Jelly Roll blames himself for daughter Bailee's anxiety after her mom is arrested over drug charges
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Jelly Roll gave a very emotional interview while talking about his teenage daughter Bailee Ann and her mother, Felicia Beckwith, who was arrested on drug charges earlier in March.
Talking on ‘The Pivot’ podcast, the rapper said, “My child's mother has struggled with drug addiction since my daughter's been born pretty much. The addict is not the victim in that situation. The family is," as per Taste of County.
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Roll shared, “The other day, I think my wife hit me, or somebody did, and they said, 'Hey man, call and check on the kid [Bailee] later'. And they sent a link. It was a news article that her mother had gone back to jail, had got caught with, like, meth or something.”
Jelly Roll talks about daughter Bailee Ann’s anxiety
Continuing further, the 40-year-old singer explained, “I've seen the effect that it's had on her. I've got a 16, almost 17-year-old upstairs and I've seen the effect that it's had — it's truly affected her life.”
The ‘Halfway to Hell’ crooner, whose real name is Jason Bradley DeFord, also revealed in his interview that the incident “broke my daughter's heart, you know what I'm saying? It broke her heart. This is a 16, 17-year-old that knows her mother is a drug addict, but like, her having to see the mugshot of her mother with just meth ate up on her face.”
Roll then went emotional as he noted, “I watched her go through it all over again. I was like, 'Ah, man,' I forgot 'cause I'm like, I'm 40 and I've done a lot of therapy and I've done a lot of work and I have a relationship with God that it hurt me, but I just got to pray about it and move on.”
“But I was like, 'Ah, man, she's 16, she doesn't have any of those tools. She's still gaining those tools. This hurts her,” he added.
Jelly Roll said his daughter ‘changed’ his life
The CMT Music Awards winner blamed himself for his daughter’s pain. He asserted, “I told my wife, 'I've invited the world into our living room, so we've just gotta accept what comes with that.' This is my fault more than anybody's.”
Earlier in 2023, Roll told PEOPLE that “being a father is so important to me. The single most impactful event of my entire life was having my daughter. It changed everything.”
He was in jail on a drug charge when his daughter was born.
“I've made a lot of peace with my past. I mean, it still haunts me like the ghosts I know, but I tell you what, I don't think about doing no drugs today. As far as today goes, I don't know about tomorrow, but I can tell you, today, right now, I'm happy,” Roll added.
