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Bunnie Xo has made it clear that her divorce from Jelly Roll hasn’t changed one thing about her future: she still wants to be a mother, and she’s found an unexpected source of motivation to keep her going.
During a candid sit-down on Jenna Bush Hager’s “Open Book” podcast, the 46-year-old podcaster and bestselling author revealed that Cameron Diaz’s late-in-life motherhood journey has become a personal source of hope as she continues navigating her own path to having a child.
The revelation comes just months after Bunnie Xo’s marriage to country star Jelly Roll came to an unexpected end, closing out a decade-long relationship that had been built partly around a shared, very public dream of becoming parents together.
Now on her own, Bunnie Xo says that dream hasn’t faded, even if the road to get there looks different than she once imagined.
Bunnie Xo Opens Up About Her Ongoing Baby Dream
When Jenna Bush Hager asked Bunnie Xo point-blank whether she still wants to have a baby following her split from Jelly Roll, there was no hesitation in her answer.
“Yes!” she said, before immediately pivoting to explain who has been keeping that hope alive for her.
Rather than naming a friend, a doctor, or even Jelly Roll himself, Bunnie Xo credited an A-list actress she has never worked with or publicly discussed before this interview.
“You know who inspired me a lot more too is freaking Cameron Diaz,” Bunnie Xo told Hager. “She just had her third child at like 53!”
The comment reflected genuine surprise on Bunnie Xo’s part, as she also admitted during the conversation that she hadn’t even realized Diaz had welcomed a second child before learning about the third, describing the actress as someone who has been quietly building her family “under the radar” for years.
Bunnie Xo didn’t stop at admiration for Diaz’s most recent addition. She also pointed out that the “Charlie’s Angels” star didn’t become a mother for the first time until she was 47, a detail that clearly resonated with Bunnie Xo as she thinks about her own timeline.
“I think that’s so inspiring, and I feel like it gives you a purpose later on in life to live for,” she said. “So yeah… I will still have a baby.”
That declaration lands with extra weight given everything Bunnie Xo has been through over the past several months.
She and Jelly Roll, whose legal names are Alisa Andrea DeFord and Jason Bradley DeFord, had been married for nearly ten years when he filed for divorce in Williamson County, Tennessee, on May 18, 2026, just weeks shy of their ten-year anniversary.
The two built much of their public persona around openness, including candid discussions of Bunnie Xo’s fertility journey, which made her decision to keep pursuing motherhood on her own terms even more notable to fans who have followed the couple for years.
Why Cameron Diaz Is the Unexpected Inspiration
Diaz’s own path to motherhood has unfolded gradually and largely out of the spotlight, which appears to be part of what makes her story so compelling to Bunnie Xo.
The actress welcomed her first child, daughter Raddix Chloe Wildflower Madden, with her husband, Benji Madden, in December 2019, when she was 47 years old.
She and Madden went on to welcome a second child, son Cardinal Madden, in 2024, and a third, son Nautas Madden, in May 2026, bringing Diaz’s family to five and cementing her reputation as a star who built a family well outside the timeline most of Hollywood treats as standard.
For Bunnie Xo, that timeline offers something more valuable than celebrity gossip. It proves the window for becoming a mother doesn’t have to close simply because a person is navigating life well past their twenties or thirties.
Her comments suggest she sees Diaz’s journey less as tabloid fodder and more as a personal permission slip to keep believing her story isn’t over, regardless of the very public upheaval she’s experienced this year.
It’s also worth noting that Bunnie Xo’s own fertility journey has not been easy or new. She previously revealed in 2024 that she and Jelly Roll had started pursuing IVF together, and she wrote in her memoir, “Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic,” that the couple had been working toward growing their family since as far back as 2019.
Earlier this year, before the divorce filing became public, Bunnie Xo described the IVF process in emotional terms, saying, “It’s been rough. It has not been easy, but I know that God has a plan and he’s going to make it work.”
A Painful Chapter Behind Her, and a More Guarded Path Ahead
Even as she reaffirms her commitment to becoming a mother, Bunnie Xo has signaled that she plans to handle the next stage of her journey very differently than she has in the past.
Speaking about the intense public scrutiny that followed her split from Jelly Roll, she explained why she intends to keep future updates about her fertility journey largely to herself for now.
“I just feel like I need to keep it close to my chest, especially right now, because everybody just wants to pin like the craziest stuff on me,” she said. “But it’s still a dream.”
That desire for privacy comes after a stretch of very public turmoil. Bunnie Xo has spoken openly about the physical toll her divorce took on her, revealing that she lost 20 pounds during the split and that, at one point, “there were moments when my team had to pick me up off the floor and give me IVs” because she wasn’t eating properly.
She also addressed her decision to remove a June episode of her podcast, “Dumb Blonde,” in which she discussed the divorce, explaining that she had already said what she needed to say publicly and didn’t feel obligated to keep the episode available.
Despite the emotional weight of the past few months, Bunnie Xo has said she and Jelly Roll intend to remain connected, at least regarding the co-parenting plans they discussed before the divorce, though she has also said she is uncertain whether he will factor into her future plans.
She has confirmed that she plans to document her ongoing journey toward motherhood in her next book, telling Hager and fellow TODAY personality Sheinelle Jones, “I can’t wait for you guys to read about it because it’s been one hell of a journey, let me tell you.”
For now, Bunnie Xo’s message is simple and consistent: the timeline may have shifted, the privacy settings may have changed, and the partner she once expected to raise a child with is no longer part of the picture in the same way.
But the goal itself, inspired in part by watching a Hollywood star build her family well into her fifties, remains firmly intact.
As Bunnie Xo continues to navigate both her public life and her private hopes, her fans will likely be watching closely to see how the next chapter of her story unfolds, even if she has made clear that not every detail will be shared as openly as it once was.
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