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Grammy Winner Jelly Roll Called Out After Giving Bizarre Excuse To Avoid Reporter's Question About ICE
Feb 04, 2026
Country star Jelly Roll is facing criticism after he attempted to avoid a question from a reporter about ICE after Sunday's Grammy Awards by claiming he's just a "dumb redneck."
The singer—whose real name is Jason Bradley DeFord—earned three awards on Sunday, winning Best Country Duo/Group Performance with Shaboozey, Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song with Brandon Lake, and Best Contemporary Country Album for his tenth studio album, Beautifully Broken.
He was asked for his thoughts on the state of the country amid President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown and as outrage grows around the country following the murders of Minneapolis residents Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti at the hands of ICE agents.
He replied:
“People shouldn’t care to hear my opinion, man. I’m a dumb redneck. I haven’t watched enough. I didn’t have a phone for 18 months. I’ve had one for four months and don’t have social media. I hate to be the artist that’s that aloof, I’m just so disconnected from what’s happening.”
“I grew up in a house of like insane pandemonium. I didn’t even know politics were fucking real until I was in my mid-20s in jail. When you grow up in a drug addict household, you think we have, like, common calls about what’s happening in world politics? We’re just trying to find a way to survive, man.”
You can hear what he said in the video below.
But that explanation doesn't fly because he has actually been photographed meeting Trump, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, House Speaker Mike Johnson, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., MAGA singer Kid Rock, and Donald Trump Jr., among others.
Here are the receipts.
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For someone who claims to not know much about politics, Jelly Roll appears to have conveniently forgotten the time he testified before the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on the fentanyl crisis.
The singer, who was arrested several times and spent time in jail for various charges and felonies including possession with intent to distribute and aggravated robbery, said he was once "the uneducated man in the kitchen playing chemist with drugs I knew absolutely nothing about, just like these drug dealers are doing right now when they're mixing every drug on the market with fentanyl and they're killing the people we love."
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He was swiftly called out.
Jelly Roll's flaky response stands in stark contrast to that of singer Billie Eilish, who said she feels "like we need to just keep fighting and speaking up and protesting" and declared "F**k ICE" when she received the Grammy Award for "Song of the Year" with her brother Finneas O'Connell for their work on the song "Wildflower."
Rapper Bad Bunny—who collected three awards Sunday, including a landmark album of the year win for Debí Tirar Más Fotos—dedicated his win to “all the people who had to leave their homeland, their country to follow their dreams" and said "ICE Out!" to cheers from the audience.
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Kayleigh McEnany Raises Eyebrows With Dubious Story About Her Mom Watching 'Melania' At Packed Theater
Feb 04, 2026
Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany—who served as White House Press Secretary during the final stretch of the first Trump administration—had people raising their eyebrows after she claimed her mother saw the new documentary Melania at a lively Florida movie theater that was "standing room only."
Melania follows current First Lady Melania Trump in the 20 days leading up to President Donald Trump’s second inauguration following the 2024 presidential election. The film was directed by Brett Ratner, who was accused of sexual harassment and misconduct by at least six women.
Amazon MGM paid $40 million for the distribution rights and reportedly poured another $35 million into marketing. The film beat box office predictions to earn more than $7 million over the weekend but will need to generate much more box office to break even.
The film has widely been viewed as a goodwill payment to President Donald Trump and his family as Amazon shores up its lucrative government contracts. MAGA bots have nonetheless come out in full force with enough gushing reviews to give the film a near-perfect audience score on the review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes.
McEnany bragged that "legacy reviewers" were wrong about the film's box office performance and claimed her mother had had a great time at an unusually lively screening:
"My mom went to [see Melania] this weekend. Not only was the theater packed, it was standing room only—if you could try to sneak in the back of the theater."
"People were cheering through it. They were excited. It was interactive. People interplaying with the film. She said it was just electric.”
You can hear what she said in the video below.
No one was buying it.
