Bunnie Xo is clapping back at haters who shamed her for gaining weight during her IVF journey.
“As I was going through IVF it put weight on me and people would be like, ‘Oh, she’s bigger than her husband now,’” Bunnie, 46, said on the Tuesday, July 7, episode of her “Dumb Blonde” podcast. “And you’re literally trying to make a baby with your body.”
The media producer added, “It’s like people just have no respect. The internet is just so crazy.”
Bunnie also noted that she’s found a way to brush off the criticism.
“I’ve learned that it’s just miserable people who have nothing better to do than just comment on other people’s lives,” she continued. “So, you can’t ever let that get to you.”
Bunnie revealed in June 2024 that she and her now-estranged husband, Jelly Roll, had decided to pursue IVF. Though Jelly, 41, filed for divorce in May after 10 years of marriage, Bunnie has shared that she and her ex still hope to have a baby together.
“You guys are going to be shocked to hear this, but we’re still having a baby,” she said on her podcast in June. “We’re going to coparent together. I’m so excited to live my life through a child’s eyes, which is why, with this baby journey, I’m not going to let it break me. And I’m not going to detour it. J has been so great about us still having a baby together, and he wants the same thing.”
Jelly is already a father to daughter Bailee Ann, 18, and son Noah, 9, from previous relationships.
During Tuesday’s podcast episode, Bunnie shared an update on how IVF has affected her body amid her struggle with endometriosis.
“My stomach after I did the IVF — you have to pump yourself full of estrogen and all these hormones — so the endometriosis just fed off of that,” she explained. “My lower stomach would pooch out. It looked like I was, like, three months pregnant, and it would not go away. The only thing that took it away was microdosing the GLP-1.”
Bunnie insisted that her focus was never on losing weight while taking a GLP-1.
“We’re really trying to get our bodies in check and in order,” she continued. “And getting the inflammation down is probably the number one thing that could do for your body. It’s not just about losing weight or taking a shortcut. It’s about literally trying to help yourself and help yourself feel better.”
