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- Jelly Roll mentioned on the Human College podcast that dishonest on his spouse Bunnie Xo was “one of many worst moments” of his grownup life
- The singer mentioned he is put in “numerous work to restore” their relationship
- The couple celebrated their ninth marriage ceremony anniversary in September
Jelly Roll is opening up about what he says was “one of many worst moments” of his grownup life: dishonest on his spouse, Bunnie Xo.
The “Want a Favor” singer, 40, and Bunnie, 45, tied the knot in 2016, and just lately celebrated their ninth marriage ceremony anniversary. However the couple went by way of a tough patch a number of years in the past, one which Jelly mentioned he doesn’t typically “discuss… publicly.”
“One of many worst moments of my maturity was after I had an affair on my spouse,” he mentioned on the Oct. 21 episode of the Human College 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 mentioned that he put in “numerous work to restore” their relationship, and he and Bunnie in the present day are “stronger than we may have ever been.”
“I want our story would’ve went in the best way that it by no means had an affair, and I’m in means glad it occurred, however man, I’m happy with who we’re in the present day,” he mentioned. “I actually am.”
The singer added that on the time, he’d surrounded himself with a foul crowd whose conduct had began to rub off on him.
“I used to be hanging round a bunch of those who had been dishonest on their wives. Once I was doing cocaine, I used to be hanging round a bunch of those who had been doing cocaine,” he defined. “I was happy with long-standing friendships simply because they’d a quantity connected to them. Horrible people. However I might simply be proud to say, ‘That dude’s been with me 12 years.’ S—-y human!”
Now, Jelly mentioned, he desires to “solely be round folks I need to be like” and who push him to be higher.
Jelly didn’t provide specifics as to his affair, although Bunnie (actual title Alyssa DeFord) beforehand alluded to a rocky second within the couple’s relationship in 2018, saying in a TikTok final 12 months that they’d briefly cut up up.
“Who knew that us breaking apart in 2018, me shifting again to Vegas & you coming to get me again – would have put us on this wild journey referred to as life,” she wrote. “We lastly dedicated to one another & did the whole lot we promised one another the primary evening in 2016. Our citadel within the sand needed to crumble so we may rebuild on strong floor.”
Jelly opened up about his spouse to ipromiseyoumedia in November 2024, describing her as somebody who exhibits up “when the chips are down.”
“I prioritize household and that’s what anchors me down,” Jelly (né Jason DeFord) mentioned. “My world shrunk after I centered on one girl.”
He proposed on stage in 2016, they usually exchanged vows that very same evening. In 2023, Jelly and Bunnie renewed their vows on the identical Las Vegas chapel the place they mentioned “I do.”
Bunnie celebrated their ninth marriage ceremony anniversary on Instagram on Sept. 2 with a sequence of pictures of the couple in Germany.
“Life is ours, we stay it our means 💫 9 years of us ✨,” she captioned the put up.