'Gods steering you in right direction’: Internet glad Jelly Roll bailed out on meeting Diddy last year as he was ‘skeptical’
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Rapper Jelly Roll likes to follow his instincts. The ‘Save Me’ crooner had a chance to meet music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs but he bailed out.
Roll and Diddy were on the same episode of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ in October last year.
Why did Jelly Roll say 'nah' to meeting Diddy?
“This is the first time in my career, ever, where they said, ‘Do you want to meet such-and-such?’ And I said, ‘Yeah,'” the country musician revealed.
“I started walking that way and as I was getting down the hallway — this is a true story — I said, ‘Nah,’ and went and got back in the car,” the ‘Need a Favor’ singer revealed on the ‘Cancelled with Tana Mongeau' podcast.
Born Jason Bradley DeFord, Jelly, however, didn’t know what it was that stopped him from meeting Diddy at that moment. "Swear. I don’t know what it was," he said.
Roll said he joked on the set that Diddy was allegedly involved in Tupac Shakur’s 1996 murder.
“And I made a joke at first. I was like, ‘Who don’t wanna meet the guy that got Tupac [Shakur] killed?’ Nobody thought that was funny, so I was like, ‘Ooh, that’s a bomb, maybe I shouldn’t go do this anyway'," said the 39-year-old.
"So I was already skeptical ‘cause I thought I had a funny one," he added.
Roll felt a bad vibe about meeting the now-tainted rapper, reports TMZ.
“When we were walking, I was like, ‘I don’t know,'” he said. “Very seldom does things rub me in a way where I was like, ‘I don’t even know if that’s a picture I want.'”
The episode of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' happened a few weeks before Diddy’s ex-girlfriend Casandra 'Cassie' Ventura filed a lawsuit against him.
Roll went on to express displeasure over the moments when he had to pose with people whom he would otherwise avoid.
“Motherf**kers will walk a carpet around the same time. S**t happens,” he said.
“They’re like, ‘Hey, y’all get together.’ And you’re like, ‘I don’t really even know who this human is'."
Internet appreciates Jelly Roll for trusting his 'gut' feeling
Social media users expressed their views on Jelly Roll bailing out on meeting Diddy.
“As he should have … he’s a stand up guy and his feelings were 1000% accurate," one wrote on Facebook.
The second said, “I’m proud of jelly roll not wanting to diddy. It’s always best to trust your gut.”
“Love Jelly Roll! Good call on his part. I've been waiting for Diddy to finally get his visit from good ol karma since 98,” one person commented.
Another joined, “And the truth shall set you free (Good for him) 🩵”
A user said, “Gods steering you in the right direction. Stay away and stay focused.”
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