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Jelly Roll Hosts Late Night, Says to Call Him Post Malone If He ‘Sucks’
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NEED TO KNOW
- Jelly Roll guest-hosted the Wednesday, July 16 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- He jokingly told the audience his name is “Post Malone,” but only if his jokes “really suck bad”
- “Thank you again to Jimmy Kimmel for taking a chance on my fat, white trash ass,” said Jelly
Jelly Roll can now add late-night talk show host to his resume.
On Wednesday, July 16, the country star stepped in as the guest host of Jimmy Kimmel Live! and delivered a hilarious monologue to kick off the episode. He did have a plan, however, for if his jokes didn’t land with the audience.
“I need y’all to be patient with me tonight,” said Jelly, 40, whose real name is Jason Bradley DeFord. “This is my first time doing something like this, and I’m going to try my best. I am. But if I really suck bad, y’all just remember — my name is Post Malone.”
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Luckily, there was no need to hide behind his fellow Big Ass Stadium Tour performer’s identity for the evening, as Jelly was a natural. “Do not adjust your TV — Jimmy did not join MS-13. I am your guest host, Jelly Roll. Tune in, baby,” he exclaimed at the top of his monologue.
“Now y’all know every guest gets on here, and they say it’s great to be here. But I want to talk to y’all. Speaking as a guy who has been to prison before, it really is great to be here,” said Jelly, who’s been incarcerated around 40 times in his life. “Actually, it’s kind of great to be anywhere. Hell, I walked into a DMV yesterday, and I was like, ‘This is fucking awesome. God, this is great.’”
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In addition to his late-night hosting debut, the “Save Me” singer spoke about his upcoming match at WWE SummerSlam, where he’ll team up with Randy Orton against Drew McIntyre and Logan Paul. The sporting event will air via Peacock in the U.S. and Netflix internationally on Aug. 2 and 3.
“Don’t clap for Logan Paul. You don’t clap for Logan Paul,” Jelly told the Jimmy Kimmel Live! crowd. “I decided to do it because truthfully, there are three things that I’m always mistaken for. I’m either mistaken for a wrestler, a tattoo artist, or a member of the Insane Clown Posse who just got sober.”
He added, “I know you’re probably thinking, ‘Jelly, how the hell are you going to fight in a pro wrestling match?’ But I do have a lot of qualifications. As a fat guy, I’ve broken several folding chairs.”
The Grammy-nominated musician further detailed why SummerSlam will mark a “big moment” for him. “I faced my share of struggles in life, y’all. I faced adversity. I’ve overcame and I never thought, but I am going to have a moment that every American has dreamed of,” he said. “And that is the moment of slapping Logan Paul in his face.”
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“Thank you again to Jimmy Kimmel for taking a chance on my fat, white trash ass,” quipped Jelly, who later gave silly nicknames (like his own) to Kimmel’s staff and presented a few “Jelly Awards” to the subjects of some outrageous viral videos.
Jelly and Post recently wrapped the U.S. leg of their Big Ass Stadium Tour, and they’re now gearing up for the Big Ass World Tour in Europe, which kicks off next month.
“Dear Austin, I say this on stage in some way every night, but man, being on this tour with you has been unreal. I have never had more fun in my life,” wrote Jelly on Instagram last month.
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce put wedding guests on lockdown with ‘ironclad’ NDA: report

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s love story includes an NDA.
Ahead of the couple’s upcoming nuptials, TMZ reported on Saturday that guests who received a wedding invite are required to sign a ironclad non-disclosure agreement before receiving any details about the big day.
Insiders added that when a guest confirms their attendance, they are then sent the NDA link.
Anyone attending is prohibited from sharing details about the wedding and will be penalized if violations occur. Those consequences, however, were not disclosed to TMZ.
Page Six reached out to a rep for Swift for comment.
Karlie Kloss, Zoë Kravitz, Ed Sheeran, Suki Waterhouse, the Haim sisters, Gigi Hadid and Selena Gomez are among A-listers who have reportedly received invites.
Page Six recently confirmed that Miles Teller and his wife, Keleigh Sperry, were left off the list after a falling out.
Multiple sources told Page Six earlier this month that Swift and Kelce, both 36, are set to tie the knot at New York City’s Madison Square Garden.
“Everyone’s been sworn to secrecy,” said one source.
Page Six previously exclusively reported that the Grammy winner and football player’s special day will take place in New York over July 3 weekend.
A source explained that “privacy was of number one importance to them both.”
The insider added that the potential plan could have guests arriving to the venue on blacked-out buses.
Another source stated: “If you have billions you can transform the space into a wedding venue.”
The venue currently has no events scheduled from June 29 through July 6.
In the weeks leading up to their wedding, Swift and Kelce have been spotted out on the town together on multiple occasions.
They dined at several NYC hotspots last month, including Or’esh and Via Carota.
That same month, Kelce and Swift were also spotted at a Knicks game in New York.
On Thursday, the Kansas City Chiefs tight-end joined the “Lover” singer at her Songwriters Hall of Fame induction.
The couple, got engaged in August 2025, with Kelce popping the question to the pop star in the garden of his Leawood, Kansas, home after two years of dating.
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Katy Perry sparkles in silver for World Cup 2026 opening ceremony performance