If the film was truly as great as McEnany claims it is, then there'd be more buzzing on social media... and the film's box office wouldn't be what it is.
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The City Of Minneapolis Just Got Nominated For A Nobel Peace Prize—And Everyone's Thinking The Same Thing
Feb 04, 2026
President Donald Trump isn't going to be happy to know that the editors of The Nation have nominated the city of Minneapolis and its residents for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, citing the city's response to Trump's immigration crackdown that has captured the nation's attention since the murders of Renée Nicole Good and Alex Pretti at the hands of ICE agents.
In a statement addressed to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, the editors noted that "while individuals and organizations have been granted this prize since its inception in 1901, no municipality has ever been recognized."
However, they feel Minneapolis has "met and exceeded the committee’s standard of promoting 'democracy and human rights, and work aimed at creating a better organized and more peaceful world.'"
They added:
"In December 2025, President Donald Trump and his administration deployed thousands of armed and masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement and United States Border Patrol agents to Minneapolis, a beautifully multiracial and multiethnic city of nearly 430,000 people. These agents have targeted the city’s diverse immigrant communities and struck fear into all of its residents." ...
"The people of Minneapolis have suffered countless abuses, including harassment, detention, deportation, and injury. And, in incidents that shocked the world, federal agents have killed multiple residents, including poet and mother of three Renée Nicole Good and intensive care nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti."
"In response to these horrific developments, elected officials, clergy, and labor leaders in Minneapolis and Minnesota have called for nonviolent protest, in accordance with the US Constitution’s promise that Americans have a right to assemble and petition for the redress of grievances."
"The people of Minneapolis and neighboring communities have answered that call with peaceful mass demonstrations that have drawn tens of thousands of protesters to the streets in frigid weather."
The editors acknowledge that Minneapolis residents have "engaged in mutual support and care for neighbors who have been targeted because of the color of their skin or the language they speak" as well as "delivered groceries to residents who are afraid to leave their homes and provided financial support to neighbors who haven’t been able to go to their places of work because of the federal assault on their rights and humanity."
Moreover, their "acts of courage and solidarity" have "challenged the culture of fear, hate, and brutality that has gripped the United States and too many other countries." They and their elected leaders, including Mayor Jacob Frey, "have demonstrated an extraordinary and sustained commitment to human dignity and to the protection of vulnerable communities."
The editors stressed that "the moral leadership of the people and city of Minneapolis has set an example for those struggling against fascism everywhere on the face of a troubled planet, and this, we believe, merits recognition through the award of the Nobel Peace Prize."
The Nation cited the legacy of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. in its nomination, arguing that Minneapolis has embodied nonviolent resistance to state power, writing:
"The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who served as 'The Nation’'s civil rights correspondent from 1961 to 1966, said when he received the Peace Prize in 1964 that the award recognizes those who are 'moving with determination and a majestic scorn for risk and danger to establish a reign of freedom and a rule of justice.'"
"King believed that it is vital to illustrate 'that nonviolence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force which makes for social transformation.'"
"He declared on December 10, 1964, in Oslo, 'Sooner or later all the people of the world will have to discover a way to live together in peace, and thereby transform this pending cosmic elegy into a creative psalm of brotherhood. If this is to be achieved, man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.'"
"We believe that the people of Minneapolis have displayed that love. That is why we are proud to nominate them and their city for the Nobel Peace Prize."
Trump is sure to be upset by this, given how personally he has taken not being recognized by the Norwegian Nobel Committee after his administration’s role in brokering a Gaza ceasefire deal—one Israel has since violated numerous times—and his insistence, despite all evidence to the contrary, that he has ended multiple wars around the globe.
However, Trump was barely eligible for the prize to begin with. Nominations for last year's award closed on January 31, 2025, just days after Trump began his second term in office.
It has been a whirlwind of events in the months since the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the prize to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy."
And since then, Trump has been relentless—he continues to threaten to seize control of Greenland from Denmark, insisting the U.S. needs the island territory for purposes of "national security."
