Jelly Roll Says He Wants to Act in a TV Series So He Can Return to the Emmys: 'It's An Honor' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Jelly Rollalready knows he wants to return to the Emmys!

While speaking with PEOPLE andEntertainment Weeklyon the Red Carpet Live show ahead of the 2024Emmy Awardson Sunday, Sept. 15, the musician, 39, said he wants to jump into a television series so he may return in the future after calling his first time at the awards show “the coolest experience.”

The country musician and rapper, whose real name is Jason Bradley DeFord, added that he felt “honored” to be asked to perform Sunday’s In Memoriam segment.

Jelly Roll on Sept. 15, 2024.Amy Sussman/Getty

Amy Sussman/Getty

“That’s what music is really about, right? Music is medicine. So hopefully someone watching the program tonight gets helped,” he added.

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Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo on May 30, 2023.Jason Kempin/Getty

Jason Kempin/Getty

Jelly Roll is currently on tour across the country. He noted that the most common question he received on the carpet Sunday evening involved people asking after his wife of eight years,Bunnie Xo.

“I hope you’re watching this, momma — the most asked carpet on the red carpet has been ‘Where is your wife?’ We’re in the middle of a tour right now, we played New Orleans last night and we’re in Orlando the next day or two, so she took a day with the family to take them to the beach in my absence,” he explained. “I told her God had a little side quest for me, so I had to slide to L.A. and do this.”

SeePEOPLE’s full coverageof the 76th annual Primetime Emmy Awards as they’re broadcasting live on ABC from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

source: people.com