Jelly Roll, 40, reveals his new goal weight... after losing 200lbs

Daily Mail​

25-04-2025

Jelly Roll opened up about his weight loss journey and his new goal after losing nearly 200lbs.
The 40-year-old country star explained that he wanted to continue shedding pounds so he could partake in high-risk activities, like skydiving and riding a rollercoaster.
During his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Thursday evening, he told the late night talk show host that he needed to reach a certain number to be able to 'do all the fun stuff in life' — such as 'riding a bull' or 'wrestling an alligator.'
He previously revealed he weighted over 540 pounds when he embarked on his health and fitness journey three years ago.
The Wild Ones singer, born Jason DeFord, began by explaining to 'the non-fluffy people in the world.
'I would give y'all some educational course here,' he said. 'To do all the fun stuff in life, you've got to be under 250.'
Jelly Roll opened up about his weight loss journey and his new goal after losing nearly 200lbs. He previously revealed he weighted over 540 pounds when he embarked on his health and fitness journey three years ago; pictured in October 2024 and November 2022
The Nashville native — who gave a glimpse into his grueling fitness regimen earlier this month — continued: 'I want to skydive. I want to ride a rollercoaster. I want to ride a bull.
'I know it sounds crazy,' he added. 'I want to wrestle an alligator. I've got a list of things that I want to do.'
In response to the rapper revealing his motivation for shedding pounds, Kimmel expressed surprise.
'So let me get this straight — you do all this hard work and you have all this discipline losing all this weight, and then you want to do something that will potentially kill you?'
Jelly Roll quipped: 'Ain't that great? Listen, I was waiting on the heart disease to do it so I might as well get it off and run straight into it the other way.'
Then, the talk show host joked back: 'Have you ever considered wrestling the alligator while you skydive?'
Jelly Roll replied, 'That'll be my plus-one.'
The award-winning musician then shared insight on how he managed to lose over 200 pounds with a simple but consistent regimen.
During his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Thursday evening, he told the late night talk show host that he needed to reach a certain number to be able to 'do all the fun stuff in life' — such as 'riding a bull' or 'wrestling an alligator'
'Dude, listen. I've been thinking about ways to make it sound cool, but I can't,' he said. 'I'm eating a lot of protein and vegetables and walking. That's what I'm doing'; pictured in May 2024
'Dude, listen. I've been thinking about ways to make it sound cool, but I can't,' he said.
'I'm eating a lot of protein and vegetables and walking. That's what I'm doing.'
This comes shortly after he revealed he went from 540lbs down to 357lbs amid his health and fitness journey.
Last year, he was training to run a 5K and shared his goal of losing 100 pounds. 'I've been really kicking a**, man,' he told People in April 2024.
'I'm doing two to three miles a day, four to six days a week.' He continued: 'I'm doing 20 to 30 minutes in the sauna, six minutes in the cold plunge every day. I'm eating healthy right now.'
The singer added: 'I feel really good. I was thinking, I plan on losing another 100, 100-and-something [pounds]. If I feel this good down this weight, man, I can only imagine what I'm going to feel like by the time I go on tour.'
Earlier this month, he revealed he reached his goal of losing 100 pounds during an event in Pittsburgh.
The star — who is married to Bunnie XO, who is also on her own weight loss journey — said in a candid interview: 'I'm gonna lose another 100 pounds and go skydiving with my wife in Sweden, baby!'
Earlier this month, he revealed he reached his goal of losing 100 pounds during an event in Pittsburgh. The star — who is married to Bunnie XO, who is also on her own weight loss journey — said in a candid interview: 'I'm gonna lose another 100 pounds and go skydiving with my wife in Sweden, baby!'; pictured in April 2024
In addition to reaching 250 pounds, Jelly Roll also shared another one of his goals he hopes to achieve by next year.
During a December 2024 appearance on his wife's Dumb Blonde Podcast, he said he wants to cover Men's Health magazine.
'I wanna be on the cover of Men's Health by March of 2026,' he shared. 'That's my new goal. I wanna have one of the biggest transformations.'
He added that he was 'so glad' to be having the discussion in front of an audience.
'I did this publicly for a reason. I wanna be honest about my struggles with it with people.'
The hitmaker explained about body image and fame: 'I think that people that become as big as I became, when they lose the weight, they're kind of ashamed. They're so ashamed that they go hide and lose the weight.
'And then they come back out [and] they don't really know how to interact with the world looking different or feeling different, and they kinda gotta find their whole new way.'
He continued: 'I wanted to lose it in front of everybody. I wanted to talk about it.'