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Jelly Roll, Ashley McBryde Share What To Expect From CMA Special

The CMA Fest TV special, which was filmed during the festival a few weeks ago and hosted by Jelly Roll and Ashley McBryde, will air on Tuesday, June 25, at…

jelly Rol and Ashley McBryde both wearing black and performing at CMA Fest 2024.
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The CMA Fest TV special, which was filmed during the festival a few weeks ago and hosted by Jelly Roll and Ashley McBryde, will air on Tuesday, June 25, at 8/7c on ABC and stream the next day on Hulu.

Backstage before he performed at CMA Fest, Jelly told us, "You can expect pandemonium and chaos with Ashley and me hosting together. It's been the funnest time."

He continued, "You go by her green room, and she's just randomly singing cover songs and entertaining her crew. Like five of them, like Ashley McBryde's putting on a one-room concert. It's the coolest thing ever, dude."

Before she performed, Ashley told us what fans can expect from this hosting duo: "I would tell you what to expect from me and Jelly Roll hosting an event that is totally unsupervised, but it's a little bit unpredictable. You can expect energy and laughs and probably the most fun you can have in one place."

The CMA Fest television special will feature never-before-seen performances and surprise collaborations from country music's biggest names. Performances will be revealed soon.

Jelly Roll's life has been full of exciting moments in the last two years, and his latest surreal moment came on the set of Paramount's Tulsa King series, where he spent some time with movie icon Sylvester Stallone.

It was Stallone who posted a clip of himself with the country superstar on Instagram. In the video, Jelly and Stallone are discussing Jelly's fourth consecutive No. 1 on Billboard's Country Airplay Chart with "Halfway to Hell."

Jelly says to the movie star, "I got my fourth No. 1 today, Sly/ I got my fourth No. 1 on the radio this morning."

Stallone responds, holding up four fingers, "Fourth No. 1, unbelievable, and we got 'em. "

He captioned the post, "Looks like the fantastic singer @jellyroll615 just rolled onto the Tulsa King set! #KeepPunching #TulsaKing."

Many fans reacted to the Oscar winner's post, including one who wrote, "@jellyroll615 @officialslystallone 2 of the most relevant men in parts of my life growing up and my life. Now that I am clean and out of my addiction.1/3/08 I cannot wait to watch this. I am such a huge fan of the both of you." Another fan said, "Absolutely love Sly Stallone and Jelly Roll. Can't wait to see you on the show."

See Stallone's post here.

Jelly posted a clip of the moment on his Insta Stories and wrote, "I can't believe this happened."

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.