Jelly Roll was just featured in a very in-depth article from “GQ”. It chronicled his life from the early days all the way up to the massive success he is today. Interesting facts :
1. He spent his 15th, 16th, and 17th birthdays in the same juvenile facility. And now he goes back to that same facility and teaches writing workshops.
2. He was in his twenties before he realized that having a drug addict in your family wasn’t normal.
3. He’s really good friends with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. In 2017, The Rock found Jelly’s music and posted a song to his Instagram and the two started up an unlikely friendship. Jelly said, “there were so many times that [his] friendship alone was my anchor.”
4. He still gets stage-fright, but he loves it. He said, “I’m still glad I get real palm-sweaty before interviews . . . [and] get real nervous before shows. I love that. I’m still here for the right reasons.”
5. He said the barometer to how well-received he is at events like the Grammy’s is more about “the people working there, the security . . . the bartenders. I know the cook was seeing it, because he shouts at me [when] I go to the steakhouse. I knew the valet parker was. But was the dude running ASCAP seeing it?” In another interview . . . Did you know that Jelly Roll has been to jail 40 times? It was mostly for drug-related crimes and petty robbery. But at age 16, he was charged as an adult for strong-armed robbery. And he actually CREDITS the judge for not showing him leniency. Because as he said, “every time I got incarcerated, I would do a year, year and a half . . . and I would just write.”
Florida Georgia Line, Luke Bryan, and Jason Aldean were all at the forefront of Bro Country. So, when did that period of country music officially end? According to Hardy, “Bro-Country was like a professional wrestler era. And every single was their theme song walking out . . . And everybody was fit, and good looking. “And the moment that it changed was when Chris Stapleton sang on stage with Justin Timberlake. He was the first dude that was popping off and had a completely different sound. “It immediately broke the mold of what you have to look like. And then two or three years later, Luke Combs came out and then it just busted wide open with a bunch of [normal] looking dudes.
Hailey Whitterswoke up the other day to find a BAT hanging out in her TOILET. She posted a video where she and a friend open the lid, and you can see the bat hanging out in there. She wrote in the caption that she “was able to get in for a quick rabies shot before leaving for tour” the next day. She’s out with Dan + Shay right now before joining up with Luke Combs in mid-April.
Eric Church sent over 40,000 members of his Church Choir fan club a deed to a brick in his upcoming Nashville bar, Chief’s. Each brick has a unique number that can be entered on his website to find its location within the bar. He says, “I’ve been involved in every step of restoring this historic building into a place we can call our own . . . You’ve helped me build my career brick by brick, and I want the whole world to know that the building is yours.”
During a recent interview, Darius Rucker was asked if he’s ever hooked up with a fan . . . and the answer was so obvious he started LAUGHING. He said, “Of course . . . if somebody says no, they’re lying.”
Millie Bobby Brown calls herself the female Tom Cruise because she did all her own stunts in “Damsel”. It hits Netflix today.
Oprah will talk about Ozempic in a primetime special. “An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution” airs next Monday on ABC.
One of the most infamous cold cases in recent history is set to become the subject of a scripted series. A scripted series about the murder of JonBenet Ramsey is in the works. Ramsey, a 6-year-old child beauty pageant contestant from Boulder, Colorado, was found dead in her family’s home in December 1996. A scripted series about cleared murder suspect Amanda Knox is coming to Hulu – Hulu describes the eight-episode series as “based on the true story of how Knox was wrongfully convicted for the murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher and her 16-year odyssey to set herself free.” Hulu also has a documentary coming out “Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story”.
Kat Von D is 42.
James Van Der Beek is 47. Dawson on “Dawson’s Creek”.
Freddie Prinze Jr. is 48. He kisses Sarah Michelle Gellar anytime he wants to.
Camryn Manheim is 63.
Aidan Quinn is 65. Captain Gregson on “Elementary”.
Gary Numan is 66. Biggest hit: 1979’s “Cars”.
Little Peggy March is 76. She had a massive #1 hit, “I Will Follow Him”, when she was just 14 years old.
Micky Dolenz from The Monkees is 79. Drummer AND singer on their biggest hits: “I’m a Believer” . . . “Pleasant Valley Sunday” . . . “Last Train to Clarksville”. Here’s the Monkees theme song, because it’s rad.
Carole Bayer Sageris 80. Songwriter. She wrote Dionne Warwick’s “That’s What Friends Are For” . . . Carly Simon’s “Nobody Does It Better” . . . and Leo Sayer’s smash “When I Need You”.
Susan Clark is 81. Emmanuel Lewis’ mom on “Webster” . . . and the naughty stripper Cherry Forever in “Porky’s”.
