Nation star Colt Ford shared that he and Jelly Roll had been capable of bond over what it’s prefer to be the “big guys.”
Throughout a current interview with Folks, Ford revealed that he and Jelly Roll frolicked backstage at one of many “Save Me” singer’s live shows, the place they mentioned the difficult emotions that include attempting to dwell a more healthy way of life when a lot of your public picture is related to weight.
“Jelly has lost a bunch of weight,” Ford informed the outlet. “You start to think when you’re a big guy like that and people love you, ‘What if I lose weight? Are they going to still like me?’ And I’m like, ‘No, bro. I thought that for so long. No, no, no. As long as you’re who you are, and you’re authentic and good to people, s—, they don’t care.’”
Ford, who as soon as weighed 340 kilos, started his well being journey in 2022, after he was recognized with myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune illness that causes muscle weak spot, dropping to 250 kilos.
Following a near-fatal coronary heart assault in April 2024, Ford dedicated to a good greater way of life change, revealing he has since given up fried meals and soda, and has begun strolling extra.
“There’s much easier diets,” he stated. “But when I tried to lose weight before, when you’re as heavy as I was… you feel like you’re working hard and you still look in the mirror and go, ‘This sucks. I’d rather just go back to [fast-food chain] Zaxby’s.’”
Ford went on to share that he has not had a sip of soda or eaten any fried rooster since his well being scare, explaining, “I’m eating a lot healthier. It’s nice to feel good and be able to tell people like Jelly that.”
In a earlier interview with Folks, Ford shared that he knew he had efficiently given up his fast-food dependancy when he was capable of flip down his spouse’s provide to go to Waffle Home to have a good time his fifty fifth birthday.
“When I woke up, my wife Megan goes, ‘I’ll take you to Waffle House,’” the singer stated. “And I said, ‘Nah, I don’t want to go.’ That’s when I knew I had won. I broke the habit.”
Jelly Roll has additionally been open about his journey to a more healthy way of life, sharing in November 2024 that he had misplaced 110 kilos.
He debuted his slimmer look on the 2024 CMA Awards, the place he walked the purple carpet alongside his spouse, Bunnie XO, and his 15-year-old daughter, Bailee Ann.
He went into element about what the method has been like for him on a December 2024 episode of his spouse’s podcast, “Dumb Blonde,” explaining he went via it “publicly for a reason.”
“I think that people that become as big as I became, when they lose the weight, they’re kind of ashamed,” he stated. “They’re so ashamed that they go and hide and lose the weight, and then they come back out, and they don’t really know how to interact with the world, looking different or feeling different, you know? And they kind of got to find their whole new way.”
The “Church” singer additionally needs individuals to see that his success within the music business is not depending on his dimension, saying he “became successful in spite of” his weight, someway managing “to be this successful with carrying 550 pounds.”
