Bunny Xo breaks silence on Chad Kroeger dating rumors after Jelly Roll divorce bombshell
Bunnie Xo is coming clean about rumors that she’s dating Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger.
The podcaster sparked chatter on Monday when — just hours before news broke that her husband, Jelly Roll, had filed for divorce — she shared a TikTok video of herself singing along to Nickelback’s 2001 bitter breakup hit “How You Remind Me.”
Bunnie, whose real name is Alisa DeFord, additionally shared a steamy photo of herself wearing pink satin lingerie at the same time.
“She’s getting her sparkle back ✨,” she wrote atop the photo.
Fan speculation immediately brewed wondering if Bunnie had moved on to Kroeger. Further fueling the gossip was an Instagram video she posted in late May hugging the Nickelback singer, writing atop it, “The moment I finally got to be back in his arms,” and captioning it, “Swoon.”
Bunnie, 46, spoke out Thursday on her “Dumb Blonde” podcast, addressing the rumors, saying, “I posted a Nickelback song because Nickelback is one of my favorite bands.”
“I post this Nickelback song not thinking anything of it, not a shot at [Jelly Roll]. Not even realizing that it’s a breakup song,” she added. “It’s trending on TikTok, so I was like, ‘Oh, f–k yeah, Nickleback’s trending on TikTok, I’m gonna do a TikTok to it.’”
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She further explained that she was just “feeling good” at the moment, and therefore also decided to post the sexy photo of herself in lingerie at the same time.
“The [divorce] news drops, and I have f–king Nickelback on my f–king page,” Bunnie noted.
The influencer stressed that she has “so much respect” for Kroeger, who has sang on stage with Jelly Roll before, and his band. “They’re the sweetest humans ever. I would never want to disrespect them,” she said.
“I get where people are trying to put puzzle pieces together,” she added. “But you’re putting a puzzle together with missing pieces.”
“I am not with ‘Daddy Chaddy,’” she joked. “There is no f–king way in hell.”
Kroeger, 51, was previously married to fellow musician Avril Lavigne from 2013 to 2015.
On Monday, news broke that Jelly Roll, 41, quietly pulled the plug on his and Bunnie’s marriage on May 18, citing “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for their split, Page Six confirmed.
The country singer filed for divorce in Williamson County, Tennessee, where the two lived together.
