Jelly Roll openly discussed the challenges he faced in his sex life with his wife prior to his weight loss journey.
On a recent episode of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Jelly Roll, whose real name is Jason Bradley DeFord, shared insights into his weight loss journey and past struggles with drug addiction.
Starting in 2022, Jelly Roll embarked on a path to better health, shedding nearly 200 pounds in the process.
During the podcast, the musician revealed that his sex life with his wife, Bunnie Xo, had been less than ideal when he was struggling with his weight and addiction issues.
In the 2424 episode, he shared: “I realized in how much my addiction had been hurting this family.
“How much my sex life with my wife was horrible. Dude I married a f****** big tiddy blonde beautiful woman, dawg.
“I married the kind of woman that makes you smile when you cry, Joe.
“I couldn’t even get aroused I was so big. I was having to play Twister to have sex, left foot here, right foot on the edge, ‘are we in there yet, tell me if you feel something’, it was bad.”
Beyond intimate matters, he admitted that his size even prevented him from engaging in activities like throwing a football with his son, Noah Buddy, requiring his brother to fill in.
He expressed gratitude for the support his family provided during his struggles with addiction.
He further explained: “I realized that in addiction, the family will kind of cater to the addict.
“It’s nature. Like if somebody in your family was a drug addict, you would help with their kids, you would feel a need to help in their absence — it’s what we do as a family, it’s human nature.”
Jelly Roll is no stranger to opening up about his personal battles, having previously disclosed his past drug use.
In an interview with People in 2023, he stated: “I had to learn that you could drink alcohol without doing cocaine.
“It took me a long time to learn that … I’ve never said that, but that’s real. There was a long time where I just assumed, when people told me they drank without doing cocaine, I was like, I thought we only drank to do cocaine.
“I thought [drinking] was to make us not feel like drug addicts. Nobody wants to snort cocaine sober, then you’re a drug addict. But I had to re-look at my relationship with alcohol like that.”