In the year leading up to her mother’s death on November 3, 2022, Jelly Roll’s wife brought her to their home state so Vanessa could receive medical treatment. The experience allowed Roll and Bunnie Xo to bring both of their moms together. Roll shared a snippet of the meeting between Bunnie’s mother and his own to Instagram, which he used to share how proud he was of Bunnie. “My wife is the strongest human I have ever encountered,” he captioned the post.
Roll gushed about his wife’s willingness to always look for the positive in everything, regardless of how much hurt she has experienced. “Her heart never ceases to amaze me and her ability to find the silver lining and the lesson in every turn,” he said. But despite Vanessa’s complicated past and the trauma she inflicted on Bunnie, Roll also saw the good she had in her. “This is a sweet woman, by the way, I think the world of her, too,” he said on the “Dumb Blonde” podcast.
Vanessa’s death hit Bunnie harder than she could have anticipated. “No matter how bulletproof I think I am, losing a parent — was harder than expected,” she wrote on Instagram. Thankfully, she had Roll by her side to ensure that she could be vulnerable and not have to pretend she was OK. “I didn’t want to be strong & he made sure I didn’t have to be. Thank you punkinpieangelface,” she said.
