When will people realize Bunnie XO reads the comments?
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By now, many know that when someone criticizes Jelly Roll's wife, Alisa DeFord, she's quick to clap back in her own way—maybe by using a lie detector to address the rumors about her on YouTube or calling people out on social media.
Well, someone didn't learn their lesson. The host of the Dumb Blonde podcast took to Instagram to address a thoughtless comment that read, "I love Bunnie, but her image is trashy for the country music scene."
DeFord couldn't let that stand, especially with her memoir on the way. She took the opportunity to remind people not to judge a book by its cover.
Bunnie XO Shares Her Story
In the Instagram video captioned "Book drops 2/10/26," DeFord shares images of her and Jelly Roll embracing. But it's what she wrote over the clip that matters.
"Sometimes God uses the most unlikely people to be used as vessels to SHOW what transformation & unconditional love is," she wrote. I grew up on the streets of Vegas. A homeless runaway at 14, involved in the adult industry since I was 21, survived abuse, addiction & built my entire life off being the girl who was never good enough. The [trash]."
DeFord continued, "My husband is an ex felon who has been righting his wrongs and evolving the past 10 years. He has completely transformed his life from who he was — physically and spiritually. Y'all think you could say anything to us we haven't heard before 1000 times? Happy people don't hate & hating [people] aren't happy. Never met someone successful [ever] talking down to someone online."
Bunnie Wasn't Done, and Fans Loved What They Read
She concluded: "I'd rather be trashy making people feel loved, seen & heard. Than judging someone from their appearance. Respectfully, I don't take constructive criticism from people who have never constructed anything."
Fans loved the message DeFord sent. One wrote, "Someone's trash is another's treasure. And you my friend are a TREASURE to millions of people around the world."
Another compared DeFord to a country icon. "I've never wanted to be 'Trashy' so bad in my life," they wrote. "You are our generation's Dolly!
With such openness in her responses, DeFord's memoir is sure to draw attention when it comes out in February.
You can watch the entire clip below.
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