Jelly Roll Turned Down Picture With Diddy for One Cause – Hollywood Life

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

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

“That is the primary time in my profession, ever, the place they stated, ‘Do you wish to meet such-and-such?’ And I stated, ‘Yeah,’ and I began strolling that approach,” the “Son of a Sinner” artist famous. “And as I used to be getting down the hallway — it is a true story — I stated, ‘Nah,’ and went and received again within the automotive. 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 received a wierd feeling that made him query whether or not he actually needed 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 used to be like, ‘Who don’t wanna meet the man that received Tupac [Shakur] killed?’ And no one thought that was humorous, so I used to be like, ‘Ooh, that was a bomb, perhaps I shouldn’t go do that anyway,’” Jelly Roll added.

Towards the tip of the dialog, the Tennessee native stated that he felt uneasy in that second for an unknown motive.

“I used to be similar to, ‘I don’t know,’” he concluded. “Very seldom does issues rub me in a approach the place I used to be like, ‘I don’t even know if that’s an image I would like.’”

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

“This unprecedented ambush — paired with a complicated, coordinated media presence — results in a untimely rush to judgment of Mr. Combs and is nothing greater than a witch hunt primarily based on meritless accusations made in civil lawsuits,” legal professional Aaron Dyer stated. “There was no discovering of prison or civil legal responsibility with any of those allegations. Mr. Combs is harmless and can proceed to battle each single day to clear his title.”

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