Jelly Roll makes raw ‘five-day food bender’ confession amid 300lbs weight loss
Jelly Roll has admitted he’s been ‘stress eating’ in the midst of his divorce from Bunnie Xo, saying a cheat meal can easily turn into a ‘five-day food bender’.
On 18 May, the country star, 41, filed to split from his estranged wife, whose real name is Alisa DeFord, 46, in Williamson County, citing ‘irreconcilable differences’, as per court documents seen by People Magazine.
Since then, Jelly Roll, whose real name is Jason DeFord, has been struggling to stick to the diet that has helped him lose almost 300lbs so far.
“I’ve been overeating the last three or four days,” the WWE star told influencer Salvatore Reedus in a candid YouTubevideo titled ‘My Advice For Losing Weight’.
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“I was feeling myself stress-eating and then, what else happened was the addict in me came out.”
According to the ‘Need a Favor’ hitmaker, a ‘dairy-free skillet cookie’ that was offered to him at a concert was a major binge trigger.
“I don’t eat nothing like that. I’m like a drug addict. You can’t eat that ‘cause if I ate one, I’ll eat two. I’ll eat four.
“So later that night, I’m at the taco truck getting a peanut butter fluff. Next thing I know, we’re at the rest stop, I’m looking for a chocolate bar.”
The ‘Son of a Sinner’ singer, who is a self-confessed food addict, admitted he consumed an extra 2,000 calories that he ‘didn’t see coming’.
Jelly Roll said that going off his meal plan was akin to a feeding frenzy, claiming it was like a shark getting ‘the taste of blood’.
“Now it’s going to take me a whole another week to get that [taste] completely out of my mouth.
“I can’t have one anything. I’m like that with alcohol … I’ve never had a shot. I’ve never done a line of cocaine. I’ve never smoked a joint. You know what I mean?
“Either we’re smoking all day, we’re drinking all night, we’re doing coke. That’s how it’s working for me.”
The three-time Grammy winner continued, claiming people often try to get him off of his strict meal plan, which includes a Waffle House dupe created by his nutritionist, Ian Larios.
“I was like, ‘You can have one for a cheat meal.’ I can’t,” he said, adding that one cheat meal for him can easily turn into a ‘five-day food bender’.
But, as he explained to Reedus: “Give yourself grace on those days you eat four skillet cookies. I’m still doing it …those are the days you got to give yourself grace. The problem is it starts compounding in the days.”
“It’s okay to have a bad meal. It’s okay to have a bad day,” he said. “Don’t beat yourself up about it ... don’t punish yourself for it.”
What Jelly Roll eats in a day
Since embarking on his weight loss journey, the father-of-two has dropped a whopping 300lbs by following a diet to reduce insulin and cholesterol levels.
“There is no bad food in our plan, but if you eat too much of any food, it could be bad,” said chef Larios.
“You can overconsume good calories, too. So it was just creating thought patterns for him where it’s like, ‘Let’s create good habits with good food and go from there and move our bodies.’ That was step one.”
Since working with the expert, Jelly Roll is likely to eat bell peppers, chicken sausage, potatoes and sauerkraut for breakfast, while lunch and dinner consist of protein and carbohydrates.
A staple is ‘protein poutine’, made with homemade fries, chicken thighs, and cashew cheese curds.
In the way of sweet treats, he enjoys peanut butter cookie dough bites and sliced banana.
Jelly Roll denied GLP-1 medication use
Jelly Roll has been candid about his GLP-1 usage in the past, claiming he used the medications for two weeks before ditching them to focus on tackling his food addiction instead.
“I want to be very clear that I've done it naturally, but it wasn't out of stubbornness or trying to prove a point,” he claimed on his ex-wife’s podcast.
“If it helps you, go get it. But for me, I was just petrified of the side effects of it.”
Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo relationship timeline
August 2015
Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo meet at one of the former’s shows at the Las Vegas Country Saloon. This was before Jelly Roll enjoyed mainstream success. He’s living in a van and only around 20 people are at the gig. They talk backstage. At the time, Bunnie is dating someone else.
Later, Bunnie splits from her ex and asks a friend to give her Jelly Roll’s number. Bunnie says Jelly Roll would call and text her for advice about his daughter Bailee, from a previous relationship.
July 2016
The pair’s relationship turns romantic when Jelly Roll travels to Vegas to film a music video and Bunnie offers to put him up at her place.
August 2016
Jelly Roll proposes to Bunnie onstage at a Yelawolf and Deftones concert in Las Vegas. He tells her: “[I wanna know] will your fine a** marry my white trash a** tonight in Las Vegas?” That night, they tie the knot at The Little White Chapel.
23 August 2016
Jelly Roll welcomes a son, Noah Buddy, with an ex. In 2016, Jelly Roll and Bunnie are also granted primary custody of Bailee due to her mother’s substance abuse issues.
2018
Jelly Roll cheats on Bunnie, and the pair temporarily separate. Jelly Roll later calls the affair ‘one of the worst moments of his adulthood’.
He says he ‘did a lot of work to repair that relationship’ on the Human School podcast. They rekindle their relationship later that year.
2019
Bunnie launches the Dumb Blonde podcast, which goes on to be a massive success, with Dolly Parton and MGK appearing as guests.
2022
Jelly Roll’s music takes off in a big way. His single ‘Son of a Sinner’ hits No. 1 on Billboard's US Country Airplay chart.
March 2023
Bunnie deletes her OnlyFans and leaves the sex industry behind.
31 August 2023
Bunnie and Jelly Roll return to The Little White Chapel in Vegas to renew their vows.
June 2024
Bunnie reveals on Instagram that the couple have decided to undergo IVF. She writes: “W/all odds stacked against us, it’s always been hard & we have only just begun.”
February 2026
Bunnie says that following Jelly Roll’s 275 pound weight loss, his penis has gotten ‘severely bigger’.
9 May 2026
The date of separation in Jelly Roll and Bunnie's divorce filing. Bunnie later reveals the couple have an argument, and she says in anger: “Well, then file the f**king divorce papers.”
Jelly Roll packs a bag and the couple don’t speak for weeks.
18 May 2026
Jelly Roll files for divorce, citing ‘irreconcilable differences’.
Lawyer Holly Davis - who doesn’t represent either party - tells People: “It's a very neutral and agreement-oriented filing. It doesn't look like a contested divorce filing.”
18 June 2026
Bunnie opens up on a now-deleted episode of her podcast Dumb Blonde about the end of her marriage.
She says there was no cheating, and she and Jelly Roll are still planning to have a baby via IVF and co-parent it together.
Her IVF journey took a heartbreaking strain on her mental health, and she says it ‘wrecked me emotionally, spiritually, physically’.
She adds: “It was not mutual. Even though I told him to file the divorce papers, I was speaking out of anger and frustration. But was it necessary for us to have a wakeup call and to actually start having these real conversations? Absolutely.”
She adds that Jelly Roll is already dating other people, and she is ‘excited to discover myself single’.
The same night, Jelly Roll addresses speculation around the divorce onstage at Saratoga Springs, New York, saying the internet ‘is a liar’.
He adds: “Me and my wife are best friends, we will always be best friends. I will love her. She will probably be the only woman I'll ever love the way I loved her.”
4 July 2026
Bunnie kisses 24-year-old reality star Dylan Wolf at Jelly Roll’s Tennessee bar, Goodnight Nashville, while celebrating the Fourth of July. TMZ later shares footage of the intimate moment.
10 July 2026
Bunnie shares Jelly Roll's reaction to the kiss on her podcast, telling listeners that he totally 'gets it' and that it was 'no issue at all'.
“I’m not dating anybody. I do not want to be with anybody. There’s an ice box where my heart used to be. That s**t is chained up,” she adds.
Ella Scott