Jelly Roll Turned Down Photo With Diddy for One Reason – Hollywood Life

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Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ sex trafficking investigation isn’t the primary time that fellow celebrities have questioned him. Country music singer and rapper Jelly Roll recalled turning down the chance to satisfy and take an image with the music producer and defined the rationale why in a brand new interview.

While discussing the reminiscence on the “Cancelled with Tana Mongeau” podcast final week — earlier than he received on the CMT Music Awards over the weekend — Jelly Roll, 39, was given the possibility to speak to Diddy, 54, in October 2023 once they each appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! 

“This is the first time in my career, ever, where they said, ‘Do you want to meet such-and-such?’ And I said, ‘Yeah,’ and I started walking that way,” the “Son of a Sinner” artist famous. “And as I was getting down the hallway — this is a true story — I said, ‘Nah,’ and went and got back in the car. Swear. I don’t know what it was.”

Jelly Roll reveals he initially agreed to satisfy Diddy when somebody requested him whereas he was on Jimmy Kimmel’s present, however as he was strolling down the hallway, he bought an odd feeling that made him query whether or not he actually wished an image with Diddy; then, he determined to not do it… pic.twitter.com/tc3FECbrtO

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Jelly Roll went on to say that he  “made a joke at first” about assembly Diddy, admitting that this additionally made him really feel like the chance wasn’t to his benefit.

“I was like, ‘Who don’t wanna meet the guy that got Tupac [Shakur] killed?’ And nobody thought that was funny, so I was like, ‘Ooh, that was a bomb, maybe I shouldn’t go do this anyway,’” Jelly Roll added.

Toward the tip of the dialog, the Tennessee native mentioned that he felt uneasy in that second for an unknown purpose.

“I was just like, ‘I don’t know,’” he concluded. “Very seldom does things rub me in a way where I was like, ‘I don’t even know if that’s a picture I want.’”

Jelly Roll’s remark comes amid Diddy’s ongoing authorized scenario. Over the previous a number of months, a number of girls have come ahead with sexual assault allegations in opposition to the rapper. Last month, his houses in Los Angeles and Miami had been raided by Homeland Security in connection to a intercourse trafficking investigation. Diddy’s lawyer slammed the raids as a “gross overuse of military-level force as search warrants were executed at Mr. Combs’ residences.”

“This unprecedented ambush — paired with an advanced, coordinated media presence — leads to a premature rush to judgment of Mr. Combs and is nothing more than a witch hunt based on meritless accusations made in civil lawsuits,” legal professional Aaron Dyer mentioned. “There has been no finding of criminal or civil liability with any of these allegations. Mr. Combs is innocent and will continue to fight every single day to clear his name.”

If you or anybody has been sexually abused, name the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673). A educated employees member will present confidential, judgment-free assist in addition to native sources to help in therapeutic, recovering and extra.