The controversial late-night ABC show host taps the Antioch music star, Rosie O’Donnell, Tiffany Haddish and others to fill in for his two months off this summer
Jelly Roll supports school to teach skills to at-risk youth
The school, the Judge Dinkins Education Center, has received $300,000 and another $300,000 in pledges from the Grammy winner
Days after Jelly Roll’s divorce news lit up the internet, ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel announced the Antioch native will be one of five celebs filling in during Kimmel’s two-month vacation this summer.
The others are comedians/actors Tiffany Haddish, Anthony Anderson and Ike Barinholtz and actor Colman Domingo.
Kimmel also told his audience June 18 that he tapped fellow President Trump critic Rosie O’Donnell to do a stint as summer host.
“And as a special treat to our commander-in-chief, I asked one of his all-time favorites, Rosie O’Donnell, to be here to keep the hits coming,” he said.
In an Instagram post, O’Donnell said, “And I can’t wait!”
The fill-in hosts start July 6 with Haddish, but no word yet on what week Jelly Roll, a frequent guest on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” will host.
As host or guest, Jelly Roll has lots to talk about.
Jelly Roll and his wife, Bunny Xo, together since they met in 2015 at one of his concerts, still are having a baby together, Bunny Xo said on her podcast, “Dumb Blonde.”
“You guys are gonna be shocked to hear this, but we’re still having a baby,” she said.
“We’re still having a baby together. We’re going to co-parent together. J is my best friend. This isn’t what you guys think this is,” she continued. “Nobody cheated on the other person. It’s literally just … we served our purpose for each other.”
At a concert in Saratoga Springs, New York, earlier this month, Jelly Roll, in what he said would be the only time he’d discuss his divorce, agreed there was no infidelity.
“Me and my wife are best friends. We will always be best friends,” he said. “We just got off the phone earlier today. Nobody cheated on nobody.”
Jelly Roll also was featured in a recent Tennessean story about his support of a school that teaches construction skills to at-risk teens in Nashville.
The artist donated $300,000 and has pledged to donate $300,000 more to the school, the Judge Dinkins Education Center (JDEC), which launched in 2024.
The founder of the school, Criminal Court Judge Jim Todd, was the prosecutor in in 2002 who charged a then 17-year-old Jelly Roll as an adult and had him sent to prison for a year on a robbery charge.
“Jim Todd was my sworn enemy,” the performer told a gathering of country radio broadcasters in Nashville in March, after being honored with the 2026 CRS Artist Humanitarian Award.
“God has a sense of humor,” Jelly Roll told the broadcasters. “I never thought I would give back with the same judge that charged me as an adult! And now I consider him a friend.”
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