Jelly Roll On ‘The People That Wouldn’t Forgive Me’
Jelly Roll graces the cover of People Magazine this week. In an exclusive interview, he talks about his 40+ times in jail over the years and the fact that some people in his life just will not forgive him for his past transgressions.
Jelly told the publication, “I’m rounding third on my amends list, and I think when I get there, I’ll feel a little better. I was hitting some stone walls with people that wouldn’t forgive me, and I was like, ‘God, maybe this has something to do with the fact [that] I haven’t forgiven myself either.”
Jelly says that while talking about his past in interviews, he’s often forced to “brush over 10, 12, 15 years of living an extremely crazy, narcissistic, selfish lifestyle” to condense it into a quick soundbite. he knows that it goes deeper than that.
He says that the truth is that “there was a lot of pain in there,” and he knows he “hurt a lot of people.” He notes that no matter how much he’s changed, “they still watch and are mad that I’m successful.” Jelly says he understands that, noting that he’s “doing better at letting go of the past.”
Jelly makes sure to pay his success forward and recently donated pre-orders of his latest album Beautifully Broken to four different charities, raising more than $1 million.
The country superstar says that philanthropy is the legacy he hopes to leave with the music. He adds that the music will live on its own, admitting that he quit looking at himself as an entertainer, and he realized that he was “here to serve.”
RELATED: Jelly Roll Recaps His CMA Night In Nashville
Jelly played an epic hometown show at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena to close out his “Beautifully Broken Tour” last week (11/26). After the show ended, most people were talking about Snoop Dogg joining Jelly on a medley of songs on stage toward the end of the show.
Interestingly, Post Malone did not join Jelly on stage, but he was actually spotted in general admission, attending the show and jamming to his buddy’s tunes.
Morgan Wallen also made an appearance, but it was during his friend Ernest’s set, who opened for Jelly, and it was kind of interesting that a major headliner like Morgan would end up on an opening spot like Ernest’s set.
Keith Urban also joined Jelly on stage for a performance of “Liar,” where Keith played a mean guitar, the same kind of performance that the two made at the recent CMA awards.
Jelly did his city proud in the sold-out show, which at many times saw flames on the set, and his singing performance was above and beyond.
