Brett Cooper — Jelly Roll & Bunnie XO Address Their Divorce

Guys, I'm so sorry to tell you this, but it's official. If Jelly Roll has no haters, then I'm dead. I'm dead. That is how I feel about it. And it's so crazy because I went from just a couple of years ago cheering for this man. Like him coming on the scene and just being such an inspiration with this unique voice to doing video upon video about him, about his faith journey and how redeemed he's been, to loving his story and his, you know, romance with his wife, to now officially having the ick.

Like I got the ick. And it's not because I saw him walk backwards or wear flip-flops or one of those [ __ ] things that girls SAY ON TIKTOK. NO, IT IS because how he is handling his divorce and how he is letting his ex-wife, his soulmate, take all the blame. Since I made my last video where we were talking about their divorce after the news broke last week, I was speculating maybe it was because of his weight loss, he's got a new lease on life, out there looking at other ladies, getting attention.

Well, since then, Bunny released an entire hour-long podcast about the divorce. And Jelly Roll released a vlog that really rubbed me the wrong way. And it seems like the entire internet agrees. Let's get into it. Before we do though, make sure that you like this video, subscribe to the channel if you've not already, and of course, ring that notification bell to make sure that you stay up-to-date on every single thing that we're uploading.

All right, guys, now to fully understand why Jelly Roll has gotten on my bad side, we need to recap the first time that he cheated on his wife. So, back in 2018, just 2 years after they got married, he had an affair with one of his exes for almost a year. Bunny has said that it was between 10 months and a year. He and Bunny briefly split up, but they went to counseling and they eventually got back together. Now, Bunny talked about all of this in the book that she released, I believe it was last year.

And here's an excerpt from a People magazine article about this. So, the author wrote, "But of course, the two were in it till the wheels fall off." Oh, that didn't age that well, Jelly, did it? And so, she listened when Jelly made up a story about a drug dealer's daughter that he met at a bar, noted Bunny. She believed him until a random number began blowing up his phone. "It hit me," Bunny shared. "It was her. The ex-fling was still in the damn picture, even if he'd sworn up and down that they were done.

Her trust in Jelly Roll demolished, she reached out to his affair partner for the full story. Quote, she told me how he got a house for them to live in and he wanted her to stay at home and take care of Bailee, which is Jelly Roll's daughter that Bunny got him custody of and had been raising for years. Anyway, the quote continues and she says, "And out of everything, that is what made me sick. It wasn't about him effing this broad.

It was about him emotionally cheating and then wanting her to play mommy to a little girl I had fallen in love with." Though she eventually forgave Jelly Roll, the writer says, quote, "When a man puts you through something like that, you never stop loving them, you just love them differently." She explained. "Your heart is more guarded, less trusting, and cracked." As such, quote, "I'm not going to pretend that we just went back to normal," she said.

"Some of the fights that ensued got ugly," with Bunny copping to punching Jelly Roll in the back when he said he didn't regret what he'd done. Wow, very healthy, very very healthy. And you're going to see later on that these arguments, them saying things out of turn, was actually maybe a pattern in their relationship. Now, this affair and their subsequent getting back together became a paramount part of their love story.

You know, they crawled their way back to each other, they went to counseling, they fought for this love, it's stronger than ever. You know, last week we talked about that interview that Jelly did where he was saying, "Obviously, I wish I could go back and, you know, take back what I did, but I am grateful for who we've become after the fact. Like, we are stronger than ever." OKAY, THEY'RE STRONGER THAN EVER. Got it.

Again, maybe that's not the truth. ANYWAY, AS I have now started to learn more about their story, there's one little thing that sticks out to me the most. And it sticks out to me about this affair and it sticks out to me about the divorce right now. And that is that his wife, Bunny, always blames herself, even after he cheated on her for almost a year, wanted a new woman to play mommy to the child that she had raised, she was quick to publicly take responsibility, take accountability for her part of his affair.

