Morgan Wallen is sick and Jelly Roll won’t stand for all of the slander. He offered a passionate defense of his friend in Tampa Bay on Friday night after their show at Raymond James Stadium was postponed due to illness.
All of the rumors about Wallen are untrue!
Jelly Roll was supposed to open for Wallen with Nate Smith and Bryan Martin. They played Thursday’s show in front of a sold-out crowd. Friday was cancelled with unfortunate timing less than an hour before doors were supposed to open in addition to his two shows in Charlotte next week.
Although most of Wallen’s fans were understanding, especially after he sounded unwell in videos from the night prior, but the haters were out in force. The 31-year-old country music superstar was widely criticized for the short-notice postponement and accused of being hungover.
Jelly Roll wants people to know that Wallen is actually sick. He addressed the “controversy” shortly after he got on stage at his surprise pop-up show and was abundantly clear that the illness is very real. In fact, he even encouraged Wallen not to play on Thursday night!
Although Wallen was unable to perform on Friday, Jelly Roll held a free concert for all ticket holders at Dallas Bull to make up for the disappointment. Tailgates immediately started popping up all over the city.
It was chaos trying to get in.
However, the show ended up being pretty epic once the line subsided and people got inside! Tampa’s most famous country bar was packed out.
Jelly Roll, as is per usual, was extremely humble throughout the night. He continues to lead with gratitude first and greatly appreciated everybody who showed up.
Unfortunately, Jelly Roll was supposed to perform ‘Simple Man’ with Lynard Skynard at the stadium show. That obviously didn’t happen as planned but he played the song anyway!
Shoutout to Jelly Roll. He’s a man of the people. And credit to him for setting the record straight on Morgan Wallen’s illness before the narrative could get even further out of hand!