Jelly Roll’s daughter, Bailee Ann DeFord, said she is “disgusted by how invested” people are in her dad’s split from Bunnie Xo.

Jelly Roll’s daughter speaks out on his divorce from Bunnie Xo

Jelly Roll's daughter, Bailee Ann DeFord, said she is "disgusted by how invested" people are in her dad's split from Bunnie Xo.

By Leigh Blickley

June 17, 2026 11:23 a.m. ET

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Bailee Ann, Jelly Roll, and Bunnie Xo in 2023. Credit:

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- Jelly Roll's daughter, Bailee Ann, breaks her silence on his split from Bunnie Xo.

- Bunnie Xo shared custody of Bailee Ann, and was a mother figure to her.

- Bailee Ann says she's "disgusted" by the public's reaction to the divorce news.

Jelly Roll's daughter is upset in the aftermath of his split from Bunnie Xo.

Bailee Ann DeFord, whom Jelly Roll (real name Jason Bradley DeFord) shared primary custody of with Bunnie Xo (real name Alisa DeFord), posted about the public's reaction to her dad's divorce on TikTok on Tuesday.

"Oh & one more thing I am disgusted at how invested everyone is in a very clearly private family matter. It’s fkn crazy,” the 18-year-old wrote over a photo of herself in bed. "Go on somewhere yall. Worry ‘bout your house — not mine. I’m not speaking on it — yet."

News hit on Monday that Jelly Roll, 41, who welcomed Bailee Ann with ex Felicia Beckwith, filed for divorce from Bunnie Xo, 46, on May 18 in Williamson County, Tenn., after 10 years of marriage. Per court documents obtained by *,* the musician listed the date of separation as May 9 and "irreconcilable differences" as the reason behind the filing.

The docs also stated that Jelly Roll claimed the "parties are unable to live together successfully as husband and wife."

The "I Am Not Okay" singer's filing came after he and Bunnie Xo renewed their vows in August 2023, at the same Las Vegas chapel where they originally tied the knot. The couple met in 2015 at one of Roll's concerts and got married the following year.

They appeared in public together in early 2026 — including at the Grammy Awards and on Xo's *Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic* book tour in February. The podcaster details her relationship and marriage with the country singer in the memoir, which was officially released on Feb. 17.

On rumors they had an open relationship, Bunnie Xo writes, "When J and I first got together, I was a hooker who saw nothing but men cheating on their wives. Pastors, lawyers, celebrities — anyone with a penis was unfaithful. J was used to having multiple relationships at the same time with different women. So when we first got together, we both frowned upon monogamy."

"That’s not to say that we agreed to go f--k whoever we wanted whenever we wanted — to me that’s what an open relationship is, and we aren’t in one," she adds, explaining that she and Jelly Roll didn't consider each other to be "possessions" and their relationship is "free, not open."

"Which means: I’ll give you the world sexually, but don’t f---ing lie to me or ever let me be the last to know something," she writes.

Bunnie Xo and Jelly Roll on Feb. 26, 2026.

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In October, Jelly Roll confessed to having an affair early on in their marriage, telling the *Human School* podcast that it was "one of the worst moments of my adulthood."

He said, "I wish our story would've went in the way that it never had an affair, and I'm in a way glad it happened, but man, I'm proud of who we are today. I truly am."

Bunnie Xo covered her side of the scandal in her book, revealing that Jelly Roll had cheated on her for 10 months in 2018 with an ex-girlfriend.

"I’d also felt his pain," she writes. "The wounds that were deep inside him, left to fester, unhealed, and I could see how neither of us had really learned how to love."

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According to Bunnie Xo, she found out about Jelly Roll's affair when she saw messages from a girl pop up on his phone.

"She told me about how he got a house for them to live in and he wanted her to stay at home and take care of Bailee," Bunnie Xo wrote. "And out of everything, that’s what made me sick. It wasn’t about him f--king this broad—­it was about emotionally cheating and then wanting her to play mommy to a little girl I’d fallen in love with."

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Jelly Roll is also dad to son Noah Buddy, born in 2016. Bunnie Xo has described both Bailee Ann and Noah as her "bonus babies" and was close with both children.

Bailee Ann graduated from high school in May 2026, with Jelly Roll celebrating her achievements on Instagram.

"Today you accomplish something very very very few people in this family have ever accomplished, including myself…you are not only a high school graduate. You are soon to be a college student," he wrote in the caption of his post, adding that she was "the epitome" of breaking generational curses. "You are kind, smart, caring, loving, adventurous, funny, sassy, honest. To put it plainly you were everything I have never been," he added

Bunnie Xo also shared her love of Bailee Ann on *Today* in February, noting, "She deserves the chance I didn't get."

She added, "I know that I didn't birth her, but that's my child."

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