Jelly Roll’s spouse Bunnie XO detailed her harrowing expertise taking a small dosage of the weight loss drug tirzepatide.
The 44-year-old mentioned she spent the night time within the rest room due to the FDA-approved medicine throughout the October 3 episode of her podcast, Dumb Blonde.
Bunnie XO, whose actual identify is Alyssa DeFord, felt the uncomfortable side effects of tirzepatide, the drug usually used to deal with sort 2 diabetes, harshly from all ends. “It kinda sent me for a loop last night,” she admitted.
“I s*** my brains out—and I’m talking logs, baby,” Bunnie XO continued. “I also got sick. I felt like I was gonna projectile vomit.”
According to Mayo Clinic, tirzepatide could cause abdomen ache, heartburn, vomiting, recurring fever, diarrhea, abdomen fullness, and pores and skin itching.
Though the podcast host was admittedly conscious of the uncomfortable side effects earlier than she began taking tirzepatide, she figured taking a small dose of it wouldn’t elicit the identical severity as the complete quantity would. In her eyes, “microdosing” tirzepatide was safer than taking the “normal level.”
“I was so scared to take it,” Bunnie XO confessed, noting that she had nightmares about it beforehand.
She added: “I am 100 percent f***ing all natural. Literally have nothing in my system, so for me to even take tirzepatide is a huge decision.”
While tirzepatide is meant to assist scale back urge for food, Bunnie XO mentioned she was nonetheless “so hungry” on the drug. That mentioned, after her horrible night time within the rest room, she claims to have woken up “a pound and a half lighter.”
Tirzepatide is taken within the type of injections like semaglutide. The medicine is offered underneath two identify manufacturers: Mounjaro and Zepbound.
Bunnie XO’s experimentation with the weight loss drug comes after her husband admitted he misplaced over 70 kilos from exercising and implementing a new eating regimen.
In April 2024, the 39-year-old singer advised People journal he’d been sticking to a robust exercise routine, working “two to three miles a day, four to six days a week.”
Jelly Roll, whose actual identify is Jason Bradley DeFord, first met his spouse in 2015 at a live performance in Las Vegas. At the time, the 2 have been targeted on pursuing a friendship greater than a romantic relationship, however it didn’t take lengthy earlier than they discovered a stronger connection between them.
A yr later, Jelly Roll proposed to Bunnie XO the place they met. That identical night time, the pair tied the knot.
However, their relationship wasn’t easy crusing from there. In 2018, the “Wild Ones” performer cut up from Bunnie XO, simply a few years after their nuptials. But by 2023, the 2 have been again collectively, renewing their wedding ceremony vows in Las Vegas.
Jelly Roll has two youngsters from two earlier relationships – Bailee Ann, 16, and Noah Buddy, eight. As of now, the nation singer and his spouse don't share any organic youngsters of their very own however have opened up about plans to welcome children by way of in vitro fertilization (IVF).