Nashville’s Fourth of July fireworks weren’t the only thing lighting up the sky over Broadway this year. According to TMZ, Bunnie Xo was filmed locked in a passionate kiss with 24-year-old “Calabasas Confidential” star Dylan Wolf, and the location alone is enough to make anyone do a double take.
The two were spotted in the rooftop VIP section of Goodnight Nashville, the bar owned by her estranged husband, Jelly Roll, sharing several kisses under flashing blue lights before pausing to take in the fireworks display together.
It is the kind of scene that writes its own headline, and TMZ’s cameras caught every second of it. The timing could not have been more pointed either. Just weeks earlier, Jelly Roll filed for divorce from Bunnie in Tennessee, officially ending nearly a decade of marriage between the two.
Now here she was, celebrating America’s 250th birthday with a man young enough to be, as more than one commenter has already pointed out online, her fan rather than her flame. Whether that was intentional or just a case of bad timing depends entirely on who you ask.
What makes this story more than a one-night blip is what happened next. This was not a single kiss and a quiet exit. The following night, Bunnie and Dylan were spotted out again, this time at a more low-key location, laughing and cuddled up close in photos obtained exclusively by TMZ.
There was no kissing caught on camera during that second outing, but the body language told its own story, with the pair described as close, comfortable, and clearly enjoying each other’s company in front of a small group of friends.
Two outings in two nights is not the kind of thing people do with someone they consider a passing fling, and it is exactly why this story has legs beyond the initial kiss.
The kiss, the fireworks, and the TikTok that fueled it all
TMZ’s original report described the scene in detail. Bunnie, dressed in a fitted black halter top, was seen sharing multiple kisses with Wolf in the VIP section before the two turned back toward the rest of the rooftop crowd to watch the fireworks.
It was intimate, it was public, and it happened to unfold at the exact bar her estranged husband owns. Adding fuel to an already blazing fire, Wolf posted a TikTok on July 7 featuring Bunnie, in which the pair mouthed along to a well-known Kandi Burruss line from “The Real Housewives of Atlanta.”
Bunnie captioned the clip with a cheeky nod to the speculation already swirling, writing that she saw everyone trying to connect the dots. That caption alone tells you she knew exactly what she was doing and exactly how it would land.
Bunnie has been fairly open about the chaos playing out around her personal life in recent weeks. At one point, she reportedly deleted a podcast episode that touched on her divorce, and when a fan asked why, she said she would address it in an upcoming episode of her “Ask, Tell, Confess” segment.
That is a pattern fans of her “Dumb Blonde” podcast will recognize well. Bunnie rarely lets speculation simmer for long without eventually addressing it head-on, usually with the kind of candor that made her podcast popular in the first place. Whether this particular chapter gets the same treatment remains to be seen, but given her track record, silence rarely lasts long.
Dylan Wolf breaks his silence, and it is not the confirmation fans expected
If anyone thought Wolf was going to lean into the romance rumors, his comments the next day suggest otherwise.
When TMZ caught up with him in Los Angeles, the Netflix reality star was asked directly about the kissing video circulating. His response was calm and, by his own account, not meant to stir anything up.
He described Bunnie as a great friend and said the two were simply out having a good time celebrating the holiday together.
When TMZ pressed him on whether the kiss was intended as any kind of shot at Jelly Roll, given that it happened inside his own bar, Wolf brushed the idea aside entirely, insisting there was no shade involved whatsoever.
Perhaps the most telling part of his comments came when he was asked to define the relationship outright. Wolf did not hesitate to say the two are not an item, a phrase that puts a pretty firm ceiling on how seriously fans should read into all of this.
It is worth noting that this denial came only a day after the kiss went public and after a second outing had already taken place, which is an interesting sequence of events.
Either Wolf genuinely sees this as a casual friendship that happens to include some very public affection, or he is choosing his words carefully while the ink on Bunnie’s divorce is still fresh. Both are entirely possible, and neither has been confirmed one way or another by anyone involved.
Notably absent from all of this is any statement from Bunnie herself clarifying what the relationship actually is. She has not called Wolf her boyfriend, nor has she denied it.
Her only public commentary so far has been that cheeky TikTok caption, which reads more like someone enjoying the attention than someone trying to shut down a narrative. Fans hoping for clarity on her side will likely need to wait for the promised podcast update.
Where things stand with the Jelly Roll divorce
None of this is happening in a vacuum. Jelly Roll, born Jason DeFord, filed for divorce from Bunnie, whose legal name is Alisa DeFord, in Tennessee courts, citing irreconcilable differences and listing a separation date in early May.
The filing brought an end to a marriage that began in August 2016 after a whirlwind Las Vegas ceremony, following a relationship that started the year before when Bunnie caught one of Jelly Roll’s early shows.
Both have been consistent in stating that infidelity was not a factor in their split, and both have continued to describe each other in warm terms even while the divorce moves through the legal process.
That context matters here because it is part of why the kissing video has generated so much conversation rather than simply blowing over as a random celebrity sighting.
Even with a very public kiss, a second outing, and a TikTok that all but winked at the audience watching, the facts on the ground remain fairly narrow. TMZ obtained video of Bunnie and Dylan kissing, and that part is undisputed.
Wolf has publicly denied that the two are in a serious relationship, describing Bunnie instead as a friend he was celebrating a holiday with. Neither Bunnie nor Jelly Roll has issued any statement framing this as the start of something new.
Everything beyond those three points, including what this actually means for Bunnie’s next chapter, is speculation dressed up as certainty, and it is worth treating it that way until one of the people actually involved says otherwise.
For now, the rooftop of Goodnight Nashville has become an unlikely stage for a story that touches on divorce, new beginnings, and the strange reality of moving on in the public eye.
Whether Wolf’s version of events holds up as more time passes, or whether Bunnie eventually offers a fuller picture on her own podcast, is the part of this story still waiting to be written.
