Jelly Roll is happy to be alive after a scary experience prior to this year's CMT Awards. Ahead of the 2024 ceremony, had a terrifying experience with his private jet. Three days ago the country
Singer and his wife Bunnie XO were on board a plane that had to make an emergency landing. In a TikTok video shared by Bunnie, 44, on April 4, she said: "Our plane we were on just stopped mid air & turned around for an emergency landing." The Dumb Blonde Podcast host shared in the video, their pilot explaining and reassuring them inside the cabin of the aircraft and then later, of Jelly Roll, 39, talking about the situation in a room with people in the background. Opening up, he said: "The plane just got turned around. They turned the plane around. They said it's an issue with the computer." Bunnie responded with, "And they want us to get back on it," before the Tennessee native responded: "At least it wasn't the brakes. The Tiktok was captioned, " Jelly Roll told E! News" "What happened was the screen cut out. "The pilot was like, 'I'm not even risking this.' He had to manually fly the plane back. He had to fly like it was the 1960s again. He was shooken," he continued, commending the pilot. "It was incredible. We're blessed," The Tears Could Talk singer added. Jelly Roll was nominated in three categories at the 2024 CMT Awards: Video of the Year, Male Video of the Year and CMT Performance of the Year for Need a Favor. He swept his categories and won all three honors. In one of Jelly Roll's acceptance speeches, he included a special shoutout filled with gratitude and love to Bunnie, his "beautiful wife" 'I am blessed to have you as a best friend. I am blessed to have you as a partner, You find beauty in broken things, and I love you,” he said warmly. The musician also ended the night with him performing "Halfway To Hell," closing the 2024 CMT
music Awards.