Kevin James joins Jelly Roll onstage for surprise performance after lookalike comparisons
The singer, 40, embraced the lookalike comparisons between himself and Kevin James by including the 'King of Queens' actor in his performance at the Buckeye Country Superfest.
The duo took the stage together for an epic performance of Jelly Roll's hit song 'Need a Favor,' which made the crowd go wild.
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9 Jelly Roll and Kevin James for surprise performance in Columbus, Ohio.
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9 Jelly Roll and Kevin James on stage.
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'Jelly Roll brought out Kevin James in Columbus…ICONIC,' a concertgoer wrote on TikTok alongside footage of the pair on stage.
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Before the joint performance, Jelly Roll told fans that he tried to think of 'the craziest thing' that he could do in Ohio.
James, 60, then appeared from backstage and Jelly Roll told the actor that he looked like he was ready to do 'some rock 'n roll.'
9 Kevin James joins Jelly Roll on stage at the Buckeye Country Superfest.
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'Kevin, we're in the biggest house in Ohio. Can we sing a song together?' Jelly Roll asked James.
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The two stars even matched in black vests and jeans with backwards baseball caps for the duet.
After the performance went viral on TikTok, fans drew attention to the pair's striking resemblance to one another.
9 Jelly Roll and Kevin James during their duet.
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9 Jelly Roll at the 2025 Railbird Music Festival.
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'Love the twinning couldn't be more perfect,' one person wrote in the comments of the TikTok.
'But like Kevin James is Jelly Roll if all of his tattoos are removed,' someone else said.
Another fan added, 'I was like…jelly roll looks a bit different but I can't put my finger on it lol.'
9 Kevin James arrives for the 'Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2' New York premiere in 2015.
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'If they made a jelly roll movie, make kevin james jelly roll,' a different fan suggested.
More viewers fawned over James making an appearance at the concert.
'I love Kevin James!!! I hope he never touches Ozempic like everyone else. He's handsome the way he is,' a fan commented.
9 Jelly Roll performs during the CMA Fest 2025.
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9 Kevin James during the 28th Annual Peoples Choice Awards in 2002.
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'Kevin James is so fine,' another fan gushed.
Someone else declared, 'Kevin James is one of the hottest men on the planet.'
This isn't the first time James has shown off his singing talents.
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In 2024, the Emmy nominee appeared on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' and performed a song about Groundhog Day with the late-night host.
9 Kevin James attends the Zookeeper photocall at London Zoo in 2011.
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Over the last year, James has also showed off his dramatic weight loss after dropping 60 pounds by fasting for a month.
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'When I lock on, I can do something,' he stated on Joe Rogan's podcast in March 2024. 'I started fasting, I didn't say 'I'm going to do 40 days,' I just said 'I'm going to do whatever I can. I felt pretty good for a while, and then I'd have these dips, like wow, I feel pretty miserable.'
'I lost, I think, like 60 pounds,' James revealed. 'I didn't even take vitamins. It cleansed everything out of me.'
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