Kimmel Host Tearfully Reveals Why He Finally Turned Against Trump

Jimmy Kimmel Live!/YouTube Jelly Roll has revealed why he ridiculed Donald Trump.

The 41-year-old rapper turned country star stunned some in MAGAworld when he used his guest host slot on Jimmy Kimmel Live! this week to trash the president and call him fat.

The “Need a Favor” singer spoke out Thursday on the show about the reactions to his guest-host stint and his appearance at the Grammy Awards in February, when he bagged three awards but then failed to follow the night’s other winners and condemn the actions of ICE and the Trump administration’s mass deportation push.

“A lot of people seem to think these Jimmy Kimmel writers have secretly been pulling the strings and forcing this good old country boy to poke fun at our commander-in-chief,” he said, wearing a Kimmelian suit and a black tie.

“But let’s be real about this, y’all.

Do you think I would take orders from some sweaty little dork named Josh? No, I was just telling it like it is, and for some reason, that seemed to freak a lot of people out.

“It is funny that before this week, everybody thought I was MAGA, and now they think I’m some sort of liberal snowflake.

“I guess I’m just not used to people projecting their beliefs onto me.” Later in the heartfelt speech, he explained that point in more detail, directly tackling his decision not to speak about ICE.

“For the last six months, I’ve watched people decide who I am, what I am, what I believe, what I support, and what I don’t support.

And I felt that even more this week, just because I told a couple of jokes,” he said during the monologue.

“And honestly, this goes back further for me, y’all.

This goes back to February this year.

I won my first Grammy.

Actually, somehow on that night, I won three of them.” The Tennessee native said his Grammy night “was the single greatest moment and the greatest honor of my career.