Jelly Roll Says His 264 Pound Weight Loss Changed His Body And His Personality

Jelly Roll has never shied away from brutal honesty, but his latest interview cuts even deeper. Speaking with The Hot Hits with Nic and Loren, the singer opened up about the kind of transformation that reshapes more than a body.

After losing more than 264 pounds (119 kg), he says he feels like he’s stepped into an entirely different version of his life, one he didn’t realise he’d been missing.

“I sleep better, I walk better… I talk better, I have more energy,” he said, describing the physical changes that hit him first, but the shift goes way beyond health metrics or the number on a scale. Jelly Roll admits the transformation has forced him to face who he used to be. “I’m nicer. I was a mean fat person. I was a cocky, arrogant, fat a**hole.”

It’s confronting, but he doesn’t flinch. He laughs about people warning him he’d get fit and become unbearable. “Somebody said, ‘You’re going to get a six-pack and turn into a monster.’ I was like, ‘Nah… I’m actually becoming a better human. I don’t hate my life as much.’” It’s the kind of line that says everything about where he’s been, and where he’s finally heading.

The real weight of the story lands when he talks about how dangerous things had become at his heaviest, Jelly Roll recalls nights where even sleep felt like rolling the dice. “I had to sleep in a certain position because if I rolled one way, I’d choke on my spit,” he said. “It was really getting bad. It was affecting every part of my life. Not just some parts, every part. There wasn’t one part of my life that wasn’t affected. It was horrible, and I was just so sick of it.”

For fans who’ve watched him use music as catharsis, this is another chapter in a long, gritty redemption arc. Jelly Roll isn’t just shrinking physically, he’s shedding the parts of himself he no longer wants to carry.

If anything, he’s proof that reinvention doesn’t start in the gym, it starts when you finally decide you deserve better.