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Bunnie XO is dealing with an unexpected information concern.
The podcaster precocious alleged that aft speaking with convicted murderer Wade Wilson for a imaginable docuseries astir his crimes, helium started giving retired her telephone number—to astatine slightest 5 individuals.
"Wade took it upon himself aft that archetypal telephone telephone that we had to commencement giving my telephone fig retired to random women," Bunnie—who is joined to state superstar Jelly Roll—explained connected the Oct. 21 occurrence of her Dumb Blonde podcast. "I was getting truthful frustrated with each the drama."
She said this prompted her to hop connected the telephone with him again for a recorded conversation, which she played connected the episode. "You tin halt getting maine successful occupation online," she told him. "That would beryllium great."
Wade—who was sentenced to decease successful August for the 2019 murders of Kristine Melton, 35, and Diane Ruiz, 43—admitted successful the signaling that helium had shared her information. Though helium added that helium had since ceased the action.
"I stopped giving retired your number," Wade, 30, said. "I lone did that to similar 2 people."
However, Bunnie told listeners that it was astatine slightest five.
E! News has reached retired to Wade's attorneys on with reps for Bunnie for remark and has not yet heard back.
During the tense backmost and forth, Wade chided Bunnie for comments helium says she made astir him to his fans—whom helium alleged sent him screenshots of the interactions.
"What was the remark that you made online?" helium noted. "I virtually person a representation of it and it says thing to the effect of, 'I request to amusement these radical thing astir the reddish flags and informing signs.'"
However, the podcaster clarified what she meant but stood her crushed with her intent.
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"I deliberation what I said with that's being taken retired of context," she explained. "They said, 'Why did you interrogation Wade Wilson?' And I said, 'Because I deliberation women request to spot the reddish flags and the informing signs of idiosyncratic who's arsenic charming arsenic you. I don't deliberation there's thing incorrect with it.'"
The incidental comes months aft the 44-year-old faced backlash successful June for wanting to bring the inmate onto her podcast, which she has said she profoundly regrets.
"I consciousness atrocious for adjacent having empathy for anybody different than the victims successful this," she said during her caller episode. "I ever effort to spot each broadside of each story, but I didn't cognize his full communicative and I conscionable shouldn't person said what I said without knowing truthful galore of the facts."
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♬ archetypal dependable - Bunnie Xo 🪄Bunnie antecedently shared wherefore she was funny successful bringing him on, which yet sparked controversy.
"I americium fascinated with his story," she explained connected her now-deleted TikTok successful June. "How chill would it beryllium if I got to spell into the jailhouse and bash a beryllium down with him and bash a podcast?"
Afterward, fans were speedy to telephone her determination insensitive, prompting her to apologize for her words.
"I deliberation anybody who has followed maine for a precise agelong clip knows that my intentions were not to glorify somebody," she said successful a follow-up TikTok. "Being funny astir wherefore a slayer is simply a f--king whack occupation does not marque maine a atrocious idiosyncratic due to the fact that determination are truthful galore radical who are funny successful existent transgression and murderers get interviews each the time. But what makes maine an asshole is being insensitive to the victims' families."
"Even though it wasn't intentional, it's inactive what happened," she continued. "For that, I bash apologize."
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