And just last month, though Norway has nothing to do with Greenland whatsoever, he told Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre he no longer feels "an obligation to think purely of Peace" because he didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Machado, meanwhile, is facing heavy criticism since she gave her prize to Trump despite the Nobel Committee's insistence that prizes can't be transferred. Machado ignored the pushback from the Nobel Committee and went to Washington anyway, saying she had done so "as a recognition for his [Trump's] unique commitment with our freedom."
Yeah... Trump will be furious—and people are loving this latest development.
We expect an angry Truth Social post any minute now.
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People Explain Which 'Small' Social Rules They Refuse To Ever Follow
Feb 04, 2026
Home, work, the library, other people's homes, the grocery store; no matter where we go, there are rules and expectations.
Perhaps most of these are reasonable enough to assume everyone will follow along and do them to make the setting comfortable for everyone.
But every once in a while, there's a rule or expectation that was made to be disregarded.
Curious, Redditor GlitchOperative asked:
"What's a 'small' social rule you refuse to follow, even if everyone expects it?"
Constant Availability
"Being available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. I don’t answer my phone if I am already talking with someone else."
- merishore25
"I also turned off read receipts and typing notifications for texts. Nobody needs that information."
- fuzzy11287
Donating At Checkout
"I say no whenever I'm asked if I would like to donate to a cause when at the register buying something."
- retired_degenerate
"I hate when large corps ask customers to donate. They're more than rich enough to donate food to those in need. It's weird to ask random people who are financially struggling to donate."
- Fit_Priority_3672
Gratefully Accept
"I don't play the, 'Oh no, I couldn't possibly' game. If someone offers me something, like money, food, a gift, whatever, I ask if they're sure ONE time, and if they still want me to take it, it's mine. If their offer wasn't genuine, it's on them."
- Creepy_Grass897
"I also do this because if someone is offering, it feels a little rude to say no over and over again."
- CaffeinatedLystro
"I recently learned this, and have implemented it ever since."
"I have an elderly, recently widowed aunt, and I do things around the house for her, visit with her, and my husband fixes stuff to help her. She always wants to Venmo us to thank us, and I'd always tell her no, you're family, we don't mind helping, you've done things for me my whole childhood, etc."
"Finally, one day she said, 'Don't refuse money when people give it to you, and don't question it. Just take it.' I don't know why, but it just clicked."
- crinkle_cut_cheddar
A Complete Sentence
"Having an excuse as to why you’re saying no. Once I realized 'no' is a full sentence, things have been easier."
- BB8088BB
"I always say, 'I can't, but thanks!' No one has ever questioned me."
- FruitcakeBeast
Someone Has To Leave First
"Staying for an entire social event. I leave the moment I no longer want to be there."
- Heelsbythebridge
"At least you show up, that's commendable. These days I show up, have a drink, make conversation with a few people, and leave and go home. No one remembers you leaving early, but they will remember if you don't show and eventually stop inviting."
- EnthusiasmUnusual
Surprising The Manager
"Giving money at work to buy a manager (or higher level boss) a gift for Xmas, birthday, or whatever."
- wolterjwb
"As a boss, I hate it. I try my best to give back to the team, and yes, I will get gifts here and there, but it’s always awkward. I’d rather they not."
- Chubuwee
Going It Alone
"Bringing someone with me to eat or go to the movies. What's the big deal? I don't have to talk or share my overpriced popcorn."
- kavalejava
"Same. If I want to go to the movies and none of my friends are free, I’m just gonna go. I don’t give a d**n if anyone thinks it’s weird."
- i-fart-butterflies
Honest No Matter What
"Don't speak ill of the dead. F**k that noise. Dead a**holes are still a**holes."
- tesseract4
"Right? If there is an afterlife, and you can hear me talk s**t about you, good. You deserve to know I think you're an a**hole."
- IllyriaGodKing
Polite But Real
"I don't know if it's necessarily a small rule, but I don't keep it 100% professional at work. I still talk like a human being, I'm always polite towards people, but I don't talk like a robot who's afraid of saying anything out of line."
