{"id":49056,"date":"2026-05-21T05:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T09:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=49056"},"modified":"2026-05-20T11:08:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:08:39","slug":"jelly-roll-says-his-weight-loss-has-made-him-a-better-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2026\/05\/jelly-roll-says-his-weight-loss-has-made-him-a-better-father\/","title":{"rendered":"Jelly Roll Says His Weight Loss Has Made Him A Better Father"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Jelly Roll<\/strong>\u00a0opened up after the live premiere of\u00a0<strong><em>&#8220;Star Search&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and shared how his weight loss has reshaped his entire life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve gotten closer to God.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve gotten closer to myself.\u00a0 I&#8217;m a better father.\u00a0 I&#8217;m more present with my children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Jelly says he now coaches his son&#8217;s basketball team and feels capable of doing things he never imagined before.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;When you&#8217;re 550 pounds, you wonder if they have a seat big enough for you . . . you definitely don&#8217;t think about trying to coach a team.&#8221; \u00a0Now, he says, &#8220;I feel physically better . . . I&#8217;m a whole different human.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Jelly has two kids from previous relationships.&nbsp;Bailee Ann is 17 . . . and Noah Buddy is 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jelly Roll REACTS to Being Wife Bunnie Xo\u2019s \u2018Hall Pass\u2019 After 300-lb. Weight-Loss (Exclusive)\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z5Lg-R2ScMY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jelly Roll\u00a0opened up after the live premiere of\u00a0&#8220;Star Search&#8221;\u00a0and shared how his weight loss has reshaped his entire life. &#8220;I&#8217;ve gotten closer to God.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve gotten closer to myself.\u00a0 I&#8217;m a better father.\u00a0 I&#8217;m more present with my children.&#8221; Jelly says he now coaches his son&#8217;s basketball team and feels capable of doing things he","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":45305,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[3964,6944,4216],"class_list":["post-49056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-country-music-news","tag-jelly-roll","tag-star-search","tag-weight-loss"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-29 14:05:52","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/country929.com\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2026\/05\/jelly-roll-says-his-weight-loss-has-made-him-a-better-father\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49056"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49057,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49056\/revisions\/49057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}