Jelly Roll shared powerful messages about facing guilt and shame, and the key to self-forgiveness during a new episode of On Purpose with Jay Shetty. The new podcast episode made its debut on Monday (October 14).
Author and podcast host Jay Shetty said his conversation with the reigning CMA New Artist of the Year “will leave you laughing, crying, and feeling inspired. Jelly Roll is a one of a kind human being with an incredible journey of redemption, hope and purpose.” The Beautifully Broken star delivered a candid message about being able to forgive himself, and the moment he came to a realization that that “hit me like a ton of bricks.”
“I don’t look at people and go, ‘what’s wrong with them,’ no more. I look at people and go, ‘what happened to them?’ But I’ve — that is no excuse not to, not to move on,” Jelly Roll said during his conversation with Shetty. “And I was tired of forgiving everybody but me, and I couldn’t figure out what the problem was. I was like, ‘I forgave everybody. I don’t have a bitter heart about nothing.’ Like, you haven’t forgave you. Man, I just,” he said as he paused for a deep exhale. “It hit me like a ton of bricks.”
Throughout the podcast, Jelly Roll opened up about beginning his story with “a turbulent past—marked by addiction, incarceration, and emotional struggles—to becoming one of the most celebrated figures in country music today,” the On Purpose description reads. The “I Am Not Okay” artist spoke about losing his father, his insecurities, personal growth, his life behind bars, breaking away from addiction, addressing addiction in a speech before Congress, the power of music, and much more. Find the full episode on iHeartRadio here.