Over the weekend, Jelly Roll stepped out of the country music world for a moment to honor Ozzy Osbourne during his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction. He performed a rendition of “Mama I’m Coming Home” for the heavy metal icon. Additionally, the “Save Me” singer got the chance to hang out with a handful of rock legends and movie stars during the event. One photo featuring Chad Smith, Maynard James Keenan, Jack Black, Wolfgang Van Halen, and some other stars brought unexpected backlash.
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Less than ten minutes after posting the photo Jelly Roll tweeted about how toxic Twitter is and how he planned to leave the platform. He notably didn’t leave the platform and continues to tweet. However, after seeing the response to the photo, no one could really blame him for deleting the app from his phone and never looking back.
This is crazy pic.twitter.com/XxhqkuSglM
— Jelly Roll (@JellyRoll615) October 20, 2024
One of Jelly’s followers opined that Black looked uncomfortable. To that, the country star replied, “Jack Black hung out with us for 10 hours in the green room, coolest most comfortable dude I’ve ever met in my life lol.” That comment set off a firestorm of backlash most of which was fueled by conspiracy theories.
Jelly Roll Gets Ridiculous Backlash for Being in the Same Room as Jack Black
One “former fan” called Jelly Roll to task. “Jelly I am saddened to see that you associate with a movement that supports child t-afficing. You have a great story but your story has been tarnished. Hope you find your way,” they tweeted. There’s a good chance that you, like other rational people, have no idea what they were talking about. Well, buckle up. It gets weirder.
Several of the comments honed in on Black’s red shoes saying he was part of the “Red Shoe Club.” According to some Satanic Panic-level conspiracy theorists, “global elites” wear red shoes to signify that they’re part of a club that hunts children for sport. Depending on the source, they may be harvesting adrenochrome from said children.
Those who weren’t accusing Jelly Roll of associating with cultists were angry because he was hanging out with Democrats. Because, just weeks away from an election, everything has to be politically charged.
While some were angry that there were no “America-first” Trump supporters in the photo, others cited Kyle Gass’ comments about the assassination attempt on the former president earlier this year as their reason for being upset about the photo. Yes, the comments that Black immediately spoke out against. The same comments that sidelined Tenacious D.
Scrolling through the replies to the post above will show anyone why Jelly Roll called Twitter “The most toxic negative app to exist ever—PERIOD.”
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