Jelly Roll Loses Mar-a-Lago Fundraiser Invite After Trump Jokes on Kimmel, 300-Pound Weight Loss Cited
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 8
Jelly Roll Loses Mar-a-Lago Fundraiser Invite After Trump Jokes on Kimmel, 300-Pound Weight Loss Cited
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 8
Summary
Law Enforcement Today said Friday it formally withdrew Jelly Roll’s invitation to perform at November’s Big Blue Bash at Mar-a-Lago after his guest-host stint on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” mocked Donald Trump.
Kyle Reyes said the April 26 invitation asked Jelly Roll to close the fundraiser with worship songs, but organizers decided to rescind it after jokes about Trump’s weight, fitness and approval ratings.
Jelly Roll said on air he had lost 300 pounds — “an entire Donald Trump” — then pushed back on claims he was either MAGA or a “liberal snowflake,” describing himself as mostly middle-of-the-road.
A source told Fox News Digital Jelly Roll’s team was never contacted about the November event and learned of the invitation on social media, leaving unclear whether he had ever engaged with organizers.
The Mar-a-Lago gala is being run to raise money for the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association Foundation, with organizers framing it as a God-centered, nonpartisan event honoring families of wounded and fallen officers.