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Jelly Roll tells MAGA fans to stop listening to his music after Trump jokes on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' spark conservative fury

Jelly Roll denied doing the week-long guest-hosting stint for money, telling the audience: "I'm rich, y'all — and Jimmy Kimmel is cheap as hell.
Jelly Roll denied doing the week-long guest-hosting stint for money, telling the audience: "I'm rich, y'all — and Jimmy Kimmel is cheap as hell.

Country star Jelly Roll has doubled down on Trump jokes he made while guest-hosting 'Jimmy Kimmel Live', telling fans threatening a boycott to "go right ahead" and stop listening. The tattooed singer — real name Jason Bradley DeFord — cracked jokes about Trump's weight, his flag-waving at the Freedom 250 Grand Prix and his trade war with Canada, drawing a furious response from right-wing commentators. He also confessed he regretted staying silent at the Grammy Awards in February, where he won three awards. "I had a microphone and I didn't use it the right way," he said on Thursday night's show.

Far-right commentator Benny Johnson accused Jelly Roll of 'lighting all that goodwill on fire' by pushing what he called a 'warped leftist version of Christianity.'

Jelly Roll insisted the jokes were entirely his own: 'Do you think I would take orders from some sweaty little dork named Josh?'

'Human dignity isn't Republican or Democrat,' the singer said, adding he leans left on some things but considers himself 'pretty down the middle.'

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