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Bunnie Xo is once again captivating her audience by staying unapologetically authentic.
The wife of musician Jelly Roll has been sharing every candid detail of her facelift experience with her followers. From her initial jitters before the surgery to the challenging recovery phase that invoked comparisons to comedian Bert Kreischer, Bunnie has laid it all bare.
In an April 7 podcast episode, Bunnie reflected on her cosmetic journey, acknowledging the privilege it entails. “Having a facelift is a privilege,” she remarked. “I fully recognize that it’s a choice I made. I just want to offer complete transparency because I wish I had someone like me to guide me through this. I did extensive research, but everyone only highlights the glamorous side. No one shows the real, gritty process.”
Bunnie’s unvarnished honesty is precisely why her fans adore her, as she doesn’t shy away from sharing her genuine thoughts and experiences.
Read on for more of her refreshingly honest insights:
Bunnie Xo Announces Her Facelift Plans on ‘Dumb Blonde’ Podcast
Bunnie Xo revealed her cosmetic surgery plans during a February 9 episode of her “Dumb Blonde” podcast, telling listeners she was planning to go under the knife.
“Your girl’s getting a facelift,” she said, admitting she was “scared.”
“Just gonna tack it back. Just a little bit,” she added. “If I get it done now, I don’t have to do it when I’m 65.”
By the March 13, episode, Bunnie Xo confirmed her surgery was days away before rallying her loyal listeners for support.
“I’ll be getting my facelift on Sunday, [March] 15th,” she revealed. “So send lots of prayers for your girl.”
She also gave fans a heads-up about what to expect from the influencer post-surgery
“I’m gonna look crazy, guys. I’m gonna be bruised,” she explained. “It’s gonna be a little weird. Don’t freak out.”
Bunnie Xo offered unfiltered insight into how her sex life with husband Jelly Roll improved after his weight loss journey. “We always had a sex life, but there were mountains and valleys that we had to go through — especially when he was so big,” Bunnie Xo, 46, exclusively told Us Weekly about her memoir, […]
Bunnie Xo Shares Her Swollen Post-Surgery Face and Filler Warning
Just one day after going under the knife, Bunnie Xo offered fans a look at her visibly swollen face in an Instagram video on March 16.
The podcast host leaned into humor immediately, captioning the post, “I look like Bert Kreischer,” referencing the stand-up comedian.
The following day, Bunnie Xo opened up about why she went through with the procedure in the first place — and it wasn’t just about aesthetics.
“For everyone asking why I decided to do a facelift, old filler was one of the main reasons,” she wrote via Instagram. “I had stopped getting filler over 3 years ago in my face (I did have some in my lips tho), had it dissolved multiple times in my cheeks & it still was in my face.”
She continued, “It would be itchy, it would cause swelling in my cheeks & it continued to migrate to other places. Please take it from me, filler doesn’t dissolve in your body like we are told.”
Bunnie Xo’s Recovery Hits a Breaking Point
By day six, Bunnie Xo was in the thick of the healing process. She shared a candid update alongside a March 22 Instagram video, making that the recovery was no joke.
“When it’s day 6 of your recovery, you have cabin fever, you watched every 2000’s movie, can barely walk [without] being winded, live in a recliner, feel like you’re being choked from ear to ear,” she wrote. “Everyone keeps telling you day 7 is the best day but that’s tomorrow and you have lost all faith in humanity.”
She added, “I kno [sic], I did this to myself but damn.”
While some prefer to fly under the radar when they get plastic surgery, celebrities including Denise Richards, Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ Jessi Ngatikaura and Heidi Montag keep it candid. After getting some of her enhancements reversed in 2013, Montag exclusively told Us Weekly that she struggled with the decision. Thank You! You have successfully subscribed. […]
Bunnie Xo Calls Her Facelift ‘The Most Brutal Thing’ She’s Experienced
Weeks later, Bunnie Xo got even more candid during the April 7 episode of her podcast, calling the procedure “brutal” and “barbaric.” While she praised her plastic surgeon as “amazing” and said she’s happy with the results, she felt “undersold” on the difficulty of recovery.
“I still can’t laugh, I’m still in a lot of pain, I still feel like my throat’s closing right now as we talk,” Bunnie Xo began.
She also called out friends who had downplayed the experience.
“All my girlfriends who have had f’ing facelifts, which is quite a few of you bitches, have fing told me, ‘Oh, by day two, you’re going to be up and running around one week after. You’re going to be great,’” she added. “No, no, I’m not.”
Bunnie Xo described the post-surgery process as “the most brutal thing I’ve ever been through in my life.”
Her podcast team revealed the surgery lasted seven hours, while her friend shared that her face “smelled like pork rinds” during the procedure as her skin was being “burned off.”
Bunnie Xo joked, “My face was cremated.”