- relativlysmart
"I recently moved into management, and after having worked under so many bad supervisors, I decided to just continue being my genuine self and not forget where I came from."
"I don't try to be the 'cool boss' Michael Scott style, but I treat my direct reports like peers and mentees (and most importantly like fellow humans) and don't try to lead through fear and intimidation, because I've been in that situation and nobody should have to put up with that."
- jrbuckley0
Family Ties
"Pretending to like people just because we are related."
- Ok_Indepdence4154
"I’ll try my best to get along with someone I can’t stand in order to avoid drama or just avoid them if possible, but I’m not going to be fake and pretend to like them."
- Loganp812
Enjoy The Silence
"Forcing small talk when silence would be perfectly fine."
- dehsterfekt
"I feel like the best friends you have are the ones you can stay both silent without feeling a need to talk."
- prestonpiggy
Respect Goes Both Ways
"‘Respect your elders’ goes out the window when they’re rude to me."
- Lizzie-P
"I was at work once, and an elderly woman grabbed my arm and pulled up my sleeve to try to look at my tattoo."
"I pulled away and said, 'You could have just asked.'"
"She replied, 'I NEVER ask.'"
"It creeped me out so f**king much that I reported her to my manager. She was forced to apologize if she still wanted to patron the business."
"She was mortified. She really thought she could just touch people cause she’s old."
- nuitbelle
Elbows For Everyone
"It's comfortable to rest my elbows on the table. I'm gonna keep doing it."
- 99thLuftballoon
"Literally, medieval tables were easy to tip over from leaning on them. Also, many people usually sat at one table in a medieval hall, meaning there was no way to have your elbows on the table without taking up someone else’s space."
"So yeah, there’s no real modern reason anymore."
- Am_i_banned_yet_
Glorifying Being Busy
"I refuse to do the 'I’m so busy' brag. Everyone expects you to act like you're drowning in work to prove your value."
"When people ask how I am, I’m honest if I’m having a relaxing week. We need to stop glamorizing burnout as a personality trait."
- Pirah7
No One's Home
"If you knock on my door, I don't have to come answer or even acknowledge you were there."
- stokeszdude
"Growing up, we were told not to answer the door if we didn't know the person. I'm an adult and still do that. If I peek out the window and don't recognize you, I'm not answering."
- Dia_Beeyt
Each of these expectations are small enough that many people reasonable do them, but if they truly do not align with someone, it really won't hurt the other people around them.
It's easy to forget that we can say no and put our needs first, especially when doing so will not hurt or inconvenience anyone in any real way.
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MCU Fans Concerned After Kat Dennings Reveals That Marvel Has 'Scanned' Her Likeness
Feb 03, 2026
When you hear that you’re getting a “body scan,” you probably assume it’s tied to a medical procedure—not that your entire physical likeness is being quietly archived for potential future use in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
But that’s allegedly what happened to MCU star Kat Dennings, who casually dropped the revelation while addressing her status in Avengers: Doomsday.
Dennings made the comment while on the set of her series Shifting Gears, where she was quick to shut down rumors about appearing in the upcoming Avengers installment.
In a clip shared by Entertainment Tonight, Dennings walked viewers through her current standing in the MCU.
Dennings addressed speculation about her involvement in Avengers: Doomsday:
“I am in the [Marvel] universe and, as you know, I can’t tell you anything. But I am not in it. I mean, I’m not in it. I am telling you right now, I’m not in it. If I were in it, which I’m not, I couldn’t tell you, but I literally am not. I’m sure they already filmed it. I was here [on set]. I’m not in it…”
Dennings has played Darcy Lewis in the MCU since her debut in Thor in 2011, most recently appearing in Thor: Love and Thunder in 2022. So when she definitively ruled out joining Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in Avengers: Doomsday, set to premiere in December, that should have been the end of the story.