Just watch. >> He had an affair. Um, it was about it's a 10-month to a year-long affair, and when I found out about it, it was just so heartbreaking. And instead of looking at him and being like, "This is your fault, you know?" I looked within myself and was like, "Why do I keep attracting these types of men? What is What is going on with me that I need to fix?" >> I'm sorry. Uh, like, instead of looking at your husband who's carrying on a 10-month-long affair, buying a home for this woman, you choose to look inward.

What did I do? Why do I keep attracting THESE MEN? NO! NO! EVEN EVEN if that is a worthy conversation, this is why did I choose this guy? Why I have the way that this man who doesn't respect me, whatever it is, maybe your first thought shouldn't be blaming yourself and taking accountability, but looking at him and going, "What the F were you doing? If we were having problems, why didn't we talk about them before you went and started an affair for 10 months?"

And all of this is public knowledge. She wrote about this in her book. She's on multiple interviews about this. She takes responsibility, accountability. She had to go do work to fix their relationship as well. And now, fast-forward to right now. Um, she is also first and foremost taking responsibility for her part in the divorce. And this is going to get even more disgusting when she tells you what was actually going on behind the scenes for her.

Just watch. >> Um, so when I talk about this divorce, the only thing that I can do is take accountability for my actions. I'm not going to point fingers. I'm not going to say anything about Jay's actions because I don't feel like it's the right time, and I don't feel like it's my place. Um, >> So now, I will say, the caveat here is that I think it is respectful that she is not putting words in his mouth. She's, you know, telling her side of the story.

But time and time again throughout this hour-long podcast, she's saying, you know, "This is what I did. I blame myself for this." It's It's just like she's hitting herself time time again, like, "Bad! Bad! Bad!" But then, with the stories that she's telling, you're like, "Oh my gosh, this was just an awful marriage." Now, back in February when she did that interview with Kelly Clarkson in the clip that I showed you guys, people were pointing out this pattern of her blaming herself.

Somebody commented and said, "It is so, so sad that she blamed herself for his affair. She's worth so much more." Another person commented, this was the top comment on the video with 13,000 likes. This woman said, "The fact that she found a way to blame herself for the affair is so sad." So, the pattern is that time and time again, Bunny has put Jelly Roll, I believe his real name is Jason, has put him first. She's blamed herself, she's tried to make herself better so that he could be better, she's made herself better so that he would stay with her even when she was struggling.

And then I also really want you to hear this thing that she said before we get back into her podcast. >> When you are with somebody for a long [music] time, you're going to have to love them even at their lowest. And I truly believe that true love is not about >> [music] >> so much um accepting things that you shouldn't, but I do think [music] everybody deserves a second chance. Um they don't deserve a third, but they do deserve a second chance because we all make mistakes.

>> [music] >> And I think loving somebody at their lowest is one of the most beautiful things you can do, especially if they bloom and they blossom like my [music] husband has. I mean, I've never seen a man take accountability and just turn his entire life around because he saw how bad it hurt the woman that he loved. >> So, she loved him at his lowest. And because of that, he was able to blossom and flourish and turn into the Jelly Roll that's been dominating the country music industry.

And now all of that is lovely and wonderful, and it is true. When you are married to somebody, you do accept those flaws, you want them to do better, you love them even when they are hurting, when they are in pain, you love them through it. And their honesty and their candor about their relationship is why people fell in love with them, it's why they've been obsessed with their marriage, it's why it was so devastatingly earth-shattering for the internet when it came out that they were getting a divorce.

But here's the thing, and this is the real kicker, because even though she did all of that, even though he credits her for his success and saving him, loving him at his lowest, when she was at her lowest, it seems like he was nowhere to be found. So, let's dive into her podcast. Now, in order to really get pissed off with me, you need to know what was going on in the years leading up to this divorce. And I'll let her tell you.

Just watch. >> In the last 2 years, we when we decided to have a baby, you know, I got on um I had to do IVF. My hat goes off to any woman, family, couple who is going through IVF, because let me tell you something, dude. That is one of the loneliest, darkest journeys you will be on. Yes, everybody gets to see the reward at the end, but it is not all bells and whistles. It is not a beautiful journey. It completely wrecked me.

