Jelly Roll has admitted he is now 'terrified' of hisbathroom scales after regaining weight over the holidays, telling fans in a new YouTube video that he has 'lost [his] way' on his long-runningweight-loss journey,whichbegan when he weighed more than 500lbs.
The country-rap star Jelly Roll, real name Jason DeFord, spent the past three years publicly overhauling his health after tipping the scales at over 500lbs in 2023. That transformation led to a high-profileMen's HealthWinter 2026 cover shoot, where he revealed he had shed around 275lbs through diet changes and relentless training.
His progress turned him into an unlikely fitness figure, with fans tracking his step counts and gym visits almost as closely as his chart positions.
The latest update lands with a very different tone. In the YouTube video, Jelly Roll explains that he hit his target weight just before the festive season and decided to ease off.
'We hit the goal, and it was right before the holidays, so I was like, 'You know what, man, I've been working hard for the last three years losing this weight, I'm going to enjoy the holidays,' he told viewers.
That one decision snowballed quickly. He described giving himself permission to indulge across several milestones. 'I had a big Thanksgiving meal, I had a big birthday meal, I ate a big Christmas meal. Kinda got off the rails,' he admitted, not sounding particularly proud of the phrase.
The turning point was not just the food. Towards the end of last year, Jelly Roll broke his collarbone, an injury he says forced him to halt the running, walking and general exercise that had underpinned his 275lbs weight loss. What began as a deserved breather turned into a full stop.
'I have, to some degree, lost my way. Avoiding weighing in has been the problem,' he confessed.
There is something disarmingly ordinary about that fear. This is a man who has walked onstage in front of tens of thousands, performed on live television and spoken openly about addiction and time in jail.
Yet the idea of stepping on a set of digital scales in his own bathroom stalls him.
Source: International Business Times UK
