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Jelly Roll is rolling with the punches.
The country star, 40, appeared on two episodes of Jimmy Kimmel Live! this week as a guest host, and during the Thursday, July 17 show he performed a hilarious song featuring lyrics directly ripped from insults directed toward him online.
Before launching into the performance, Jelly thanked Kimmel and his crew for having him on the show. “And most of all, I want to thank my fans. I literally would not be who I am without you. Truly, truly amazing. Truly amazing. Well, most of you,” he said. “Some of you are a——-.”
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The “Save Me” singer continued, “But you know what? I’ve never been the one to let my haters get me down. So tonight I’m going to debut my brand new single, and this entire song is going to be made up of comments that people have written about me online. Y’all want to hear it?”
Jelly began the song by crooning an introduction: “Can I sing a song? / I said, can I sing a song? / About these hatin’ ass bitches on the internet.”
He then added, “I want y’all to know that every one of these are real, by the way.”
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Some of the insults featured in the song included, “Being forced to listen to Jelly Roll against my will, and it sucks / I used to hate Jelly Roll. I still do / Bro! It’s way too God damn early to be listening to Jelly Roll / Bro, Jelly Roll sucks so much butt.”
The Grammy-nominated artist continued singing through the mean posts: “Jelly Roll is an embarrassment to society / Jelly Roll looks like a meth addict grabbed a microphone / Jelly Roll slimmed the f— up, lookin’ more like a Fruit Roll-Up.”
“Jelly’s just Lizzo for white people,” he sang. “I’m hearing reports Jelly Roll has terrible ‘veneer beats,’ lots of bits of fried chicken and other foods, bacteria getting trapped in my mouth, the smell is overpowering.”
“What the f— is a Jelly Roll / Who the f— is a Jelly Roll / F— Jelly Roll,” added Jelly, who then made a reference to his wife, Bunnie Xo: “My wife f—- Jelly Roll.”
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“It’s all fun and games till Jelly Roll sucks all his limbs into his body and starts rolling at high speed towards you,” he sang.
Concluding the performance, Jelly informed haters, “You can’t clown me and tell me I suck, ‘cause I don’t give a f—. No, I don’t give a f—.”
During his first Jimmy Kimmel Live! guest-hosting slot, Jelly told the crowd to call him Post Malone in case he “really sucks” at the gig. Later in the episode, he choke-slammed Logan Paul through a desk — ahead of their upcoming WWE SummerSlam match.