floor, get her the IVs. That's what she's reporting about that moment.
Luke
Right, so we have her account of it. We don't have medical records or a doctor's statement. That matters for precision.
Mimi
It does. But the weight loss—twenty pounds—that's visible, measurable. That happened. Whether the IVs were prescribed or just something her team did, the physical toll is real.
Mark
Why do you think she went public with this? Most people would keep that private.
Mimi
She was already talking about it on her podcast right after the split. This interview with Jenna Bush Hager is her choosing to discuss it in a different space, on her own terms.
Luke
And then she deleted the podcast episode. So there's a pattern of her sharing, then reconsidering, then sharing again in a more controlled way.
Mimi
Exactly. She's managing her own narrative. She doesn't want to be "the devastated ex-wife" circus act. She wants to be Bunnie—a person who went through something hard and came out the other side.
Mark
The thing about permission—telling women they deserve to be selfish—that's the through-line, isn't it?
Mimi
That's what she's actually saying. Not "I'm having wild adventures." It's "I'm allowed to take care of myself without guilt." That's the real story.
Luke
Though we should note: we don't know what Jelly Roll's experience of this was, or what he's said about it. This is entirely her perspective.
Mimi
True. But she's the one who sat down and talked about the physical toll, so that's what we have.
The Pulse
- Bunnie Xo's body broke down under the weight of divorce — she lost twenty pounds, stopped eating, and required IV fluids after her team found her collapsed on the floor.
- A nearly ten-year marriage, built from an unlikely meeting in Las Vegas in 2015, dissolved in a matter of months when Jelly Roll filed for divorce in May and it was finalized by July.
- She used her podcast to process the split publicly, then pulled it from YouTube — refusing to let her pain become entertainment for an audience hungry for a train wreck.
- Spotted with a younger man in Nashville and scrutinized online, Bunnie pushed back against the internet's narrative, insisting her social life was hers to define — Cards Against Humanity, swimming, and all.
- She has reframed the aftermath not as devastation but as permission — urging women to reclaim selfishness as a practice, not a failing, and to pour back into themselves without apology.
When a decade-long marriage ends, the body sometimes registers what the mind cannot yet process — and Bunnie Xo's story reminds us that grief is not only emotional but physiological, a full reckoning of the self. After her divorce from Jelly Roll was finalized this past July, she emerged not as a woman defined by loss, but as one deliberately reclaiming the terms of her own life. In speaking publicly about the twenty pounds, the IVs, the baby food, she named the cost of heartbreak honestly — and then turned toward something rarer: the unapologetic practice of self-belonging.
Bunnie Xo sat with Jenna Bush Hager and described what grief does when it reaches the body. She lost twenty pounds. Her team found her on the floor and brought IVs because she had stopped eating — baby food was all she could manage. This was the physical cost of her divorce from Jelly Roll, the rapper and country artist she had been with for nearly a decade.
They met in 2015 at a Las Vegas concert — she a former sex worker, he a rising musician — and eloped a year later. By May of this year, Jelly Roll had filed for divorce, citing a separation date of May 9. It was finalized in July.
In the immediate aftermath, Bunnie processed the split on her podcast, sharing intimate details with her listeners. She later removed it from YouTube. When asked why, she was clear: she had no interest in performing her pain for an audience. She had built her own identity apart from her ex-husband's, and she wasn't about to surrender it to the role of devastated ex-wife. "I was not going to participate in that circus," she said.
What followed was a conscious rebuilding. Bunnie began speaking about permission — the kind women rarely grant themselves. Being selfish, she argued, is not a moral failure but a necessity. Eat the brownies alone. Take the time that belongs only to you. She described learning self-care not as indulgence but as practice, something she was finally doing without guilt.
The internet, predictably, wrote its own story. She was spotted in early July kissing a twenty-four-year-old reality personality at Jelly Roll's Nashville bar, and social media filled in the rest. Bunnie pushed back gently — not every man people saw her with was a romantic interest. She was having fun, yes, but on her own terms: Cards Against Humanity, swimming, working out. She joked that people might see her with multiple men, women, maybe even a camel. The point was simpler than any of it: she got to decide what came next.
Bunnie Xo sat down with Jenna Bush Hager and described what heartbreak does to the body when it goes untreated. She lost twenty pounds. Her team found her on the floor more than once and brought her IVs because she had stopped eating. Baby food was what she could manage. This was the physical architecture of her divorce from Jelly Roll, the rapper and country singer she had married nearly a decade earlier.
They met in 2015 at a concert in Las Vegas. She was a former sex worker; he was a rising musician. A year later they eloped. By May of this year, Jelly Roll filed for divorce, listing their separation date as May 9. The marriage lasted almost ten years. The divorce was finalized in July.
In the immediate aftermath, Bunnie used her podcast to process what had happened—the intimate details of the split laid bare for listeners. She later took it down from YouTube. When Hager asked why, Bunnie was direct: she didn't want to be a spectacle. "Oh, everybody loves to watch a train wreck," she said. "I was not going to participate in that circus." She had built her own identity, her own brand, separate from her ex-husband's. She saw no reason to abandon that now, to collapse into the role of the devastated ex-wife performing her pain for an audience.
What came next was a deliberate recalibration. Bunnie began talking about permission—the permission women don't ask for but deserve to give themselves. Being selfish, she said, is not a moral failing. It's necessary. Tell your kids to go to bed and eat the brownies alone. Take time that belongs only to you. Pour back into yourself without guilt. She described entering a new chapter where self-care wasn't an indulgence but a practice, something she was learning to do without apology.
The internet, of course, had its own narrative. Bunnie was spotted in early July kissing Dylan Wolf, a twenty-four-year-old reality television personality, at Jelly Roll's bar in Nashville. TMZ had the video. Social media filled in the rest—assumptions about what her freedom looked like, what she was doing with it. Bunnie pushed back gently. The men people saw her with weren't all romantic interests. She was having fun, yes, but not the kind the internet imagined. Cards Against Humanity at home. Swimming. Working out. "You guys see only what I put on social media," she said. She joked that people would see her with multiple men, maybe women, maybe even a camel. The point wasn't the specifics of her social life. The point was that she got to define it now, not the internet, not the divorce narrative, not the weight loss or the IVs or the baby food. She got to decide what came next.
Notable Quotes
There were moments where my team had to pick me up off the floor and get me IVs because I wasn't eating.— Bunnie Xo, on the physical toll of her divorce
I was not going to participate in that circus. I am my own person. I stand on my own two feet, even alongside my ex-husband.— Bunnie Xo, on why she deleted her podcast episode about the split
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