Jelly Roll Reveals Why His Private Plane Had to Make Emergency Landing

Jelly roll count his blessings.

While attending the 2024 CMT Music Awards on April 7, the “Son of a Sinner” singer opened up about the scary situation he and his wife found themselves in. Rabbit XO recently lived with their private jet, in which they had to make an emergency landing three days before going to the awards ceremony.

“What happened was the screen cut out,” Jelly Roll said on the red carpet at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas (See more news about the CMT Music Awards at E! News April 8). “The pilot told me, ‘I’m not even taking a chance.’ He had to turn the plane back manually. He had to fly like it was the 1960s again. He was shaken.”

The 39-year-old praised the pilot for bringing them back to land safely, before adding: “It was amazing. We’re lucky.”

Jelly Roll also expressed how surreal his music career was. “I made my debut at the awards show a year ago,” he said, “and I came here as a stranger. And I came back a year later, like family .”