{"id":6606,"date":"2026-06-24T03:11:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T03:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/country-stars-dan-shay-give-update-on-pal-jelly-rolls-tough-divorce\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T03:11:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T03:11:53","slug":"country-stars-dan-shay-give-update-on-pal-jelly-rolls-tough-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/country-stars-dan-shay-give-update-on-pal-jelly-rolls-tough-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Country stars Dan + Shay give update on pal Jelly Roll&#8217;s &#8216;tough&#8217; divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F132012760.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The country music community is rallying behind one of their own.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney, who together make up the hit duo Dan + Shay, shared an update on how their pal Jelly Roll is doing amid his <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/celebrity-news\/jelly-roll-and-bunnie-xo-relationship-timeline\/\">headline-making divorce<\/a> from Bunnie Xo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was great,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe didn\u2019t really get into it, but I\u2019m happy for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney (pictured above at a Tight End University event on June 23) of country music duo Dan + Shay shared an update on their friend Jelly Roll amid his divorce from longtime wife Bunnie Xo. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Smyers (left) said he recently ran into Jelly Roll and he was \u201cgreat\u201d while Mooney (right) praised both the \u201cSon of a Sinner\u201d singer and Bunnie for how they\u2019ve handled the public attention. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Smyers also shouted out Jelly Roll for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZ8h28iRscU\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a social media post<\/a> he shared earlier in the day in which the \u201cSon of a Sinner\u201d singer <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/14\/celebrity-news\/jelly-rolls-wife-bunnie-xo-details-how-sex-life-has-changed-since-singers-dramatic-300-pound-weight-loss\/\">looked back on his fitness journey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe post he did was amazing,\u201d he gushed. \u201cI was like, \u2018Damn, that\u2019s my guy.\u2019 It was cool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mooney, on the other hand, offered praise for both Jelly Roll and Bunnie in how they\u2019ve handled themselves in the week since news of their divorce rocked not only Music City but country music fans everywhere.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cThey\u2019ve handled it with class. It\u2019s a tough thing to go through very, very publicly,\u201d he said of the couple (pictured here in February). \u201cWe want the best for both of them.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">xomgitsbunnie\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Page Six confirmed on June 15 that Jelly Roll quietly filed for divorce from Bunnie after almost 10 years of marriage nearly a month earlier on May 18. (The estranged couple are pictured here in February.) <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI mean, as married guys, if we had to go through something like that <em>that<\/em> publicly, it\u2019s really tough on both parties and they\u2019ve both handled it well,\u201d Mooney noted. \u201cWe want the best for both of them. They\u2019re great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the May 18 filing, the Grammy winner <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/16\/celebrity-news\/new-details-revealed-in-jelly-roll-and-bunnie-xos-divorce\/\">cited \u201cirreconcilable differences\u201d<\/a> as the reason for their breakup.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Grammy winner (seen here in February) cited \u201cirreconcilable differences\u201d as the reason for their breakup. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for The Recording Academy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jelly Roll broke his silence on the divorce during a June 18 concert, telling the audience, \u201cMe and my wife are best friends. We will always be best friends.\u201d (The moment is seen above.) <span class=\"credit\">Jelly Roll\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jelly Roll <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/18\/celebrity-news\/jelly-roll-breaks-his-silence-on-divorce-from-bunnie-xo\/\">broke his silence on the divorce<\/a> mid-concert during the June 18 show of his Little ASS Shed Tour in Saratoga Springs, New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe and my wife are best friends. We will always be best friends,\u201d he continued, noting that Bunnie will \u201cprobably be the only woman I will ever love the way I loved her\u201d and that \u201cnobody cheated on nobody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The country superstar then plugged Bunnie\u2019s \u201cDumb Blonde\u201d podcast episode \u2014 released earlier that evening \u2014 in which she addressed their shocking divorce.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cThat will be my best friend forever,\u201d he added. \u201cThis is the only time I will ever speak about it. Bunnie, I love you, baby.\u201d (The former couple is seen above last year.) <span class=\"credit\">xomgitsbunnie\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Bunnie (pictured here with Jelly Roll in February) also addressed the split, most notably sharing that they still plan on having a baby together \u2014 among other revelations. <span class=\"credit\">xomgitsbunnie\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cEvery word of it is the truth,\u201d he said of his estranged wife telling her side of the story. \u201cThat will be my best friend forever. This is the only time I will ever speak about it. Bunnie, I love you, baby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In her podcast episode, Bunnie <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/18\/celebrity-news\/bunnie-xo-addresses-jelly-roll-divorce\/\">opened up about the fight that led to the split<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/18\/celebrity-news\/bunny-xo-reveals-the-truth-behind-chad-kroeger-dating-rumors-after-jelly-roll-divorce-bombshell\/\">put an end to the rumors<\/a> she is dating Nickelback singer Chad Kroeger.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the nearly hourlong recording session, Bunnie revealed she and Jelly Roll are <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/18\/celebrity-news\/bunnie-xo-says-she-and-jelly-roll-are-still-having-a-baby-together-despite-divorce\/\">still planning to have a baby together<\/a> despite her estranged husband <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/18\/celebrity-news\/bunnie-xo-confirms-newly-single-jelly-roll-is-already-dating-after-divorce-filing\/\">already dating again<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While the former couple don\u2019t share any children together just yet, Jelly Roll is dad to daughter Bailee Ann, 18, and son Noah Buddy, 9.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/23\/celebrity-news\/country-stars-dan-shay-give-update-on-pal-jelly-rolls-tough-divorce\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The country music community is rallying behind one of their own. 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