In a 2023 interview with Taste of Country, Jelly Roll explained that keeping Noah DeFord out of the limelight was something he did out of respect for his co-parent. “I try not to get in the way of what she is building over there, and I never want to step on her toes, with what she’s doing with him … I want to just respect that boundary,” he told the outlet.
Even so, he and Bunnie XO have gone on to share some more snippets of their time together, on the odd occasion — something Jelly Roll credits his wife and Noah’s mom with. “He always goes on vacation with us, and we just always try to shoot around him … and my wife was like, ‘I’m just gonna hit her up and tell her I wanna post,’ and she was like, ‘Yeah, totally cool,” he told Taste of Country.
As for the vacation video in question, that saw Bunnie XO interview the youngster for her TikTok. In it, he revealed a number of details about himself, from his favorite color (red), to his favorite sport (soccer), and, cheekily, his favorite between his dad and sister (Bailey Ann DeFord got the top pick). Sure enough, though, in sticking with what Jelly Roll told Taste of Country, Bunnie XO made a point of noting that Noah’s mom had signed off on it before she posted anything. “Always mama approved first,” she wrote.
