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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<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n![](\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/05\/25\/PNAS\/90254802007-jim-todd-and-jelly-roll.jpg?crop=982,553,x0,y234\"\/)
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\nJelly Roll supports school to teach skills to at-risk youth<\/p>\n
The school, the Judge Dinkins Education Center, has received $300,000 and another $300,000 in pledges from the Grammy winner<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Days after Jelly Roll’s divorce news lit up the internet<\/a>, ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel announced<\/a> the Antioch native will be one of five celebs filling in during Kimmel’s two-month vacation this summer.<\/p>\nThe others are comedians\/actors Tiffany Haddish, Anthony Anderson and Ike Barinholtz and actor Colman Domingo.<\/p>\n
Kimmel also told his audience June 18 that he tapped fellow President Trump critic Rosie O’Donnell to do a stint as summer host.<\/p>\n
“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.<\/p>\n
In an Instagram post<\/a>, O’Donnell said, “And I can’t wait!”<\/p>\nThe 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.<\/p>\n
As host or guest, Jelly Roll has lots to talk about.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>, “Dumb Blonde.”<\/p>\n“You guys are gonna be shocked to hear this, but we’re still having a baby,” she said.<\/p>\n
“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.”<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
“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.”<\/p>\n
Jelly Roll also was featured in a recent Tennessean story about his support of a school<\/a> that teaches construction skills to at-risk teens in Nashville.<\/p>\nThe 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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
“Jim Todd was my sworn enemy,” the performer\u00a0told a gathering of country radio broadcasters<\/a>\u00a0in Nashville in March, after being honored with the 2026 CRS Artist Humanitarian Award.<\/p>\n“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.”<\/p>\n
Reach Brad Schmitt at brad@tennessean.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nJelly Roll supports school to teach skills to at-risk youth<\/p>\n
The school, the Judge Dinkins Education Center, has received $300,000 and another $300,000 in pledges from the Grammy winner<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Days after Jelly Roll’s divorce news lit up the internet<\/a>, ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel announced<\/a> the Antioch native will be one of five celebs filling in during Kimmel’s two-month vacation this summer.<\/p>\n The others are comedians\/actors Tiffany Haddish, Anthony Anderson and Ike Barinholtz and actor Colman Domingo.<\/p>\n Kimmel also told his audience June 18 that he tapped fellow President Trump critic Rosie O’Donnell to do a stint as summer host.<\/p>\n “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.<\/p>\n In an Instagram post<\/a>, O’Donnell said, “And I can’t wait!”<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n As host or guest, Jelly Roll has lots to talk about.<\/p>\n 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<\/a>, “Dumb Blonde.”<\/p>\n “You guys are gonna be shocked to hear this, but we’re still having a baby,” she said.<\/p>\n “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.”<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n “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.”<\/p>\n Jelly Roll also was featured in a recent Tennessean story about his support of a school<\/a> that teaches construction skills to at-risk teens in Nashville.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n “Jim Todd was my sworn enemy,” the performer\u00a0told a gathering of country radio broadcasters<\/a>\u00a0in Nashville in March, after being honored with the 2026 CRS Artist Humanitarian Award.<\/p>\n “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.”<\/p>\n Reach Brad Schmitt at brad@tennessean.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n