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Jelly Roll whitethorn beryllium divorcing Bunnie XO — but her erstwhile hubby suggests he would return her backmost successful a second.
“We talk each day,” Frankie Lombardo told Page Six connected Friday, earlier adding he “wouldn’t opportunity no” to rekindling their romance if she was interested.
“She was nan only female who ever collapsed my heart. I consciousness for illustration there’s a batch of unfinished business betwixt us, but I mightiness beryllium nan only 1 who feels that way. I emotion her very much. I will ne'er do thing to wounded her. I don’t deliberation that’s ever going to spell away.”
Lombardo, 43, of California, posted aggregate TikTok videos connected Wednesday and Thursday, not agelong aft news of nan personage couple’s divided broke, successful defense of Bunnie — existent sanction Alisa DeFord — and insisting their enslaved remains beardown contempt their long-ended marriage.
“I will ever emotion that girl. I can’t get distant if I tried,” he said successful 1 clip.
Lombardo besides hinted astatine wrong knowledge of nan existent situation, writing, “I cognize excessively overmuch lol.”
He told Page Six: “We person an absorbing friendship. Sometimes she still talks to maine for illustration she’s my woman and reprimands me.
“Bunnie is my champion friend,” he said.
Jelly Roll, 41, himself said nan aforesaid point during a Thursday performance successful Saratoga Springs, NY: “Me and my woman are champion friends. We will ever beryllium champion friends,” nan state superstar said onstage, noting that she will “probably beryllium nan only female I will ever emotion nan measurement I loved her” and that “nobody cheated connected nobody.”
Lombardo said connected TikTok that he has ne'er met Jelly Roll but “heard he’s a bully fella.”
Bunnie XO, 46, was joined to Lombardo from 2009-2015. She past joined Jelly Roll — né Jason DeFord — in 2016.
The Grammy victor was a convicted felon and served clip for robbery and supplier offenses earlier becoming a chart-topping creator and advocator for 2nd chances. Bunnie, a erstwhile activity worker and recovering supplier addict, has openly discussed her ain criminal history and moreover shared aged mugshots pinch fans up of a book circuit past year.
Lombardo has his ain troubled history. One female who said connected information of anonymity told The Post she was successful a narration pinch him until precocious 2024 and alleged that he subjected her to repeated violence.
During 1 incident successful December 2023, some nan female and a neighbour who witnessed nan disturbance called 911, according to a constabulary study obtained by The Post.
Lombardo was arrested and taken to jail, wherever he was charged pinch home artillery by strangulation.
“It should beryllium noted that while en way to nan jail, Frankie stated that he should’ve hit her ass, hit nan st retired of her, and hit nan canine st retired of her,” a constabulary serviceman wrote successful nan report.
The lawsuit was dismissed successful 2024, and Lombardo has denied nan allegations. “I would ne'er put my hands connected a woman,” he told Page Six.
Now, his repeated attempts to formed himself arsenic 1 of Bunnie’s closest confidants person raised eyebrows among group who cognize nan two.
A root acquainted pinch nan business accused Lombardo of attempting to leverage his relationship to nan “Dumb Blonde” podcast prima pursuing her high-profile split.
“He’s nan benignant of personification who uses women … until they can’t return anymore,” nan insider told Page Six.
But, according to Lombardo, “that’s each bulls–t”.
Last month, aggregate sources told The Post that Jelly Roll and Bunny’s cautiously crafted image was being threatened by “violent thugs” successful their soul circle who had collectively amassed dozens of criminal charges and allegedly “make bad things happen.”
There is nary proposal that Jelly Roll aliases Bunnie were progressive successful immoderate of nan alleged incidents involving their friends aliases associates, including Lombardo.
Lombardo has often referenced his relationship pinch Bunnie online successful caller years, referring to her arsenic “the boss” successful respective TikTok posts. Bunnie has likewise spoken publically astir their ongoing relationship connected her podcast.
In caller days, Lombardo’s posts astir Bunnie person ramped up arsenic nan DeFords’ matrimony unravels.
The state prima revenge for divorcement connected May 18, Page Six confirmed Tuesday, pinch tribunal documents showing nan brace officially separated connected May 9.
Sources antecedently told Page Six nan divided followed years of increasing tension, pinch Jelly Roll embracing a much faith-centered manner while Bunnie continued building nan outspoken, schematic marque that made her famous.
On Tuesday, Jelly Roll appeared to admit nan breakup by deleting references to Bunnie from his Instagram bio, which now simply reads: “Music Man.” A time earlier, moving trucks were spotted extracurricular nan couple’s Nashville-area home, though it remains unclear whose belongings were being moved.
And connected Thursday, Bunnie discussed nan divided connected her podcast, blaming it connected long-brewing resentments.
“On Mother’s Day, we had a small spot of an argument, which I don’t deliberation nan specifications are necessary. And, successful that argument, I was truthful fed up and truthful tired that I conscionable looked astatine him and said, ‘Well, past record nan f–king divorcement papers,’” she said.
The brace overcame galore challenges during their relationship, including a little divided aft Jelly Roll admitted to cheating early successful their marriage.
They later reconciled and often discussed their struggles connected Bunnie’s podcast while co-parenting his 2 children from anterior relationships, Bailee Ann, 18, and Noah Buddy, 9.
Bunnie said connected her podcast this week that she and Jelly Roll had struggled pinch infertility — and still scheme to person a babe together.
“In nan past 2 years erstwhile we decided to person a baby, I had to do IVF. My chapeau goes disconnected to immoderate woman, family, mates who is going done IVF because fto maine show you thing dude that is 1 of nan loneliest, darkest journeys you will beryllium on,” she said, noting that process “completely wrecked” her.
