Jelly Roll concluded his Jimmy Kimmel Live! monologue Thursday night with an emotional message about compassion across political divides. Many fans of the rapper-turned-country music star, 41, have been surprised this week to hear him aiming numerous jokes at President Donald Trump. At the Grammy Awards earlier this year, the “Need A Favor” singer declined to answer a question about his politics, saying: “I have a lot to say about it and I’m going to in the next week.
And everybody’s going to hear exactly what I have to say in the most loud and clear way I’ve ever spoken in my life. I look forward to it.” However, the rapper has since kept quiet about his political views — until now. No, I was just telling it like it is.
And for some reason, that seemed to freak a lot of people out. I guess now that I’ve lost all this weight, folks can finally see I have balls.” He continued, “It is funny that before this week everybody thought I was MAGA. And now they think I’m some sort of liberal snowflake.” The musician clarified, “Sure, I lean left on some things, but like most folks I’m pretty down the middle.
I am a country music singer. And most of things I eat I prefer to get with a stick and a string. That’s the truth,” he said.
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Jelly Roll then addressed his comments at the Grammy Awards, where he said he felt “disconnected” from current events and called himself a “dumb redneck.” “It was the single greatest moment and greatest honor of my career,” he said of winning three awards that night. I got handed my award that I’ve been dreaming about since I was a child. And immediately after, I was asked to make what I felt at the time was a political stance.
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