Jelly Roll: Bio, Age, Height, Weight Loss Journey, Net Worth

Jelly Roll Bio, Age, Height, NET Worth

Jelly Roll is an accomplished American singer whose official name is Jason Bradley DeFord. Jelly roll’s weight loss journey has been a very public and an emotional one. Jelly’s weight loss journey included things such as intermittent fasting, home cooked meals, cold plunges, training for 5K Marathon and much more. 

Who is Jelly Roll?

Jelly Roll is an American singer born on 4th December 1984 in Antioch,Tennessee. He is a winter baby.Tennesee receives light snowfall during the month of december, The place is known for it’s distilleries, art and theater and a unique sports activity called axe throwing. 

Jelly Roll Age and Physical Attributes

Jelly Roll is a caucasian plus size, 5 feet 9 inches tall man who used to weigh over 226 kg. Now, due to his weight loss efforts, as of august 2024 he weighs 122 kg. Jelly is still on his weight loss journey and plans on bringing his weight down further. Roll’s shoe size is 13. His hair color and eye color are black and dark brown respectively.Further, He is 39 years old as of 2023 and is a sagittarius. 

Jelly Roll’s Early life

Jelly  has struggled with weight loss and other health issues all through his life. He is early life seems to have been full of ups and downs. Jelly’s parents Donna and Horace “Buddy” DeFord divorced when Jelly was 13. At the age of 14, Jelly went to prison on drug and robbery charges. 

Jelly Roll Education

Jelly went to Antioch High School but dropped out of school and it seems that he did not pursue any further education. Not much information is disclosed about his education. 

Jelly Roll Weight loss Journey

100 Kg Weight Loss By Jelly Ross

Jelly started his weight loss journey in 2015, but there was not any significant changes in his weight. When he started preparing for a 5k marathon in 2021, jelly saw significant improvements in his weight loss. Besides diet and exercise, the support structure around him also played a key role in improving his weight. One important person that has a significant impact on Roll’s weight loss journey is chef Ian Larios. The chef has been putting in a lot of effort in making sure that jelly roll’s stays on track by making healthier and equally tasty versions of his favorite dishes. 

Jelly Roll’s Weight Loss Steps

Jelly roll’s weight loss plan is a far cry from the fad weight loss diet and unsustainable diet culture trends. In the initial stages, his diet plan focused on home made meals that were high in protein and low in carbs. The meals were small and frequent. This was done to help him boost his metabolism. His exercise routine consisted of walking 2-3 miles , 4 to 6 times a week. Further Jelly spent 20-30 minutes daily in the sauna. And did 6 minutes of cold plunges. 

After Jelly roll crossed his first major milestone, he shifted to a more balanced diet that included more fruits and vegetables, and made meal plans to help with portion control. The amount of sugar and processed food was reduced. In terms of exercise routine, Jelly started weight training three times a week. Walking distance was increased to 3 to 4 miles. The sauna and cold plunges continued. Currently, Jelly roll weight loss plan consists of mostly eating nutrient dense foods with cheat meals once in a while. As a part of current strategy, Jelly’s focus on exercise and following consistent meal timings has increased. 

Jelly Roll is extremely excited about his weight loss and has promised a major transformation and improvement in terms of his health and weight.  

Jelly Roll Professional Career

In the last few years, Jelly roll’s has had six key moments in his career.

  • First one was when he joined the wrap group SNO.
  •  The second was,  his appearance on grand Ole opry. 
  • Third was “Dead Man Walking” Hits Radio Charts. 
  • Fourth was release of “Need A Favor” / Whitsitt Chapel. 
  • Fifth was Jelly roll’s movie, Jelly Roll: Save Me (2023). 
  • Sixth major career milestone are the awards that he has won at CMT music awards. 

Jelly Roll’s Award Won

Between 2023 and 2024 Jelly Roll has won a number of awards. In 2023 he won the country music association award for the new artist of the year and in the same year won three different CNT music awards for his song, ‘son of a sinner’. He won in the following categories,

  • Male video of the year,
  • Male video breakthrough video of the year
  • CMT Digital-First Performance of the Year

He also won the iHeartRadio Music Awards for best new pop artist and best new country artist. 

In 2024, as of October, he won People’s choice award for the male country artist of the year. 

Jelly Roll Family

Jelly Roll’s, besides his parents, has got three half-siblings, Scott DeFord, Roger DeFord and Shelby DeFord. All three of them are older than Jelly and are biologically related to his father. While he is known to drop the tag of “brother” and “sister” for almost everyone he is close to, our sources have confirmed the relation to the three half-siblings mentioned in the article. Not much information is disclosed in the public domain.  He is married and has two children.

Jelly Roll Relationship

Jelly roll met his wife, Bunny XO in 2015 at the Country Saloon in Las Vegas at one of his concerts. BunnyXO, officially called Alyssa DeFord is a podcaster, model and an entrepreneur. Jelly Roll has two children. One is a daughter by the name of Bailee Ann who was born in 2008. His second child is a son by the name of Noah Buddy and was born in 2016.

Despite being married, both Jelly Roll’s and BunnyXO are open to other relationships as they have an open marriage. 

Jelly Roll Net Worth

Jelly Roll net worth is estimated to be around 12 million dollars. Jelly’s networth primarily comes from is concerts, music sales and other assets such as his home. However, despite his high net worth, Jelly is not able to enjoy some of the privileges that some of the others in his tax bracket enjoy. This is primarily due to his felony records.

Jelly Roll social media 

He primarily uses Instagram and his handle is @jelly615. he has over 3.4 million followers. Jelly has an account on X (formally twitter). His twitter handle is @jelly615.

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