At the 2024 CMA Awards, Jelly Roll received a bit of a jab as Lainey Wilson, Peyton Manning, and Luke Bryan opened the show.

During their opening monologue, the trio gave a few shoutouts to the crowd, including Jelly. Particularly, they noted that he was “looking good,” with Lainey explaining: “He sure is – Him and [his wife] Bunny both … This is what I’ve heard: Jelly, he’s spent the year exercising and eating healthy and drinking less.”

Luke, in disbelief, cut into the conversation at that point. “That’s the saddest thing I’ve ever heard,” he said, adding: “I’m so sorry.” Of course, it was all in good fun as the crowd and Jelly chuckled along together.

It’s not secret that Jelly has been focusing on his health lately. In fact, he admitted to losing over a 100lbs. “The battle was with the food addiction, changing the way I’ve looked at food for the last 39 years,” he previously told PEOPLE. “I’ve never had a healthy relationship with food, so that was the hard part. But once you get into that discipline and commitment, it’s like an avalanche. Once that little snowball started rolling, it was on its way.”

Previously, Jelly’s wife admitted that fat jokes deeply hurt the country sta r. She said on the Dumb Blonde podcast: “My husband got off the Internet because he is so tired of being bullied about his f**king weight, and that makes me want to cry because he is the sweetest angel baby.”

The 2024 Country Music Awards were held on Wednesday, Nov. 20 at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. This year marks the 58th annual ceremony presented to country music artists and broadcasters to recognize outstanding achievement in the country music industry over the last year.

This years’ highly anticipated ceremony will feature performances from some of the biggest names in country including Post Malone, Chris Stapleton, Lainey Wilson, Shaboozey, Kelsea Ballerini, Brooks & Dunn, Eric Church, Luke Combs, Riley Green, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Ella Langley, Noah Kahan, Megan Moroney, Kacey Musgraves and Bailey Zimmerman.

Presenters Simone Biles, Clint Black, Jeff Bridges, Mark Collie, Jordan Davis, and Freddie Freeman are expected to take the stage to hand off the well-deserved trophies.

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