Jelly Roll Celebrated His ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Hosting Gig By Chokeslamming Logan Paul Through His Desk
The country star had jokes, quipping that if he blew the assignment and 'I really suck bad,' they should remember that his name is 'Post Malone,' a friendly dig at his pal with whom he just wrapped the Big Ass Stadium tour. In addition to giving the staff nicknames and taking a playful dig at the ESPY Awards taking place across town with his own 'Jelly Awards,' the 'Son of a Sinner' singer was mostly focused on one thing: his upcoming wrestling debut.
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Plugging next month's WWE SummerSlam event in New Jersey, where he will team up with 14-time world champ Randy Orton in a tag team match against YouTuber-turned-wrestler Logan Paul and Drew McIntyre, Jelly got some early shots in at his pretend rival. 'SummerSlam's going to be a big moment for me,' he said. 'I faced my share of struggles in life y'all. I faced adversity, I overcame and I am going to have a moment that every American has dreamed and that is the moment of slapping Logan Paul in his f–king face!'
The hype continued during Jelly Roll's chat with his wrestling partner Orton, when McIntyre and Paul interrupted his interview with the third-generation grappler and things went sideways after Jelly admitted he was a bit worried about the showdown. Uninvited guest McIntyre initially praised Jelly Roll for 'working his arse off' and losing 200 pounds, calling him an 'inspiration to trailer trash all across the world.'
Orton defended his partner, landing a series of blows on McIntyre as they punched their way off stage and Paul swaggered out to a chorus of boos, insulting 'Mr. Dummy Roll' and telling him to stay in his lane. Jelly wasn't having it. After Paul smacked him in the face and called him a 'greasy redneck prison rat,' Jelly grabbed Paul and chokeslammed him through the breakaway host desk. 'What up dog? You come in here messin' with me, son!' he yelled as Paul lay prone in a pile of splinters.
Before things went pear-shaped, Orton had high praise for his tag team partner, lauding lifelong wrestling fanatic Jelly for his work ethic. 'I've never seen somebody work so hard to get into our ring, to step into our world… we're gonna tear it up!' The training showed in both Jelly's expert smack talk and smackdown, as well as his smooth, relaxed hosting abilities, including during a sweet show-opening interview with actor Jeremy Renner.
Jelly and Paul first butted heads back on July 11 when the singer stepped into the ring during a Smackdown event — a year after making his WWE debut at SummerSlam 2024 — to sing his hit 'Liar' and get into it with Paul. After some digs about his checkered past from Paul and a surprise appearance by Orton, who defended Jelly, McIntyre blindsided Orton. The singer jumped to his friend's defense and pulled Paul back by the hair and shoved him aside, but not before Logan smashed up Jelly's musical equipment, trashing his guitars and drum set. The carefully calibrated confrontation, of course, set up their upcoming showdown at the Aug. 2-3 SummerSlam at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.
Check out Jelly Roll hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live! below.
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