Katy Perry kicked off the 2026 World Cup with a bang.
She brought the energy at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles for the tournament’s opening ceremony Friday night, wearing a silver Stella McCartney FW26 Ready-to-Wear dress.
The floor-length dress featured an exaggerated waistline and was constructed with what appears to be long strands of tinsel — perhaps a nod to Tinseltown, the home of this year’s competition.
The pop star performed her song “Wonder,” off her 2024 album “143.”
Perry wasn’t alone for the performance — as she chose to share the worldwide stage with a special guest.
The day before she took to the stage, Perry shared a TikTok video introducing the world to Tius, a 10-year-old boy from Norway.
“That little voice you’re listening to right now is Tius,” she wrote alongside the clip as a young voice can be heard singing.
“Tius recorded his part on ‘Wonder’ when he was 5 years old in 2021. I heard his vocal in 2023 and was inspired to write the verses for ‘Wonder’ and added it to my sixth album,” she explained. “Tius is 10 now and flew all the way to LA from Norway to sing this song with me on Friday at the World Cup ✨⚽.”
Perry opened the star-studded number, which also included Tyla, Anitta and more.
The US intro is one of three opening ceremonies by the host countries, with Shakira headlining in Mexico City on Thursday and Alanis Morrisette, Michael Bublé and more in Canada Friday afternoon.
While performing on behalf of the United States, Perry also has connections up north after going public with her relationship with former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in December.
Since then, her “Teenage Dream”-era wardrobe has become decidedly more subdued, especially for public political events — but she brought back her pop star ways for her on-stage performance Friday night.
The couple made their red carpet debut earlier this week, when Trudeau accompanied her to the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of her new concert movie.
The pair, who have been together for nearly a year, weren’t shy and showed tons of PDA for the cameras, hugging during the viewing of “Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour – Live From Paris.”
We’ll see what team the California native roots for throughout the tournament.
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David Faustino gives update on Christina Applegate’s ‘very hard’ MS battle

David Faustino, who played Christina Applegate’s brother in “Married… With Children,” revealed the actress still has her signature humor as she battles multiple sclerosis.
“It’s been very hard for her, but she does keep her humor,” Faustino said in a new interview with US Weekly, calling Applegate’s MS diagnosis “a real blow.”
Faustino, 52, said Applegate, 54, has had a “dry, sarcastic sense of humor since the moment I met her,” and despite her serious health battle that left her recently hospitalized, “nothing has changed.”
The “Dead to Me” star is still “extremely sarcastic” and “extremely dry,” Faustino confirmed.
“She gets through this with some humor, and that’s kind of her way that she moves through it,” the voice actor explained, noting he’s been “a support” to Applegate since she announced her diagnosis in June 2021.
Faustino also confirmed he’s in regular contact with the Emmy Award winner.
“I do a lot of visits with her. A lot of texting, a lot of checking in,” he said. “A lot of funny just crap that we talk about. And that’s all I can do, right? Give her my love.”
He added, “We do have deep convos when we sit. But we also keep the laughter [going] as well.”
Applegate and Faustino played siblings Kelly and Bud Bundy, respectively, in “Married… With Children.”
The sitcom, which aired on Fox from 1987 to 1997, also starred Ed O’Neill and Katey Sagal as their parents, Al and Peggy Bundy.
Applegate gave an update on her health in April after she was hospitalized in Los Angeles.
“Thank you for the outpouring of love and well wishes. Health issues are a constant for me, but I’m a strong chick and I’m getting stronger and better every day,” she wrote on Instagram.
“I’m taking a moment to focus on my health, but I’ll be back with more to say soon enough,” the “You With the Sad Eyes” author added.
Applegate’s rep wouldn’t confirm if the actress was hospitalized due to her autoimmune disease.
“I have no comment on whether she is in the hospital or what her medical treatments are,” the rep told Page Six in a statement on April 16. “She’s had a long history of complicated medical conditions that she has been refreshingly open about, as evidenced in her memoir and on her podcast.”
In February, Applegate revealed she’s been confined to her bed due to ongoing pain, but she still tries to take her 15-year-old daughter, Sadie, to school.
“I want to take her; it’s my favorite thing to do. It’s the only time we have together by ourselves,” the “Friends” star explained.
“I tell myself, ‘Just get her there safely and get home so you can get back into bed.’ And that’s what I do,’” she added.
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