Jelly Roll admitted it was very difficult to read about his wife Alyssa 'Bunnie Xo' DeFord's journey from homeless teen to casino call girl to $5,000 escort in her newly released memoir, Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic.
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'It was rough at times just for me to read it. You know what I mean? We went through a lot of pain and having to go through it together, but reading the whole book and seeing where it ended at is really touching,' the 41-year-old Star Search judge told People on Wednesday.
'I'm just proud of her for telling her story so unapologetically. I mean, she talks about everything fearlessly, from domestic assault to sexual assault. I'm just proud of her. She's so brave.'
The 46-year-old Dumb Blonde podcaster's life of prostitution and drug addiction eventually led to an abortion at 16, sexual assault and seven arrests between 1999 and 2006.
During their first night together in 2015, Bunnie Xo was upfront and honest with Jelly Roll (born Jason Bradley DeFord) about her profession and didn't have a 'problem with it' so she began picking up clients during his tour stops.
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'Before the plane landed, I was fully booked,' the Las Vegas native - who would rob her customers - wrote in her 304-page tell-all.
Jelly Roll admitted it was very difficult to read about his wife Alyssa 'Bunnie Xo' DeFord's journey from homeless teen to casino call girl to $5,000 escort in her newly released memoir, Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic (pictured last Friday)
'It was the first relationship where my boyfriend didn't want to change me — and I didn't want to change him either.'
Bunnie Xo continued to work as a 'high-class' escort until 2020 and she was on OnlyFans until 2023 - despite marrying the three-time Grammy winner during a coke-fueled ceremony in 2016.
However, the self-described Trailerpark Barbie Walters had a huge problem with Jelly Roll carrying on a 10-month affair with an ex-girlfriend between 2017-2018, so they're now strictly monogamous.
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'Love will always do it. Communication, just believing you're with the right person and believing that change can actually happen,' the I'm Good singer told People.
'That's why we've been so honest about this story with everybody. We knew it would come with blowback, but our heart was to hope that somebody would hear it and believe that they could change.'
Indeed, Jelly Roll has been jailed 40 times starting age 13 for marijuana possession followed by more offenses including violating probation, failing drug tests and possessing crack with the intent to resell.
The ex-drug dealer vowed to turn his life around after the birth of his 17-year-old daughter Bailee Ann DeFord, and he's also father to nine-year-old son Noah Buddy DeFord.
'It was rough at times just for me to read it. You know what I mean? We went through a lot of pain and having to go through it together, but reading the whole book and seeing where it ended at is really touching,' the 41-year-old Star Search judge told People on Wednesday (pictured Tuesday)
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Jelly Roll (born Jason Bradley DeFord) continued: 'I'm just proud of her for telling her story so unapologetically. I mean, she talks about everything fearlessly, from domestic assault to sexual assault. I'm just proud of her. She's so brave' (pictured last Friday)
The 46-year-old Dumb Blonde podcaster's life of prostitution and drug addiction eventually led to an abortion at 16, sexual assault and seven arrests between 1999 and 2006
During their first night together in 2015, Bunnie Xo was upfront and honest with Jelly Roll (born Jason Bradley DeFord) about her profession and didn't have a 'problem with it' so she began picking up clients during his tour stops
'Before the plane landed, I was fully booked,' the Las Vegas native - who would rob her customers - wrote in her 304-page tell-all. 'It was the first relationship where my boyfriend didn't want to change me — and I didn't want to change him either' (pictured Monday)
Bunnie Xo continued to work as a 'high-class' escort until 2020 and she was on OnlyFans until 2023 - despite marrying the three-time Grammy winner during a coke-fueled ceremony in 2016 (pictured February 1)
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Jelly Roll and the heavily-tattooed beauty have hired 'the most unselfish, sweetest woman ever' to be the surrogate for their future twins, and she'll soon begin her IVF stims (stimulation of the ovaries)'
Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo have hired 'the most unselfish, sweetest woman ever' to be the surrogate for their future twins, and she'll soon begin her IVF stims (stimulation of the ovaries.)'
The heavily-tattooed beauty is next scheduled to bring her four-date Stripped Down book tour to Performing Arts Center's James K. Polk Theater in Nashville, TN this Sunday.
The Liar singer is next scheduled to headline Mexican music festival La Cura Fest in Hermosillo on March 14 before kicking off The Big A** Stadium Tour with co-headliner Post Malone on April 10 in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Jelly Roll is also nominated for three trophies - country song of the year, country artist of the year and artist of the year - at the iHeartRadio Music Awards, which air March 26 on Fox.
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