Dear reader,

On Thursday night, it felt like the universe was conspiring for me.

We had covered the EARTH SHATTERING news of Jelly Roll and Bunnie XO’s divorce, and then right after, we had released a video on “platonic co-parenting.” NOT AT ALL RELATED!

But they knew something we didn’t.

Because then, Thursday night, Bunnie released an episode of her podcast entitled “The Divorce.” And guys, I watched the entire thing with my jaw on the floor.

If you’re a pop culture aficionado, then it’s worth a watch in its entirety, but to sum it up: this was a toxic dysfunctional marriage, and far from the perfect, redeeming love story they had presented to the world.

The reality of the marriage was most likely a trauma bonded love - which she even says herself in the episode. I have no doubt that they love each other, and it’s amazing the way they were able to help each other get clean and find success, but there was a lot wrong and everything she said was full of contradictions - which just proves my point.

She would say, “we are twin flames, soulmates, best friends, and no matter who he dates, he will never have another love like this.” 

But then moments later she would say things like, “we didn’t communicate,” or “thank God he’s taking care of me in the divorce because he didn’t in our marriage.” Excuse me, WHAT?!!

The other thing that stood out to me was the timeline of everything - and this is what devastated me. She says their marriage started to crumble in the last few years. So what happened a few years ago? Yes, he did lose weight and get healthy - but now that we have more info, I think it’s a lot more complex than what I said in my episode.

In the last three years, she apparently lost both of her parents. In the last three years, they decided to try and have a baby together and they weren’t able to conceive. She went through IVF. She lost embryos. She had miscarriages.

She was dealing with loss after loss, with the added detriment of going through IVF which absolutely screws with your hormones.

Meanwhile, Jelly was out on the road touring and releasing records. He was losing weight and getting fit, becoming more famous than ever, and she was at home, turning inwards, spiralling, and battling depression.

And what made it even worse - is that she blamed herself.

She said that she knew she always loved him a bit more than he loved her, that she was the “chaser” and he was the “runner,” and so she says, I was so depressed that I stopped chasing him.

Again, EXCUSE ME?? 

Obviously yes, personal responsibility is paramount, but you were depressed and grieving. I think maybe you shouldn’t have needed to CHASE YOUR HUSBAND during that time.

Anyway, from there it continued to crumble. Even though the “source” said it was a mutual decision and Bunnie is now “ok” with it, it actually wasn’t mutual. They were having a fight and she lashed out and told Jelly to “file the papers.” And by the way, that was another contradiction in their marriage. She said threatening divorce was a cardinal sin for them, and she had never done it, but he apparently had done it frequently. Ha.

Needless to say, he took her seriously and a week later, the papers showed up in her inbox. She was shocked and devastated. 

But get this, even with all of this chaos and HURT, THEY’RE STILL HAVING A BABY TOGETHER.

She revealed that 29 min into the podcast, and I about FELL. OUT. OF. MY. CHAIR. So, that is where my episodes from this week came together. They are officially about to be “platonic co-parents” to an IVF surrogate baby. Now, it’s not like the surrogate is pregnant and they just have to go with it, no. The baby doesn’t exist yet - to my knowledge - but since they’re best friends and twin flames, they’re going right on ahead with the plan.

She’s going to live at one of their homes with her best friends, he will live at the other house, and they’ll co-parent. Meanwhile, Jelly will have the freedom to go “get some tail:”

I MEAN GUYS, it’s just so insane and dysfunctional. And you might say, ok well Brett, this is just Bunnie’s side of the story. Well, Jelly Roll seems to be endorsing it, because this is what he said on stage at his concert:

PEOPLE. If you are best friends, twin flames, or soulmates - whatever it is - if you love each other enough to HAVE A BABY TOGETHER and stay in each other’s lives for this child - just stay married. I’m just exhausted thinking about this arrangement.

Pulling together this story and the co-parenting story, again I have to say that people seem so desperate to be unique and to have their own new type of arrangement because they’re just too special for the redundant normalcy of the world. But what they’re missing is that that normalcy is proven and effective. It’s the kind of redundancy that has raised strong, stable children and built generation after generation. A “normal” marriage is one where you feel secure and hopefully free from anxiety, and that all gives you a type of freedom and empowerment that I’m sorry, you just don’t get from sleeping around in an “open arrangement” or being non-legally binding-best friend-co-parents.

So who knows what will happen. Tennessee requires a divorce cool-off period between filing/settling and signing the papers - which is the stage they’re currently in. Maybe they’ll take that time to reflect - either on the choice to bring a child into this mess or the choice to break it all up to begin with.

Either way, they’ll be in my prayers.

Ok, that’s all for now. 

Hope everyone had a great Father’s Day - or should I say: male platonic parent day!! I’ll see you on YouTube and chat soon! BYEEEE!!

BC