Jelly Roll Throws His Phone Into A River
Jelly Roll, for the second year in a row in the month of December, got rid of his phone so he could spend more time with his family instead of having his face in his phone. It’s something Jelly did last year, not long after the CMA awards, where he won the Best New Artist honor.
Jelly’s wife, Bunnie XO, posted the whole ceremony standing next to his daughter Bailee and Jelly on a bridge over the Cumberland River on her TikTok.
She wrote over the video clip, “Watch my husband throw his phone in the Cumberland River. Here we go!”
Bunnie says at the top of the video clip, “We’re witnessing the annual Jelly Roll gets rid of his phone saga.”
Jelly says, looking at the camera for the last time, “You know how I throw my phone out all the time? We’re at the Cumberland River at the Shelby Street walkway. Mama, I love you, baby. I love you. I look forward to spending my time at home with you, mama, with no outside interference.”
The singer then throws his phone into the river and you can hear it hit the water and sink.
Bunnie captioned the video, “We’re sorry, Jelly can’t come to the phone right now. #BaileeandBunnie.”
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Jelly recently opened up and talked about his 16-year-old daughter Bailee in the new cover story of People Magazine out this week. Jelly recalled where he was at 16 years of age, the age she is now. He sees big potential in her.
Jelly said in a recent conversation the father/daughter had, “[I said], ‘I don’t judge you based on what you do. I judge you based on what I know you’re capable of. You’re so much smarter than I was at 16. You’re so much better, so much more emotionally intelligent. You can read a room so much better. So don’t try to talk your way out of getting in trouble, Miss Sassy, by weaponizing my past.'”
Jelly went on to say that when he looks at what she does that he considers “horrible,” he looks back at what he was doing at 16, and he’s like, “‘Oh man…’ When I’m hard on her about stuff or a little pushy, she knows it’s from love.”
The country star said that he and his daughter remain close, and she was by his side earlier this month when he performed at the 2024 CMA Awards. Jelly was behind bars when Bailee was born and has said that her birth was a turning point in his life.
He noted, “We were really, really close before [my career] exploded, but she understands what it’s doing for her future and the family’s future.”