It wrecked me emotionally, spiritually, physically. Um it was so hard on me that for the past, you know, year and a half, I became a shell of the person I was because, you know, I'm doing these IVF journeys. I'm fighting hard just to, you know, be able to produce enough eggs to um you know, make a baby with my husband, especially at my age. Um Jay, you know, he's going to kill me for this, but had low sperm count, and he had to get on a bunch of hormones and a whole bunch of medication, um which turned him into a freaking nightmare to be around also.

And I become super introverted, because behind the scenes, I've never talked about this, but Jay and I have lost four embryos. We've had three transfers, um but we lost the the two twins that we were going to try to have, and then we lost the other two. And anybody that's going through that and has to deal with these miscarriages, um it's gut-wrenching. It is so heartbreaking. It is you get so I don't want to cry. You get so mad at God because you're like, "Why is it so easy for, you know, people who don't deserve children to just be able to pop them out, but two people who really want a baby together?"

Sorry. Technically, if we really want to get into it, I've been surrounded by death since 2022. My mom died, 24 my dad died, 26 I lose my husband, 25 I'm losing babies, you know, so it's it finally took a toll on me and I finally kind of just in a sense lost my sparkle. All right, I'm going to pause right there because I know I just threw a lot at you. But I don't think any of that should be cut out because that is the story of what was going on behind the scenes.

Those are all incredibly real, devastating things that would rock any marriage. They they would rock any individual. She's losing her parents, she goes through IVF which wrecks your hormones. They are having back-to-back miscarriages. Her husband is also taking hormones not only for IVF, but he's also been taking hormones to lose weight. That dramatically changes a person, dramatically changes, you know, mood swings, irritability, all of the things.

So you have these two individuals who are already in my personal opinion kind of messed up. They are going through these intense, intense, devastating emotional and hormonal changes. You have a man out on the road, you know, performing, he's getting skinny and fit and more attention, and he's getting richer. And then you have a woman at home who is grieving the loss of her parents and her babies and raising his child.

I mean, no matter which way you slice it, this is a completely dysfunctional and devastating situation. So while all of this was going on at home as she was going through all of this? Where was Jelly Roll? Oh, I forgot. Well, apparently because Bunny was, you know, depressed and grieving instead of focusing on him, he was allegedly, apparently, out doing whatever or, in her words, running because she was no longer chasing him.

>> I was always the chaser in a twin twin flame relationship um cuz Jay and I are twin flames and soulmates. In a twin flame relationship, there's a runner and a chaser. He's the runner, I'm the chaser. So, in this past year and a half, because I felt like he wasn't pouring into me and I wasn't pouring into him and we just weren't communicating, we just weren't on the same page, I stopped chasing him. And when I say I stopped chasing him, like I mean I stopped everything and just kind of went into myself and was dealing with a lot of depression and you know, dealing with these losses by myself.

>> so I heard her say that and suddenly I got it. Like obviously, this is about way more than just losing weight and getting a sexy new lease on life. It is that you have a man whose career and life is blowing up and your wife, your twin flame, your best friend, your soulmate is back at home falling apart without you. Allegedly, allegedly without you. In her own words, but, you know, I don't want to get sued. So, now I know that this is a crazy thing to say with all the videos that we JUST WATCHED, BUT THIS IS really where things take a turn.

This is really where they get twisted. And you might be hearing this whole story and you're going, okay, wow, this was all like the relationship was such a lie. Thank goodness she's moving on from this. It seems like maybe they just weren't working anymore. He's already out there, you know, dating and everything. She's talking about him dating, saying, go ahead, slide into his DMs. Like, thank goodness they are moving on.

But, no, it gets worse. And really, this whole story just kind of fell into my lap because this is where our videos from last week converge. Just watch. >> You guys are going to be shocked to hear this, but we're still having a baby. We're still having a baby, We're still having a baby together. We're still having a baby together. We're going to co-parent together. Jay is my best friend. Like, this isn't what you guys think this is.

