Jelly Roll, Bailee Ann and Bunnie Xo are observed at the T-Cellular Mane Phase in the course of the 2024 Stagecoach Pageant on April 26, 2024 in Indio, California. Amy Sussman/Getty Illustrations or photos for Stagecoach
Stagecoach was a household affair for Jelly Roll as he introduced his 15-12 months-outdated daughter, Bailee Ann DeFord, out for a birthday shock.
“This may possibly appear to be a very little far more corny, but I experienced to get cool dad details,” Jelly, 39, explained to the crowd in Indio, California on Friday, April 26. “I took my daughter out of school currently and I flew her to California for this clearly show two. Do not notify her teacher.”
Jelly, just one of the headliners at the T-Cell Mane Stage, brought out spouse Bunnie XO and Bailee for the exclusive second.
“I don’t wanna place her on blast, but my infant girl is 15 decades outdated, and in like 10 times, she’ll be 16 several years previous,” he discussed. “I see some of y’all very little cowboys obtaining smiles, cease it. I’m searching at you. I see you.” A great deal to her dad’s chagrin, Bailey gave a welcoming wave.
Jelly included that he “figured it’d be a truly neat dad way to embarrass her” to have all of Stagecoach serenade her with “Happy Birthday.”
Male Fieri, Jelly Roll, and Bailee Ann DeFord go to Person Fieri’s Smokehouse on Day 1 of Stagecoach Competition at Empire Polo Club on April 26, 2024 in Indio, California. Scott Dudelson/Getty Photos for Stagecoach
In addition to getting one particular of the Friday night time headliners, Jelly Roll was also a scheduled guest for an afternoon cooking demo in Flavortown (which was located at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California). Dude Fieri invitations region stars and pit masters to barbecue with him in the course of Stagecoach and hand out samples to his viewers even though spreading awareness about the Male Fieri Basis, his nonprofit supporting numerous charitable results in.
Photographs present Jelly Roll proudly appeared on while Bailee confirmed off her culinary capabilities during Friday’s demonstration. She chopped substances and stirred up peppers and onions on the grill while her father tenderized meat with fellow singer Paul Cauthen.
Jelly (true identify Jason DeFord) shares Bailee with an ex named Felicia, who gave birth even though he was in jail on a drug dealing conviction in 2008. “A guard knocks on my cell doorway midafternoon throughout lockdown. He goes, ‘You experienced a kid today,’ ” he advised Billboard in June 2023. “I’ve never had very little in lifestyle that urged me in the second to know that I experienced to do one thing different. I have to figure this out proper now.”
The artist credits his spouse as the explanation he was equipped to be a far better father. “You’re talking about a woman that arrived in and took a little one that was quickly to be born and a boy or girl that [we were] before long to have comprehensive custody of,” he added. “I would have in no way got custody of my daughter with out her. I would not have experienced the security or the revenue.”
Paul Cauthen, Jelly Roll, Man Fieri, and Bailee Ann DeFord. Courtesy of Male Fieri/Instagram
He also shares son Noah Buddy, 7, with an ex named Melisa. He has beforehand claimed that he shares extra of Bailee’s life simply because he doesn’t share custody. Jelly and Bunnie coparent with Melisa, who has major custody of Noah, so they want to be respectful of her needs.
Bailee, for her section, has been open about struggling throughout her childhood, opening up about her trauma in her dad’s Hulu documentary, Jelly Roll: Preserve Me. “I had an additional, exciting, traumatic childhood. Bunnie did, my father did. They’re critical reasons for why my mom is in my lifestyle now and is sober,” Bailee said in the doc. “As a teen, I have moved on. I’ve worked via my childhood. But that doesn’t make it go absent. It produced me who I am nowadays.”
