šØ THE SIGNS WERE THERE ALL ALONG? š³š Weeks before the divorce news exploded, fans started noticing cryptic lyrics, missing rings, and subtle clues involving Jelly Roll and Bunnie XO ā but one detail now has people convinced they missed the biggest warning…
Jelly Roll, Bunnie Xo hinted at divorce weeks before the news broke with cryptic lyrics and missing rings
Bunnie posted TikToks with lyrics from Nickelback and Goo Goo Dolls while Jelly Roll performed at CMA Fest without his ring
Weeks before news broke that Jelly Roll hadĀ filed for divorce from Bunnie Xo, the pair had seemingly been dropping subtle hints of marriage woes. From cryptic song lyrics to ditched wedding rings, the signs were there ā they just went largely unnoticed.
Jelly Roll filed for divorce on May 18 in Williamson County,Ā Tennessee, according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital. The 41-year-old country star listed the date of separation as May 9 and cited irreconcilable differences.
On May 20, two days after Jelly Roll’s filing, Bunnie took toĀ TikTokĀ to share some intuitive thoughts.

Bunnie Xo, who married Jelly Roll in 2016, has been posting cryptic messages in the weeks leading up to the divorce news.Ā (Getty Images/Bunnie Xo Instagram)
“Womenās intuition when that s— donāt add up” she captioned the video.
“She been dropping hints this whole time and we missed it lol,” one fan commented, after the divorce news had broke.
“Bunnie was dropping the tea in real time and we all did not clock it,” another added.
On June 4, Jelly Roll performed atĀ CMA Fest in Nashville sans his wedding ring.
One day later, BunnieĀ shared a peaceful videoĀ of herself riding a horse in the countryside. She accompanied the video with lyrics from Aerosmith’s “What It Takes” and a caption that read, “Wild hearts canāt be broken.”

Bunnie Xo has been posting cryptic messages for weeks.Ā Ā (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)
“There goes my old girlfriend / There’s another diamond ring / And all those late night promises I guess they don’t mean a thing / So baby, what’s the story? Did you find another man?”
On June 6, BunnieĀ posted another cryptic video of herself enjoying the serene outdoors with some girlfriends. She paired the video with lyrics from the Goo Goo Dolls’ hit “Name.”
“Did you lose yourself somewhere out there / Did you get to be a star? / And don’t it make you sad to know that life / Is more than who we are?”
Hours before the divorce news went public on Monday, BunnieĀ posted a video of herselfĀ lip-syncing the lyrics to Nickelback’s “How You Remind Me.” Bunnie’s wedding ring was visibly missing.
“It’s not like you didn’t know that / I said, ‘I love you,’ and I swear, I still do / And it must have been so bad / ‘Cause living with me must have d–n near killed you.”

Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo tied the knot in 2016.Ā Ā (Kevin Mazur / Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
That same day, Bunnie posted a sexy picture of herselfĀ on InstagramĀ in pink lingerie, writing, “Sheās getting her sparkle back.”
In a photoĀ obtained by TMZ, movers were seen parked outside the couple’s Tennessee home on Monday.

Movers were seen outside Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo’s Tennessee home on Monday.Ā Ā (TMZ)
Representatives for Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Bunnie, whose real name is Alisa DeFord, and Jelly Roll tied the knot in August 2016 during a whirlwind Las Vegas ceremony, after meeting the year prior.
The “Stripped Down” author has previously opened up about their up-and-down relationship, in her memoir “Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic.” Bunnie laid bareĀ her chaotic upbringing and the emotional highs and lows that defined the early years of her relationship with the singer-songwriter.

Jelly Roll, Bunnie Xo were gearing up to celebrate their tenth wedding anniversary in August.Ā Ā (Gilbert Flores/Penske Media via Getty Images)
Long before they became one of country musicās closely watched couples, the pair weathered difficult truths ā including the night Bunnie learnedĀ Jelly Roll’s ex-fling was waitingĀ for him “in a hotel room down the street.”
When I found out about it, I was devastated,” she told Fox News Digital in February. “I was hurt because I didnāt think he would be the one person to do that. I thought he was different. And at that moment, my heart was broken. But instead of getting mad at him, I asked myself, āWhy do I keep attracting these kinds of men?ā”
Bunnie admitted she hadnāt envisioned a conventional marriage.
“I think a lot of people need to realize that coming into this marriage, we werenāt a traditional bride and groom,” she explained.
“I was a working girl, and he was an ex-drug dealer ā a gangster-turned-struggling artist. Thereās a different set of rules on the street than there are in what Iād call traditional marriages. If youāve never lived that lifestyle, youāre not going to understand. But of course,Ā cheating is wrong across theĀ board ā it doesnāt matter.”
In the memoir, Bunnie also recalled learning about the alleged ex-fling.
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“Are you f—ing kidding me?” she wrote. “We had an agreement…. Folks started DM’ing me on social media, telling me that J was with his ex-fling. The pieces started to fit together, and it became easier to disconnect from him…. I went completely silent and didn’t reach out to J or answer any calls.”
Looking back, Bunnie told Fox News Digital there were many reasons her initial “fairy tale” had become a nightmare.
“Itās not so much what was going on in our marriage,” she said. “It was more of my husband had a hard time letting go of the past. I had a hard time letting go of the past. We also didnāt really think the relationship was going to work.
“I think a lot of it boiled down to self-worth on both parts. My husband didn’t think he’d ever meet a woman who really loved him for him and just wanted to see him succeed without some of them wanting to change him…. And I had brought so much baggage into the relationship.”
After intenseĀ couples’ therapy, the pair eventuallyĀ came to terms with how to properly communicate with one another.
“We ended up coming back together,” said Bunnie. “We were like, āI want to grow. I donāt want to be this person. I choose you. Iām going to become everything that youāve ever wanted me to be.ā”

Bunnie Xo previously opened up about her and Jelly Roll’s prior marriage woes.Ā Ā (Christopher Polk/Penske Media via Getty Images)
“Iām going to be a wife, and heās going to become everything I ever wanted him to be; a husband and a father to the kids,” she shared. “We just made that decision from then on to just be better humans and to break every generational curse that we had ever inherited. I was ready for a change. So was he. So we set out together to heal and grow together.”
“We learned that marriage is not one-size-fits-all,” Bunnie reflected. “Each person and each relationship is completely different than the next personās. But you do have to wake up and choose that person even on days that you donāt like them.”