Nobody cheated on the other person. It's literally just we served our purpose for each other. >> It's literally not what you guys think it is. I THINK IT'S DYSFUNCTION. I THINK IT IS insanity and that is exactly what it is. Also, how devastating I keep saying that we're devastating but this really is devastating to just say we served our purpose for one another. That's the most like 2026 thing I've ever heard. You don't serve me.

No, we served our purposes. But actually, you didn't because you're still going to have a child with this man. They are still having a baby. They are going to be divorced twin flame platonic co-parents who are not accidentally raising a child together after they've split up. Not accidentally, the surrogate is still pregnant. No, they are bringing a baby into this chaos. I literally, I heard that guys, I about fell out of my chair.

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They're all really happy." Well, even though Bunny says in her podcast that she's okay, she's moving on, she's getting her sparkle back, her, you know, hormones are regulating, she's not as depressed anymore, she was very clear in this video. It was not mutual. In fact, when she got served those papers, she was shocked. Just watch. >> And in that argument, I was so fed up and so tired that I just looked at him and I said, "Well, then, file the [ __ ] divorce papers."

And in our relationship, that is the one cardinal thing that you don't say, even though my husband has said it numerous times, cuz he's the runner. Um >> Because he's the runner. He threatens divorce cuz he's THE RUNNER. THAT'S NOT NORMAL! THAT'S HOW I FEEL WATCHING THIS THING. IT IS not normal. Sorry, I'm going to let her I'm going to let her continue. >> Was I blindsided and was this divorce mutual? No. I was not 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 to actually start having these real conversations? Absolutely. >> Again, just so much to unpack. Like she's taking accountability once again. Like I'm I'm a personal responsibility queen, this is great. But like this is just a different situation. She's taking accountability for saying, you know, file the effing papers, saying that it is a cardinal sin in their marriage to threaten divorce, EVEN THOUGH HE would say it frequently.

So she's kind of like covering for him, but not really covering for him. She's, you know, pointing out the hypocrisy here, the contradictions. And so she's sitting here blindsided, obviously, because she never took him seriously. When he would threaten divorce, she always stayed. So she obviously did not think that it was going to happen. Like this is all all so exhausting. It is all so genuinely exhausting on a million different levels.

I might have said this at the beginning of the video, but her podcast came out on Thursday night. And immediately I watched it and Amir texted me and he was like, "Girl, just wait till you get to 29 minutes. That's when they say they're having the baby." He was like, "You are about to be floored." I watched it immediately. The moment I finished that podcast, I was ticked off. I felt bad for her. I was shocked. I was grossed out by him.

I was confused by both of them and the situation that now they are deciding to stay and like the whole nine yards. I was literally feeling everything. And then, like 24 hours later, Jelly Jelly Roll decided to post some content of his own. He released on his YouTube channel a divorce vlog, which really was not a divorce vlog. It was a vlog of him doing CMA Fest with a couple of divorce comments at the beginning and end.

And really, it was just him saying they're fine, they're still best friends, and that no, he did not cheat. This is what he said. Or more so, what she said. >> All right, y'all. I told y'all I was going to give you all the piping hot tea about the divorce. I know y'all been waiting. Y'all been waiting. You ready for it? Mama bear, tell them where to find it. >> All right, guys. Head over to my YouTube, Dumb Blonde Pod, watch the divorce podcast, and all of your questions will be answered.

>> Yeah, y'all thought we were going to hate each other, DIDN'T YOU? PLOT TWIST, [ __ ] LOVE YOU, BABY. >> Love you, babe. >> What? What So, he he labels this the divorce vlog, and it's just him having her give a promo for her podcast, where she takes responsibility. He's like, "You want the tea? You want the tea? I DID NOTHING WRONG, [ __ ] Go listen to my wife take responsibility, even though she was grieving and depressed and TRYING TO GET PREGNANT.

