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Bunnie Xo’s ex-husband spills on their tumultuous marriage pre-Jelly Roll: ‘Destroyed my life’
Bunnie Xo’s ex-husband pulled back the curtain on their marriage, from the “f–king weird” way they got together to their “nightmare” end.
Francisco “Frankie” Lombardo opened up to the Daily Mail on Tuesday about first getting to know Bunnie Xo, who recently split from estranged husband Jelly Roll, via MySpace in 2009.
She was married to Christopher Gilbert at the time, whom she divorced later that same year, while Lombardo was dating someone else.
When the duo met for a drink, Bunnie Xo allegedly told him, “I want to make out with you” — and Lombardo moved in with her the following week.
Lombardo, denying any cheating took place, recalled serving Gilbert divorce papers.
“It was really f–king weird, man,” he remembered. “He’s just a normal dude, kind of a weird dude. And they have a little bit of a checkered past, I guess, but I was glad to serve the guy papers. I’ll never forget that.”
He and Bunnie Xo, 46, went on to tie the knot in Hawaii in February 2010.
After the Valentine’s Day wedding, Lombardo had a “very adventurous” marriage with his “f–king best friend” and “good wife.”
He was, however, “super jealous” of Bunnie Xo’s sugar daddies, whom she had told Lombardo about “right out the gate.”
He recalled, “She never saw them. They lived out of state. … I wanted her all to myself. There was definitely some arguing and stuff that took place.”
Lombardo cited his parents and sister moving into their home as what ultimately led to their split, noting that his mom and dad lost their house after being indicted on fraud charges and sentenced to a year of probation.
“[It] totally destroyed our relationship, and I think ultimately that had a very big influence on the way things were handled,” he told the outlet, calling the time period the “lowest point” of his life.
The former couple filed for divorce in 2014 — and Bunnie Xo moved on with an abusive man, which she described in her February “Stripped Down” memoir.
“Bunnie was the only girl that broke my heart,” Lombardo said. ‘She left me for another man and … [it] f–king destroyed my life in a sense. And she got with some dude who beat her up, which was a f–king nightmare.”
Bunnie Xo’s rep did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
The former OnlyFans creator met Jelly Roll in 2015, and the couple wed at a Las Vegas chapel the following year.
News broke earlier this month that Bunnie Xo and the country singer, 41, ended their relationship in May.
The “Dumb Blonde” podcast host broke her silence on the breakup in a Thursday episode, saying the Grammy winner was already dating again — and that they still plan to welcome a child together via IVF.
“My husband and I are ending this marriage on the best possible terms that you could ever have a divorce,” she told listeners. “We’re literally settling our divorce in, like, what? We’ve done it in three weeks? Two weeks?”
When split news broke, Lombardo told Page Six he has “unfinished business” with Bunnie Xo, with whom he has an “interesting friendship” and “talk[s to] every day.”
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