Eric Benét Slams Jelly Roll: "Full of S**t"
The neosoul singer called out the Grammy-winning country star for evading commentary on social issues.
Eric Benet at the Primary Wave Music Pre-Grammy Party held at the Waldorf-Astoria Beverly Hills on January 31, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.
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Eric Benét wasn’t impressed with Jelly Roll’s recent comments at the 2026 Grammys. The neosoul singer blasted Jelly Roll after the latter declined to offer commentary on recent events when he was asked about it backstage.
“We all saw the Grammys and remember that moment where that Jelly Roll motherf—er [made] his speech,” Benét says in a video posted on his IG. The singer then references Jelly Roll’s acceptance speech when he won best contemporary country album for his album Beautifully Broken. “Powerful speech, right? Holding the Bible up in his hand, talking about what the Lord has done for him.”
But backstage, after Jelly Roll was asked if he “would be willing to comment about what’s happening in the country” at a time when the country is divided, and incidents like the fatal ICE shootings of Minnesotans Renee Good and Alex Pretti were fresh, Jelly replied that “people shouldn’t care” about his opinion.
“I’m a dumb redneck,” Jelly Roll said at the time. “I hate to be an artist who’s that aloof, but I’m so disconnected from what’s happening… I didn’t even know politics were f—ing real until I was in my mid-20s in jail. When you grow up in a drug addict household, you think we have common calls about what’s happening in world politics?”
Benét dismissed that answer.
“When he was asked, ‘What about the atrocities in the world?’ All of a sudden he was, ‘I’m just a dumb ol’ redneck, I keep my political views to myself,'” said Benét. “That n—a full of sh–. Never trust a person who will speak passionately and in great detail about love, but when it’s time to speak against hate, they ain’t got sh– to say.”
