Bunnie Xo has endured some really hard times and crises in her life. Today, she is happily married to country music star Jelly Roll and is the host of a very successful podcast, Dumb Blonde. However, it wasn't always sunshine and roses for the sassy, fan-favorite celeb. She recently opened up about all of that in her newly-published memoir, Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic. Bunnie Xo also spoke candidly to Fox News Digital about her roller-coaster journey and how faith fit into it.
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She shared this with the outlet. "I'm like a cat. I've had nine lives, and I genuinely feel like God has always had His hand on my life. He has always been there in some way, even when I wasn't worthy of it, and even when I didn't acknowledge Him. Even when I was doing things that were not what He would want me to do, He still always pulled me out of it."
Bunnie Xo added, "My mess became my message and my testimony. I truly feel like leaning on God is the only thing that got me through some of the situations that I put myself in."
For Bunnie Xo, Faith Is a Key Source of Hope
The popular personality, who is 46, said that for her, faith and hope are inextricably linked. And both are vitally important. She said to the outlet, "I feel like we all need something to believe in. If there was no hope in the world, the world would be worse off than it already is right now. And I think that faith gives people some sort of hope. I believe the power of Jesus is real. I've seen it. I've felt His hand."
She Hit "Rock Bottom"
Looking at the successful, confident woman she is now, it's hard to imagine how dire things were for Bunnie Xo years ago. She was on a road headed nowhere. The outlet mentions "pills, cocaine and alcohol" were what she used to escape her pain. Finally, she realized that she needed to alter her life radically in order to survive.
Bunnie Xo told the outlet, "I think it takes people a couple of times of hitting rock bottom before they're like, 'I am tired. I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. And I think after I finally had a moment to look around, I was like, 'If I continue on this path that I'm on, I'm either going to end up dead or I'm just going to be another statistic of a Vegas working girl.'"
The 'Dumb Blonde' Podcaster Is Embracing a New Direction
This is someone who truly turned her life around. Instead of dead ends, Bunnie Xo has found meaning, purpose, and joy in the place she's at right now. Being sober and staying that way is a major part of that.
"I think sobriety is a personal journey, and I feel like sobriety is different for every single person. It's not black and white. For me, sobriety means that I can't take Xanax. I don't take any pills...I can't even do nasal sinus cleanings now because I have PTSD from all the drugs I did."
She explained. "...[F]or me, sobriety was a choice.... It's probably been one of the most rewarding journeys that I've been on."