Instead, it was her follow-up explanation that raised more than a few Vibranium-strength eyebrows.
Dennings revealed what Marvel Studios already has on file:
“But they did scan me, so to be honest, they could put me in anything they want at this point. I’m in the system.”
Did you hear that? It’s the multiverse of body scans quietly cracking open.
And, yes, Dennings’s comments sure feel ominous, particularly as actors continue to raise alarms about artificial intelligence and digital replicas. On the other hand, body scans are becoming more common for visual effects and continuity, but actors have increasingly said they aren’t always fully informed about how their likenesses may be used—or reused—down the line.
You can view Dennings’s interview here:
Dennings isn’t the only performer fueling speculation about Avengers: Doomsday. The Traitors host Alan Cumming recently told Gold Derby that he filmed scenes for the movie “in isolation,” without interacting with other cast members.
Cumming described his experience filming Avengers: Doomsday:
“I did the entire film in isolation. Lots of green screen, face replacement. They even gave characters fake names. I don’t know who I was acting with half the time. I broke the internet by mentioning something once, but honestly, I might have got it wrong.”
Other actors have spoken more broadly about their unease with body scans themselves.
Olivia Williams, who appears in Dune: Prophecy, has previously described how casually the process can be introduced on set.
“A friendly assistant director who is already known to you, who brings you tea and holds your phone while you’re acting, says that the VFX [visual effects] team are in today – and just after you finish the scene, could you pop over to the VFX bus? And off you go.”
That… actually sounds kind of nice. Tea and a VFX bus? Count us in.
Still, not everyone is reassured. Nicolas Cage, who is set to star in Sony’s upcoming Marvel project Spider-Noir, recently voiced deep concern over how body scans could be used.
Cage spoke to the New York Times about digital replicas:
“They have to put me in a computer and match my eye color and change — I don’t know. They’re just going to steal my body and do whatever they want with it via digital AI. … God, I hope not AI. I’m terrified of that.”
While there are non-AI reasons to scan actors on set, the pace of technological change has made those assurances feel increasingly fragile.
Studios can now digitally insert deceased actors into films, as seen when former Superman stars George Reeves and Christopher Reeve appeared in The Flash. Neither actor was body-scanned during their lifetime, which raises obvious questions about what becomes possible when studios do have high-resolution scans on file.
Cage himself was digitally referenced in The Flash in 2023, starring Ezra Miller, Sasha Calle, and Michael Keaton, who reprised his role as the Batman.
Cage continued his warning about digital likenesses:
“I’ve been very vocal about it. And it makes me wonder, you know, where will the truth of the artists end up? Is it going to be replaced? Is it going to be transmogrified? Where’s the heartbeat going to be? I mean, what are you going to do with my body and my face when I’m dead? I don’t want you to do anything with it!”
The remark sparked immediate concern online, with fans debating whether Dennings’s scan was standard VFX practice or a quiet Avengers: Doomsday spoiler hiding in plain sight.
You can view the reactions here:
Dennings currently stars in the sitcom Shifting Gears alongside Tim Allen. The series centers on Matt, a stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop whose life is turned upside down when his estranged adult daughter, Riley, and her kids move in, forcing a family “restoration” alongside the automotive ones.
But Dennings’s offhand admission about being “in the system” lands in a far less cozy context. While high-profile actors like Dennings, Williams, and Cage can publicly question how their likenesses are used, background actors have historically had far less leverage.
During the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, it emerged that studios proposed using AI to replicate extras, with an AMPTP offer that would have allowed their digital likenesses to be reused in perpetuity. The strike ultimately led to new guardrails, requiring studios to obtain informed written consent before creating or using a digital replica of an actor.
Still, as VFX technology continues to evolve, Dennings’s body scan underscores the lingering unease at the center of the debate. In an industry built on expensive and effects-heavy sequels, multiverses, and digital resurrection, the question isn’t just whether studios can reuse an actor’s image, but how much consent and control performers truly retain once they’re scanned.
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