‘Overwhelmed’ With Text Messages, Jelly Roll Tosses Cellphone Into River
Jelly Roll told his wife on her podcast that he received ‘hundreds and hundreds’ of text messages but was unable to answer them all.
Jelly Roll, winner of CMT Performance of the Year, Male Video of the Year, and Video of the Year awards poses in the press room during the 2024 CMT Music Awards at Moody Center in Austin, Texas, on April 7, 2024. Chris Saucedo/Getty Images
Drowning in hundreds of text messages each day and feeling guilty about not being able to answer them, country music star Jason Bradley DeFord threw his cellphone into a Tennessee river and has decided not to have one throughout 2025.
Known professionally as Jelly Roll, DeFord discussed these frustrations on Dec. 16 with his wife, Alyssa DeFord, on her “Dumb Blonde” podcast.
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