Jelly Roll: Is He Asking Fans To Forgive Elle King?
Elle King isn’t the only country star who has been silent since her performance at Friday night’s (1/19) Dolly Parton tribute at the Grand Ole Opry, where she botched the song and began drunkenly repeating the f-word to the crowd. No one in country music, including her good friend Dierks Bentley, has said a word on social media about her.
However, while not mentioning King by name, Jelly Roll did post a message to his Insta Stories. Because of its timing, we speculate it could reference what King is going through now as she postpones shows and fans online have been brutal about her performance and said all kinds of unkind things about her. King and Jelly Roll know each other; she has opened concerts for him in the past.
Jelly posted three simple words to his Insta Stories that appear to support his friend. He wrote, “Let’s normalize forgiveness.” While we don’t know for sure if that is what he is referencing, he himself has been honest and upfront about his past mistakes involving alcohol, drugs, and stints in jail for selling drugs.
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Jelly Roll spent hours in a Senate hearing earlier this month (1/11) in Washington, D.C., before the Committee of Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. The hearing was titled “Stopping the Flow of Fentanyl: Public Awareness and Legislative Solutions.” He talked about the many friends he lost to the drug and his own struggle with drugs.
Jelly talked about the importance of therapy recently in an interview on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. Jelly described himself as an “old-school Southern man.” He noted that his relationship with God and faith are also vital to his evolution.
Jelly said that he believes in “God and therapy.” He said he is “extremely open-minded” in his “old age.” Jelly offered, “I quit searching to be happy, and I started searching to be useful.” That’s when everything changed for him, and he strives to “be a man of service” and to help people.
King has not apologized for her behavior on the Grand Ole Opry. She has postponed a slew of upcoming concerts with no explanation, including a performance at Billy Bob’s Texas.
Five Country Superstars Who Do Not Drink
Brad Paisley: Never Drank
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Even though he scored a big hit in 2009 with a song called “Alcohol,” it’s a little-known fact that Brad has never been a drinker. Even though he can mix you a drink in his Nashville “Yellow House,” which he uses for making music, he has never touched the stuff.
Charles Kelley - Sober since 2022
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Lady A postponed their tour in 2022 for bandmate Charles Kelley to have a “journey to sobriety.” Since then, Kelley co-wrote and recorded a solo song about his journey called “As Far As I Could.” The lyrics sing in part, “You gave me the courage the night I met my wife / You helped me make her laugh ’til you helped me make her cry / You started out a friend turned into somethin’ else / Now I like who I am with you sittin’ on the shelf.”
Shania Twain: Doesn't Drink While Working
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Shania told Entertainment Weekly in 2002 that she doesn’t drink simply because she has never been “interested” in alcohol. She said at the time, “I’ve never had a drinking problem and never drank when I worked.”
Tim McGraw: Sober Since 2013
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In 2013, he told People, “I don’t drink at all. It’s not a part of my life anymore.” Tim told Esquire in 2021, “I remember a moment when I was getting out of bed and going to the liquor cabinet and taking a big shot at eight in the morning and thinking, I have to wake the kids up.”
Keith Urban: Sober Since 2006
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Keith, who went to rehab shortly after he married Nicole Kidman in 2006, told the U.K. Times in April 2022, “I’ve nothing against drugs or alcohol. Everyone does what they want to do to have a great time. I just realized I’m allergic to it. Someone said, ‘You have an allergy? What happens when you drink?’ And I said, ‘I break out in cuffs.'”
