Every Celebrity at the Grammys Could Learn a Lesson from Jelly Roll’s Response to Being Asked About Politics
Celebrities, of course, have the same right as everyone else to say what they regard as true. If they want to write their alleged truth into a script or a song, more power to them.
We ask only that they show some much-needed humility by accepting the limits of their understanding.
For instance, according to Variety, rapper-turned-country-star Jelly Roll declined to join the parade of virtue-signaling celebrities who took the stage during Sunday’s Grammy Awards and exposed their ignorance by parroting slogans adopted by leftist protesters against Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
“People shouldn’t care to hear my opinion. I’m a dumb redneck,” Jelly Roll told reporters backstage in the press room.
In truth, Jelly Roll would have had every reason to promote himself or boast of his own excellence. After all, he won the first-ever Best Contemporary Country Album award for “Beautifully Broken.”
Instead, he chose to highlight his own limitations. And we have a pretty good idea why, for the artist showed us as much after accepting his award on stage.
“First of all, Jesus, I hear you, and I am listening, Lord, I am listening, Lord,” Jelly Roll said in a clip posted to the social media platform X.
Some audience members cheered, though not as loudly as they cheered for those who parroted leftist nonsense.
In any event, Jelly Roll had not yet finished praising his Lord and Savior. After thanking his wife (and Jesus again) for rescuing him from a broken life of drugs and incarceration, the artist elaborated on his faith message.
“I want to tell y’all right now,” he said moments later, “Jesus is for everybody. Jesus is not owned by one political party; Jesus is not owned by no music label; Jesus is Jesus. And anybody can have a relationship with him. I love you, Lord.”