Bunnie XO has explained why she pulled her widely discussed divorce podcast episode — and revealed it had already earned $100,000 before she took it down.
Jelly Roll filed for divorce from Bunnie XO on May 18, and news of their separation became public in mid-June. The couple had been married since August 2016. Within days of the news breaking, Bunnie released an episode of her Dumb Blonde Podcast addressing the split — only to quietly remove it shortly after. The deletion sparked immediate speculation among her audience, prompting her to address the situation directly in a subsequent episode.
Why the Episode Came Down
Bunnie told her listeners she had carefully considered what to say before recording the original episode, driven by her commitment to honesty with her audience. But she acknowledged that transparency has sometimes worked against her. “I do always feel like I owe you guys the truth of things even when, to me, they’re obvious, but for some reason people always want to try to make things like a negative thing,” she said. Ultimately, she decided the episode had served its purpose and she no longer wanted it living permanently online. “I took it down because I realized I just don’t want one of the hardest moments of my life to become a permanent headline,” she explained. “I don’t want to live in that.”
Despite walking away from the revenue, Bunnie made clear the money was never the point. “I made a hundred grand on that podcast,” she said. “I don’t care about the money.”
No Regrets — and a Response to Critics
Bunnie pushed back on any suggestion she regretted recording the episode in the first place. “That episode served a purpose for me at that time and it was real, it was honest and it came from exactly where I was emotionally in that moment,” she said. “But I’m not in that same place anymore.” She also addressed rumors that she has been moving on too quickly following the split, saying she had been privately grieving the marriage for at least a year before the news became public. “There is so much behind the scenes that I have not spoken on and that I will never speak on because it doesn’t matter,” she added. “I will only tell you guys my part in the demise of my marriage.”
How much more Bunnie XO chooses to share about the divorce — and what unfolded in the year leading up to it — remains an open question for her listeners.
