Bunnie XO is shutting down the rumor that she moved on from Jelly Roll with Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger.
The Dumb Blonde host addressed the speculation on her podcast after fans connected her Nickelback posts to the news that Jelly Roll had filed for divorce.
“I am not with Daddy Chaddy,” Bunnie said, according to PopCrush.
The rumor spread after Bunnie shared Nickelback-related content around the same time the divorce became public. She said the timing was accidental.
Bunnie XO Said the Nickelback Post Had Terrible Timing
PopCrush reported that Bunnie had not been actively posting new content while she was in what she described as a healing period after the split. Instead, she shared an older video of herself singing along to Nickelback’s “How You Remind Me.”
She said the footage was recorded during one of Jelly Roll’s Las Vegas shows earlier this year and that she did not know when the divorce news would become public.
“The news drops, I have f—ing Nickelback on my page,” she said.
Page Six reported that the speculation had also been fueled by a late-May Instagram video showing Bunnie hugging Kroeger. The clip included “The moment I finally got to be back in his arms” text and a “Swoon” caption.
She Denied Dating Kroeger or Cheating on Jelly Roll
Bunnie said her nickname for Kroeger was not meant as a relationship clue. “It was a joke,” she said, according to PopCrush.
She also rejected claims that she had left Jelly Roll for Kroeger. “There’s no f—ing way in hell that that would even be a thing,” Bunnie said. “And no, I did not cheat on my husband and leave him for Chad.”
She later apologized to Kroeger and Nickelback for being pulled into the rumor. PopCrush reported that she called the situation embarrassing and added, “So there is no Chad and Bunnie Xo.”
Jelly Roll Also Denied Cheating Rumors
Jelly Roll addressed the divorce during a concert stop in Saratoga Springs, New York. PopCrush reported that he told the crowd nobody cheated and pointed fans back to Bunnie’s podcast.
“Nobody cheated on nobody,” he said. “She just did a whole podcast about it. You can go watch it. Every word of it is the truth.”
Jelly Roll filed for divorce in Williamson County, Tennessee, on May 18 after nearly 10 years of marriage. Court records list May 9 as the date of separation and cite irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split, according to PopCrush and Entertainment Weekly.
Bunnie Says She Is Not Ready to Date
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People reported that Bunnie said Jelly Roll has started dating again and that she supports him finding someone new, as long as that person treats him respectfully.
She said she is not in the same place. “I’m not even ready to hook up with a dude,” Bunnie said on the June 18 episode of Dumb Blonde. “I’m ready to focus on myself and pour into myself.”
Bunnie also said she and Jelly Roll plan to continue their fertility journey despite the divorce. In a separate People report, she said they are “still having a baby together” and plan to co-parent.