An exchange between country star Jelly Roll and President-elect Donald Trump at last month's UFC 309 event at Madison Square Garden sparked a heated conversation on social media, made worse by body language analysis. .
Jelly Roll (real name Jason Bradley Deford) was undeniably excited when he met with President Trump, and he defended his reaction on this week's episode of his wife Bunny XO's podcast Dumb Blonde. did.
“I don't care who you are. If you were in that building, the hair on your skin would stand on end,” he said of Trump's grand entrance to MSG. “And you see, and all you see is the president-elect, who was elected eight days ago, walking in with his entire cabinet, pretty much. You know? And his kids and grandkids. And it was powerful, dude. I don't care what side of the aisle you're on.”
The event, held 11 days after the election, featured some of Trump's most ardent supporters, including Elon Musk, Kid Rock and UFC founder and CEO Dana White. A star filled with stars gathered together.
“People say, 'You really look alike, you have that goofy smile.'” about a video on social media that showed him watching intently. “I felt like there was palpitation in that room. And when Trump walks right by me, I think, 'He doesn't know who I am.' So, at that time I thought: Fuck. I have no intention of meeting the president. It was kind of sad. ”
However, the men ended up meeting.
“If you take a look, [Trump] Make eye contact. And although you don't see it in the video, he gave me Trump points,” Jelly Roll explained. “I went to shake his hand and put my hand on his shoulder,” she recalled, worrying that the Secret Service would not approve the contact. “And he put his hand on my shoulder.”
Jelly Roll said President Trump loved his emotional ballad “Save Me,” which he released in 2020, and said the country singer was “doing an incredible thing.”
Jerry Rolle further elaborated on the backlash, telling his wife that meeting Trump was easy. “There's no chance I won't meet the next president,” he said. “I don't care… If I had gotten a call at any time to go see Joe Biden, I would have stopped what I was doing to go see him. That's the current president. “I wouldn't have cared what people thought or what I thought about his policies,” he admitted.
“I don’t hide behind the words, ‘I’m not political.’ I’m not political!… I like to talk about things that I’m passionate about. I want to know about them. I don't really know enough about politics to pretend I know what's going on or what someone stands for policy-wise. No,” he said.
“I didn't grow up in a voting culture. My father didn't force me to vote. My mother didn't force me to vote,” said the singer, who grew up in Tennessee. “But they forced me to 'respect the president,'” he added. “It's the hardest job in the world. Respect the person who has it, you know?
“When I look back at my relationship with politics, I didn't watch election night. I don't remember our family really thinking about who was going to win. So I always carried that with me. Ta.”
