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\n\tJelly Roll<\/a> stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em> on Thursday night (April 24) to talk about the hardest part of being an American Idol<\/em> mentor, leaving the continent for the first time on his upcoming tour with Post Malone and why he\u2019s on the verge of jumping out of a plane and doing other wild stunts now that he\u2019s nearing his goal weight.<\/p>\n

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\n\tJelly, of course, talked about his recent weigh loss, which he said he couldn\u2019t make sound cool, since it basically involves eating a \u201clot of protein and vegetables\u201d and walking. It\u2019s clearly working, with Jelly Roll saying he\u2019s lost \u201can entire Jimmy Kimmel\u201d to date, or around 200 pounds<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\tThat means he\u2019s nearing the ability to do the \u201cfun stuff\u201d he said you can do when you are under 250 lbs. \u201cI want to skydive, I want to ride a roller coaster, I want to ride a bull. I know it sounds crazy [but] I want to wrestle an alligator,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\n\tAnd, on the night when his beloved Tennessee Titans football team made news for snagging quarterback Cam Ward with the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NFL draft, Jelly Roll admitted that his pep talk to the team before their dismal 3-13 season last year may have been a mistake. \u201cI prayed you didn\u2019t talk about this on TV!\u201d Jelly laughed, swearing that he won\u2019t go anywhere near Nissan Stadium until the team gets at least one win this year.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cCould you imagine that? I finally get to go talk to my lifelong favorite football team, Jimmy and I\u2019m giving them what I think is the most inspirational speech of their careers,\u201d he said. \u201cI left there like, \u2018we\u2019re going to the playoffs, baby!\u2019 And then we laid an absolute turd!\u201d He also recalled being right up close to the legendary \u201cMusic City Miracle,\u201d a vaunted Jan. 2000 moment during the Titans\u2019 AFC Wild Card playoff game against the Bills at home when Kevin Dyson ran 75 years on a lateral to score the winning touchdown.<\/p>\n

\n\tWell, Jelly wasn\u2019t there there. He was locked up on the second floor of juvie across the street, where he could just make out half the field and half the scoreboard while sharing a peek through a window with a couple other guys. \u201cI had a skybox. I was on level two. I had a bird\u2019s eye view,\u201d he joked. <\/p>\n

\n\tWith his felonious days long behind him, Jelly Roll crowed about his upcoming first international dates as part of Post Malone\u2019s summer Big Ass tour. \u201cThis is a big deal\u2026 I think that y\u2019all have already figured out that I\u2019m a convicted felon by this conversation,\u201d he said of the reason he\u2019s not been able to tour in Europe before now. In fact, earlier this week, the singer was in Nashville to speak to the Tennessee Parole Board before they recommended that the state\u2019s Governor consider pardoning<\/a> Jelly (born Jason DeFord), a move that would make it easier for him to travel the world more freely.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI got my passport last year and I was excited,\u201d he said of his first venture out of the U.S.<\/a> to play a handful of Canadian dates. \u201cI said, \u2018the United States of America has finally allowed me leave! I have redeemed myself!\u2019 I didn\u2019t know how many countries wasn\u2019t gonna let me in! I had trouble getting into Mexico. It was bad. I\u2019m not making this up!\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tJelly also talked to Kimmel about being the \u201cinternal hype man\u201d on American Idol<\/em> as a mentor to his \u201clittle Jelly Babies,\u201d and not realizing how hard it was going to be for him when they get voted off. \u201cI\u2019m taking it worse than them. One of them came off last week and I\u2019m, like, sobbing and she\u2019s like, \u2018I\u2019m going to be okay.\u2019 And I\u2019m like, \u2018I\u2019m so sorry! I just really love you!’\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe singer returned later in the show to perform the country rock gospel anthem \u201cHard Fought Hallelujah\u201d with Christian singer Brandon Lake.<\/p>\n

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