Jelly Roll gave the latest glimpse into his weight-loss journey during an appearance at the Vatican that had him joking about the flashy new clothes he is able to wear.
The country music star, who has lost more than 200 pounds, shared a photo on Instagram on Sept. 15 of him dressed in black pants, a button down shirt and a jacket while at the Vatican, where he performed in a historic concert.
“I can fit in Louis Vuitton now,” he wrote. “Pray for my bank account. A hundred thousand thank-yous to the legend Skateboard P, his team, and everyone else that had a hand in making last night happen.”
Family, friends and fans shared kind words for the singer.
“You look great bro .. insane transformation,” rapper Yelawolf commented.
“The hunkiest hunk of them all 😍” his wife, Bunnie XO, commented.
“SO PROUD OF YOU!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️” the band Shinedown wrote.
Jelly Roll, 40, was part of a star-studded group of artists who played in the first large-scale concert at the Vatican in history on Sept. 13. He performed his song “Hard Fought Hallelujah” to an audience of 250,000 in St. Peter’s Square.
The concert was organized by Pharrell Williams, who also performed along with Jennifer Hudson, Andrea Bocelli, John Legend and Karol G.
Jelly Roll also was able to meet Pope Leo XIV and shake hands with the Illinois native, which he shared on Instagram.
“From rock bottom to holy ground,” the singer wrote.
Jelly Roll’s latest look at his slimmed-down physique comes after he had recently been seen mixing it up in a WWE ring. The singer, who used to weigh more than 500 pounds, shared in April on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” that he had lost nearly 200 pounds.
“I’m eating a lot of protein and vegetables and walking,” he told Kimmel. “That’s what I’m doing.”
He also shared his goal weight.
“I do have a number in mind … to do all the fun stuff in life, you got to be under 250,” he said. “So my goal, I want to skydive, I want to ride a roller coaster, I want to ride a bull. I know it sounds crazy. I want to wrestle an alligator. I got a list of things that I want to do.”
He spoke in 2024 on Bunnie XO’s “Dumb Blonde” podcast about why he has talked about his weight loss journey.
“I did this publicly for a reason,” he said. “I want to be honest about my struggles with it with people. I wore it for so long. I think that people that become as big as I became, when they lose the weight, they’re kind of ashamed. They’re so ashamed that they go out and lose the weight and they come back out and they don’t really know how to interact with the world looking different or feeling different.”