Jelly Roll’s wife Bunnie Xo has shared the difficulties of sex after someone loses a lot of weight.
Jelly Roll, whose real name is Jason Bradley DeFord, is believed to have topped 500lb in 2020. Since then, he’s reportedly lost close to 300lb by making major changes to his diet and day-to-day habits.
These days, the musician says he feels better than ever about his appearance — a feeling he admits is unfamiliar after decades of struggling with confidence.
“I’m loving my body,” he told Men’s Health earlier this year as he made his debut as the magazine’s cover star.
“This is a whole new thing for me, y’all, I’ve been imprisoned to a fat suit for 30-something years,” Jelly Roll added.
Alongside that boost in self-esteem, Bunnie Xo has suggested their relationship has benefitted in the bedroom too, as she opened up about how weight loss can impact intimacy.
The podcaster previously spoke about their sex life after his dramatic transformation, even claiming his penis appeared larger after the weight came off.
“It is very true that when a man loses weight, it grows a lot,” she said on The Howard Stern Show.
More recently, Bunnie Xo has explained that the sexual side of a relationship doesn’t always improve automatically after significant weight loss — and that big body changes can bring new challenges.
During a Q&A with Playboy, one reader asked her: “Weirdly enough, my wife and I were having way more sex before we lost weight. Now that we’re both on Ozempic, it’s like we’re not used to our new bodies. Is it a phase?”
Bunnie Xo responded: “When it comes to sex, slowing down after weight loss and Ozempic can be tricky. Big body changes mess with your head and hormones.
“Add a medication that blunts appetite and it’s not shocking libido dips too. It’s likely an adjustment period, not a permanent shift.”
In the reader’s case, Ozempic played a role in the weight loss — but Jelly Roll has said his own progress largely came without it.
The ‘Need a Favor’ rapper responded to online speculation about GLP-1 medications, telling Men’s Health in January that he did briefly try the drug, but only for a short period before stopping.
Instead, he said his focus shifted to addressing overeating at its root. “Even before I got into getting my blood work done, I went and got mental health therapy about my overeating,” he said.
“I started treating my food addiction like what it was: an addiction.”
He also explained that reframing his relationship with food changed the way he approached the entire process. “I didn’t look at the food addiction (differently). Once I started treating food like an addiction, it started changing everything for me. When I started really looking at the source of why I was eating. What was I eating for?”