Moment Bunnie XO's 'facade' drops as she devours boytoy reality star... and insiders say Jelly Roll divorce has put her on path 'back to her old ways'

At a packed Los Angeles sports bar, with the Kansas City Chiefs' Sunday clash against the Las Vegas Raiders playing out on the screen behind them, Bunnie XO and her new man appeared to be more absorbed in each other than the game.

The Dumb Blonde podcast host, 46, and reality star Dylan Wolf, 24, were seen 'making out like crazy' during their date at The Barrel, according to a witness, who told the Daily Mail the pair grew 'increasingly affectionate' as the afternoon went on.

Wolf was very much the pursuer that day, and 'definitely the aggressor,' the eyewitness said, and repeatedly leaned in and wanted to kiss Bunnie who was 'happy to go along with it.'

We are told the young Calabasas Confidential star 'paid for everything' despite Bunnie's reported $5 million fortune. The pair appeared 'very comfortable' together between kisses, though the witness said they 'rarely talked to each other' –  their chemistry, it seemed, spoke louder than words.

The carefree display was a striking turnaround for Bunnie, who admitted just weeks ago that she was 'heartbroken' over her split from her estranged husband Jelly Roll – with the former couple putting their $7 million Tennessee home on the market on Monday. 

But those close to Bunnie have insisted that Wolf is no mere rebound – or simply the boytoy who, as Bunnie said days ago, 'put a smile back on her face.' 

One insider claimed Wolf is tailor-made for Bunnie's following. 'For her demographic, he's perfect,' the source told the Daily Mail. 'That's the guy. If there was a guy that was symbolic to her middle American housewife followers, that's the dream.'

In other words, Wolf is not just a hot new man in Bunnie's life – he is also good for business. And, the source alleged, that same calculation lay behind her relationship with Jelly, 41. 

'Jelly can't be upset about the relationship as he knew the risks when he married the hottest woman he's ever seen and decided that, collectively, they were going to advance both of their careers into multi-millionaire successes,' the insider said.

'And their relationship had a timeline to it.'

The insider claimed Bunnie - real name Alisa DeFord - knew about the supposed arrangement all along. 

'For the first time in a decade, she's acting like herself again,' the source alleged. 'She put on a facade for ten years so that this man she was funding could have a successful music career because she knew what she would get on the back side of it. And she got all of it.'

Bunnie has previously acknowledged on her Dumb Blonde podcast that she funded their life together through sex work while Jelly struggled to make it as a musician. 

'I was turning tricks to pay our bills and to get lawyers and to travel and to, you know, go on tour and stuff like that,' she said. 

Now, however, the source claimed she wants to recapture something of her old single self. 

'[Wolf] is a front for her trying to shift her brand back to who she was,' the insider added. 'She's 1000 percent going back to her old ways [of having fun and being single].'

Bunnie, who has spoken publicly about her past in sex work and adult entertainment, met Jelly at one of his Las Vegas shows in 2015, when he was still building his audience in the country-rap world. 

The following year, he proposed on stage at a Vegas concert and the pair married in a private courthouse ceremony that same night. Bunnie has also said they followed what she called a 'five-year plan.'

What followed was hardly a quiet life. Both Bunnie and Jelly have been candid about their troubled early years, including addiction, brushes with the law and the hard-won stability they said they found together.

Bunnie became stepmother to Jelly's two children, 18-year-old daughter Bailee and ten-year-old son Noah, as the singer's career shifted into overdrive. 

He broke through as a country star with hits such as Son of a Sinner and Need a Favor, while Bunnie transformed her Dumb Blonde podcast and social platforms into a business in their own right.

The couple weathered a brief split in 2018 after Jelly admitted he had been unfaithful, a moment he later described as one of the worst of his life, and renewed their vows in Vegas in 2023. 

For years, theirs was billed as a second-chance love story: the ex-convict country star and the glamorous, sharp-tongued podcaster who supported him long before the arenas, awards and multimillion-dollar homes.

That perfect picture cracked in May, when Jelly – real name Jason DeFord – filed for divorce in Williamson County, Tennessee, citing irreconcilable differences. 

Court records listed May 9 as their separation date; the couple's divorce was finalized in July, although the former spouses have repeatedly stressed that neither cheated and that they remain on good terms. 

Then came the development that left fans doing a double take: despite the end of their marriage, Bunnie said she still hoped to press ahead with the couple's IVF and surrogacy plans.

Bunnie confirmed that she and her ex would still be having a child together in June, saying on her Dumb Blonde podcast: 'We're still having a baby. We're going to coparent together.' 

She has also spoken candidly about the emotional toll of the couple's IVF and surrogacy journey, revealing on her podcast not long after their split that their attempts to start a family had brought repeated heartbreak. 

The strain, Bunnie said, also became entwined with the breakdown of the marriage. 

In her account, an argument around Mother's Day spiraled, and she recalled telling Jelly to 'file the f***ing divorce papers' – a throwaway line he ultimately took seriously. Days later, on May 18, he filed.

Since then, Bunnie was seen kissing Wolf at Jelly's own Goodnight Nashville bar over the Fourth of July weekend – and their increasingly public outings have sparked conversation about their 22-year age gap. 

Bunnie, however, has made it clear she is not losing any sleep over the chatter. After sharing footage from a Waffle House date with Wolf last month, she swatted away criticism with typical flourish: 'I'm having fun & he gave me my smile back. Ya girl is living her best life - let meeeee k thanks byeeeee.' 

Wolf, for his part, has insisted their connection is the real thing. He said he was 'definitely caught by surprise' by their relationship but called it 'super real,' adding that he was having 'the time of my life with an amazing person.'

The source, though, was unconvinced that Jelly is sitting at home heartbroken over Bunnie's new man – and alleged that the singer, too, has been enjoying the benefits of single life.

'He's f*****g around, but by comparison to the man his ex-wife decided to be with, his choice was not as good as hers,' the insider claimed.

As for whether Wolf and Bunnie's carefree new chapter could complicate the former couple's already unconventional family plan, the source insisted that the baby question is far from closed.

'They are still planning on having a baby,' the insider claimed. 'When Bunnie gets back after her summer of sleeping around, she will be a mother.'

'They're both going to do their own thing for a while, have a kid together and then continue to do their own thing.'

The Daily Mail has contacted representatives for Jelly Roll and Bunnie XO for comment.