Jelly Roll's wife hits back at critics saying she is unfit for IVF (2024)

Jelly Roll's wife Bunnie Xo has fired back at critics who claimed she was in 'no shape' to be a candidate for IVF after she opened up about her terrifying health ordeal.

The country star's spouse shared her 'scary' health update to fans on Sunday and revealed she had developed a new 'perspective' after nearly being diagnosed with an aneurysm.

The 44-year-old media personality - who recently revealed she was undergoing IVF with the 39-year-old Need A Favor hitmaker - lifted the lid on medical journey last week.

Following the news, trolls engulfed the blonde beauty in a flood of hate as they branded her unfit for the fertility treatment.

Now, Bunnie has taken to YouTubeto give the haters a clear message about her health and why she is suitable for IVF in a clip that saw her sharing the words of her neurosurgeon.

Bunnie made the video in response to a comment from one critic that said, 'You're in no shape to be a fit candidate for IVF.'

She said: 'Hi guys, we got an update from the vascular neurosurgeon. So if you guys found my last video, you know I had an an scare. Although the first doctor cleared me and said everything was normal, I'm a hypochondriac and I wanted a second opinion.

'So I got a second opinion and he said he agreed with the first neurosurgeon but he would need to see other scans as well.'

Bunnie then noted her anxiety prompted her to seek out a third opinion on her health.

'I got on the call with the vascular surgeon today and he had pulled up a 3D image of both my carotid arteries and what it turned out to be was a blood vessel, which I have on the backs of both of them, and he cleared me.

'He said, "If you wanna play tackle football you can, if you wanna bungee jump, you can." He's like, "Pretty much, I release you back to do whatever it is that sets your soul on fire." So that was great news.

'So to respond to this garbage comment right here, actually, yes, I am a perfect candidate [for IVF],' she said at the end of the clip.

Bunnie originally opened up about the health scare on her Facebook - as she revealed how it changed her perspective on life.

Initially, her results showed that she had a 'two-millimeter aneurysm on my carotid artery.'

However, after following up with another doctor, he informed her that it was likely instead 'an artifact.'

'I tell you what, this health scare put so much in perspective for me,' Bunnie typed out to her followers. 'It honestly made me want to change a lot of things in my life.'

She continued, 'Be more appreciative of my family and friends. It also made me reevaluate my relationship with God and learn to have faith for the first time in my life.'

The star added, 'Even my husband texting me last night saying "You're my bestfriend." Brought me to tears.'

'You don't realize how much you appreciate life and the people in it until you feel like you could lose it and them at any moment. Love your loved ones a little more today for me, would you? I love you guys - Happy Sunday,' Bunnie concluded.

In a since-deleted video that was uploaded to her TikTok page, Bunnie confessed that she had nearly been diagnosed with an aneurysm. Her mother notably also had an aneurysm rupture in the past - but survived.

'In March, I started getting really bad headaches, really weird headaches that I've never gotten before,' she explained in the clip, per Us Weekly.

'I was scheduled to have an MRI done this week [and] when I got the test results back they said they spotted an aneurysm on my carotid artery.'

After undergoing a CT scan, the star expressed to her followers that a 'two-millimeter aneurysm on my carotid artery' had been found.

She shared that the results felt 'like a death sentence' to her, and caused her to 'come to grips with [her] own mortality.'

However, when the wife of the country icon followed up with a neurosurgeon after getting the results, she then had a different outlook.

'He told me that I'm cleared, that he thinks that's an artifact and that he also thinks in six months [or] whenever I come back to retest and do another CT test, he will be able to prove that it is an artifact.'

'His words were, "I don't even know why the radiologist even sent you in for this,"' she explained, and positively added, 'As for now, your girl can breathe!'

Her heath update comes just one month after Bunnie revealed she is undergoing IVF with her husband.

The singer's wife announced their plans to have a child together via IVF as she shared a clip from Jelly Roll's appearance on the Bussin' With The Boys podcast, where he opened up about their family plans.

'We had planned on doing this privately, but decided our IVF journey needed to be shared because we've always been so open. And with all odds stacked against us, it's already been hard and we have only just begun,' Bunnie posted to her Instagram.

'J and I are SO excited and scared all at the same time. We genuinely never thought we'd want to add to our family but something changed this year and we both just want a piece of us together to add to our already perfect family with Bailee and Noah,' she added.

Jelly and Bunnie began dating in 2015 and after just one year of dating, the country star popped the question and the two quickly wed.

They have since been living in blissful matrimony for the past six years.

Jelly, whose real name Jason Bradley DeFord, already has two children from previous relationships: daughter Bailee Ann, 16, and son Noah Buddy, seven.