Jelly Roll makes his acting debut and premieres a new song alongside it
Singer-rapper Jelly Roll has made his primetime TV debut — and he premiered a new song in the same episode.
Appearing on the April 11 episode of the hit CBS drama Fire Country, Jelly Roll, 40, played healthcare worker and former convict Noah. The role marked Jelly Roll's first scripted TV appearance after a previous cameo as himself on the Paramount+ series Tulsa King.
Then, after his character was introduced, Jelly Roll's new song, 'Dreams Don't Die,' premiered later in the episode.
Now in its third season, Fire Country follows a young convict, Bode, seeking redemption and a shortened sentence by joining a firefighting program in Northern California.
Jelly Roll's appearance on the show came about after he crossed paths with its star and executive producer Max Thieriot at the CMT Music Awards.
'I said, 'Thank you for letting us have some of your songs on the show,'' Thieriot recently told US Weekly. 'And he's like, 'Dude, how do I get on the show? I've been petitioning online and talking to my people and you got to get me on that show.''
Thieriot told the outlet Jelly Roll called him the next day to follow up on his desire to appear on the show.
'We worked on coming up with a character [for him] that we all thought would be interesting, unique and special and still. It tells some of the story about second chances and what he really represents,' Thieriot told US Weekly. 'But [it] also feels different from who he is and how people see him day to day as a country singer.'
Jelly Roll's appearance and song resonated with fans of his, and of the show.
'Jelly Roll was great on the show. Wish he was on there for good,' one fan wrote on Facebook.
'He hit a homerun again with this song,' another person wrote.
'Jelly Roll on Fire Country is so clutch!!' someone else shared on X.
'I started at 540 pounds and I was 357 pounds this morning,' he said on the April 9 episode of Pat McAfee's Big Night Aht show. 'I'm gonna lose another 100 pounds and go skydiving with my wife in Sweden, baby!'
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