Jelly Roll has really changed his life since he started losing weight. Back in October, he said he was down over 100 pounds. And it all comes down to exercise and eating healthy. He just posted what he eats while he’s on tour . . . and the video featured his personal chef, who makes everything look delicious. Jelly only eats three times a day while on tour. Breakfast . . . a snack . . . dinner . . . and that’s it. For breakfast, he had a healthy Waffle House-like creation. Homemade hashbrowns, diced-up veggies, chicken sausage, and sauerkraut. For Jelly’s snack, it was a peanut butter cookie dough bite with banana. And for dinner, he had gravy fries, a.k.a. poutine, which makes sense since he’s doing shows in Canada. But it’s a dairy-free poutine with cashew cheese and gravy piled on top of shredded chicken thighs and homemade French fries. Either way, Jelly’s doing something right. Because he looks great, and he says he feels great, too.
Happy April Fools’ Day! To celebrate, here are some of the best country music pranks that have happened over the years.
1. Back in 2010, Trace Adkins was on tour with Martina McBride. And Trace’s song “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk” was big at the time. So, Martina and a friend teased him by putting on big fake booties to dance on stage with.
2. Last year, Chris Stapleton put out a fake ad for his Traveller Whiskey brand on Instagram. It read, “It’s smoother than a baby covered in velvet” . . . and “Drink it. If you don’t like it, spit it out.”
3. In 2009, Keith Urban was on tour with Taylor Swift and he had a hit song called, “Kiss a Girl” . . . Taylor and her band surprised him by dressing up like members of the band KISS. And some dancers dressed like Hershey Kisses.
4. Brooks & Dunn once left a HEADLESS EEL in Faith Hill’s tour bus bed. But she got them back, by getting them detained by immigration officials at the U.S. border and strip searched. Kix Brooks famously joked, “Don’t put that rubber glove on if you aren’t going to use it.”
Ella Langley is making some waves on the internet after posting a photo of her in a bikini out in the snow, fans flooded the comment section. Both to give her some love . . . and drool over her. Here are some of the thirstiest comments:
“Girl, why have you been hiding THAT from us?””Excuse me, it looks like I love you.” And the best comment came from Jelly Roll’s wife, Bunnie Xo. She said, “I had no idea Ella was caked up like dis.”
Kelsea Ballerini was performing in Salt Lake City over the weekend, when she saw a fan’s sign that said, “Will you help finish ‘rolling up my welcome mat,’ and sign my divorce decree?” Kelsea was surprised and confused. She initially said she’d be “honored,” but then she thought about it more. . . and even asked aloud if it would be legal. Ultimately she declined, and said, “Respectfully, I’m really excited to stop being the poster child for divorce. But I’m really happy for you, and I’m sorry you went through that.” She did write the guy a note on the back . . . and she encouraged him to get someone LEGIT to sign the papers.
The internet is still talking about why Morgan Wallen left the stage at the end of the most recent “SNL” episode. Was it an honest mistake, or was he mad? “The New York Times” and “Today” both did write-ups on why it’s such a hot topic: Basically, he’s a big star . . . there was the COVID protocol thing last time . . . and yes, the musical guest usually hangs out up there. It also looked more abrupt because he walked off the FRONT of the stage, right past the camera. Here are a few quick updates on what people are saying . . .
1. It seems like the cast isn’t sure what happened either. Longtime cast member Kenan Thompson said he “definitely noticed and thought, “I wonder what that’s about. I don’t know if he understood the assignment or not, or if he was really feeling a certain kind of way.” He joked that his first thought was Morgan “had to go to the potty or something.” The official story is Morgan just did what he’d done in the dress rehearsal. Kenan also noted Morgan isn’t the first person to do it. Prince also left the stage once, but they weren’t surprised because he was notoriously “standoffish.”
2. Did Morgan get snubbed by Lorne Michaels? Someone who claimed they were at the taping said that before it happened, Lorne walked up and hugged the host but ignored Morgan. “When Morgan came toward the [stage], Lorne turned his back and walked away.” They claimed it was “obvious and purposeful.” But it’s a random internet comment, so it could be nonsense.
3. One of the writers trolled Morgan on Instagram. Morgan posted a shot of his jet while leaving New York, with the caption “Get me to God’s country.” So a writer named Josh Patten used the same caption under a shot of a Krispy Kreme truck.
4. Is Morgan welcome back? Regardless of why it happened, it doesn’t sound like Morgan is banned or anything. Someone close to NBC said “there’s no bad blood on their end,” and they’d love to have him back.
Dave Coulier revealed in a November appearance on “Today” that he had been diagnosed a couple weeks earlier with stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma … a type of blood cancer that starts in the lymphatic system. Dave had 6 chemo treatments and lost all his hair, and his buddy John Stamos wore a bald cap to stand in solidarity with him. Now, Dave is cancer free and just became a grandfather for the first time.
Geri Halliwell says the Spice Girls will do SOMETHING together in the near future.
Hillary Scott is 39.
Taran Killam is 43. Former “SNL” cast member known for his Pee Wee Herman, and Eminem impressions.
Kip Moore is 45. Country singer.
Bijou Phillips is 45. Chyna and Mackenzie’s half-sister
Rachel Maddow is 52. The first openly gay anchor ever to host a prime-time news show. That was yours for the taking, Anderson Cooper, and you blew it.
Susan Boyle is 64. The biggest star to come out of any of the “Got Talent” shows . . . she became internationally famous on “Britain’s Got Talent”.