Go listen." I mean, I am done. Again, if he has no haters, I'm dead. >> that video, which by the way, was 10 minutes long, and they only talked about the divorce for 10 seconds, was not actually about the divorce. He was just using that for clicks. So, YouTube mastermind over here. But, I watched that entire vlog. I saw the end, and I was like, "You just don't seem like you are taking this seriously." He's goofing around.

His caption reads, "Welp, I got divorced," as if it's some kind of like oopsy blunder that he should be laughing about. just reiterating what I said, because it's so appalling to me, it's him having her go out and do all the talking and take responsibility. Where she's sitting on her podcast, doing her part. She's also saying, you know, "I'm not going to talk about, you know, what he did. I don't think that that's fair.

If he wants to go out and talk about, you know, give his side of the story, he can, but he's not." It would be one thing if he was sitting down and doing a full video sharing his side of the story, but no. He's goofing off. He's already dating other women, checking his DMs, sending people to her podcast, where she blames herself. He's using her in his vlog to like tell the world that they're good, like to make him look good.

I don't know. It's just It really rubbed me the wrong way, and it seems like I'm not the only one. I think the internet is smart. The internet seems to be full of good people this week. And right now, in his comment section, and are rightfully pissed off. Like, look at the comments under his vlog. Like they are hardcore. One person posted and said a best friend twin flame doesn't neglect you. Their miscarriage grief, refused therapy, filed for divorce right after a fight, and then start dating immediately after a 10-year marriage.

Well, maybe somebody who cheated for a year might do that, just saying. Bunny deserves so much more and a man who will chase her. I feel like she's staying level and agreeable until those papers are signed because Jace's behavior is completely unacceptable. Another person said, "I'm not surprised to hear this news. This is more common than not with people like Jelly Roll who have lost so much weight and have a different perspective on life."

That's what we talked about in the former video, which if you did not watch, we'll link it below. It's very sad though, but society these days has made it acceptable to be able to lose interest and not work harder for the marriage responsibility. Marriage commitment isn't really that important to people like it used to be. Another person said, "You should never ever make big life decisions while dealing with hormone treatments and loss, and on Mother's Day of all things.

She wanted you to chase her, not chase the town. That is not a best friend." And I forgot to emphasize that part while we were going through all of the things in her podcast. Yes, he filed on Mother's Day. That's when she found out after she was having his 18-year-old daughter, currently raising his son from two other women. SHE LITERALLY GOT HIM custody of those children and raised them, and he files for divorce on Mother's Day.

Another commenter said, "I truly believe that Bunny was valid when she said that she always loved him more than he loved her. Her tears were genuine. You can't fake true love, and you can't fake being hurt." And then this comment really cut to the core of the issue. And this woman said, "A woman's loyalty is tested when a man has nothing. A man's loyalty is tested when he has everything." Both individuals, I think this is important to put out there.

Both of them are saying that he did not cheat. Maybe he didn't. Obviously, he's out dating now, but maybe that was not part of it. They were just, you know, completely going in different directions. But from what she is saying for an hour on her podcast for the last few years, he has had his foot out the door when his wife needed him the most. And more importantly, he took the first opportunity to dip when she caved in a vulnerable moment of anger.

I'm not saying that it is appropriate or right to threaten divorce. I agree that that should be a cardinal sin in a marriage, but if one party has repeatedly been doing that, if somebody is grieving and depressed and needs you and breaks and your response is to turn around AND GO, "GREAT. OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN HOPING FOR." That is not normal. And then to really top it all off, both of them, cuz there are no innocent parties here, both of them are turning around, reflecting, looking on at this mess and going, "Yes, this is relationship to bring a child into."

He's going to be on the road dating a bunch of women. She's moving into one of their homes that they own together with her two best friends. They're joking on the podcast about how the best friends have to have separate homes on the property because they're always hooking up with random people. Jelly Roll's daughter is angry. She can't believe that this is happening. She's posting cryptic things. You're like, "Yes, this sounds super stable and wonderful.

Let's have a baby, please. Let's be smart here. I don't care how twinnie of a twin flame you are. That is idiotic, bad bad behavior.