Jelly Roll calls X 'most toxic app' and says it's 'out'

Jellyroll has told fans that he opposes the use of X as a social media platform.

The 39-year-old singer shared his decision via X on Sunday, October 20, posting a message detailing his new stance. “This is easily the most toxic negative app ever – PERIOD. Lol.” wrote Jelly Roll, real name Jason Bradley DeFord. “This place is different, man, I always heard it was the Wild West here, but man, it's crazy. It’s a safe place where everyone can say mean things to each other without consequences.”

He ended his candid post with, “I'm out lol.” Jelly Roll's X account has yet to be deactivated. Details of his registration in April 2009 are still visible on the platform.

Jelly Roll's announcement comes after his wife Bunny Xo (real name Alyssa DeFord), spoke out on social media in April about the cyberbullying her husband was facing.

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“My husband quit the internet because he's so tired of being bullied about his damn weight. And that makes me cry because he is the cutest angel baby,” Bunnie Xo, 44, said during the April 24 episode of her “Dumb Blonde” podcast. “My husband won't show you, but I'm going to have a very vulnerable moment here – it hurts him. The internet can say whatever they want about you and they're like, 'Well, you're a celebrity, you should deal with it.' No, damn it, we're not.”

The model, who married Jelly Roll in 2016, also pointed out in the podcast episode that cyberbullying can have fatal consequences. “Do you know how many people kill themselves every year because they are bullied? “Enough is enough,” she said. “Don’t bully people because you never know where they are mentally.”

Jelly Roll is the son of parents who suffered from addiction and mental illness. During the hip-hop star's teenage years and early 20s, Jelly Roll was in and out of prison for marijuana possession and robbery.

In 2023, Jelly Roll won a CMA Award in the New Artist of the Year category. He also won three CMT Awards for his song “Son of a Sinner” and was nominated for a Grammy twice.

Despite his success, Jelly Roll has remained down-to-earth and has opened up about his struggles in many interviews, and as recently as October 10, he spoke about attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in an episode of The Highway podcast hosted by Ania Hammar.

During the episode, Jelly Roll revealed that he attended his first meeting as a teenager. “Oh my God, I can’t really remember my first real meeting because I was put on trial when I was about 14 years old,” he said. “But I still remember the first time I found comfort in those spaces, or the first time I was introduced to the concept. And how much stuff I took from those rooms.”

Jelly Roll's experiences with Alcoholics and Drug Addicts Anonymous meetings inspired his hit song “I Am Not Okay” and the track “Winning Streak” from his latest album. Beautifully broken.

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“It was really hard for me to get off these drugs,” he said The New York Times in August. “To maintain my relationship with these drugs, I still attend the meetings, even though I'm not a textbook sober guy – but I never share anything, I just sit quietly and appreciate the message and the meaning.”