Jelly Roll Defends Meeting Donald Trump at UFC Event, Stresses Importance of Respecting the President

Last month, country star Jelly Roll's interaction with President-elect Donald Trump at the UFC 309 event at Madison Square Garden sparked a fervent conversation on social media, exacerbated by body language analysis.

Jelly Roll, real name Jason Bradley DeFord, showed undeniable enthusiasm during his meeting with Trump, a reaction he chose to defend on this week's episode of his wife's podcast, Bunnie XO , “Dumb Blonde.”

“I don’t care who you were, if you were in that building, the hairs on your skin stood up,” he said of Trump’s grand entrance at MSG. “And you looked, and all you look at is the president-elect, who was elected 8 days ago, walking in, with his entire cabinet with him – almost. You know what I mean? And his kids and his grandkids. And it was powerful, man.

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Less than two weeks after the election, Jelly Roll, right, shook hands with President-elect Donald Trump at the UFC 309 event at Madison Square Garden. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Getty Images)

The event, held 11 days after the election, was star-studded, including some of Trump's most ardent supporters, including Elon Musk, Kid Rock and UFC founder and CEO Dana White.

President-elect Donald Trump, center left, posed for a photo with three of his loyal supporters, Dana White, left, Kid Rock and Elon Musk, right. (KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)

“Everyone says, ‘You look really – you have a goofy smile on your face. I'm like, 'You couldn't feel what we felt,'” he said of a social media video that showed him eagerly watching Trump's procession. “As if this piece was thrilling. And when Trump walks by me, I'm like he doesn't know who I am.” So at that point, I was like, “Well, I'm not going to meet the president, I was a little sad.”

Jelly Roll is pictured alongside Elon Musk, President-elect Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr. at the UFC event. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Getty Images)

However, the men eventually met.

“I kind of look and [Trump] makes eye contact. And what you don't see in the video is him making the Trump point to me,” Jelly Roll explained. “I'm going to shake his hand, I put my hand on his shoulder,” he recalls, remembering that he was worried the Secret Service wouldn't approve of the touching. “And he put his hand on my shoulder.”

Jelly Roll said Trump told him he loved his emotional ballad, “Save Me,” released in 2020 and that the country singer was “doing amazing things.”

Jelly Roll's 2020 song “Save Me” is popular with President-elect Donald Trump. (Mat Hayward/Getty Images for Jelly Roll)

Speaking more about the backlash, Jelly Roll told his wife that meeting Trump was a no-brainer. “There’s no way I’m not going to meet the president-elect,” he said. “I don't care if I had gotten a call to go meet with Joe Biden at some point, I would have stopped what I was doing to go meet with him. He's the working president. I wouldn't have cared what people thought, what I think of his politics,” he admitted.

“I don't hide behind stuff I'm not political, I'm not political! I like to talk about things that I'm passionate about. With that, I like to know more. I don't know enough about politics to act like I know everything that's going on what someone stands for in terms of politics, I really don't know,” he said.

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Jelly Roll said he grew up in a family that didn't care about politics. (Jason Kempin)

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“There's no way I'm not going to meet the president-elect. I don't care. If I had gotten a call to go meet Joe Biden at some point, I would have stopped what I was doing to go meet him. He's the active president. “I wouldn't have cared what people thought of his policies. “

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“I didn't grow up in a voting culture. My father didn't push me to vote. My mother didn't push me to vote,” the Tennessee-raised singer said. “They put pressure, they respected our president towards me,” he added. “It's the hardest job in the world. Respect whoever does it, you know?”

“When I look back on my relationship with politics, we didn't watch election night. I don't have a single memory of our family, as a family, really caring who gets elected. So I I've always worn this.”

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