Country superstar Jelly Roll made a rare red carpet appearance with his nine-year-old son Noah on Friday February, 6. A very slim Jelly Roll joined Jennifer Hudson at the LA premiere of GOAT, but it was Noah who was the special guest as he posed with his father.
Noah revealed his bubbly personality, pulling faces alongside his father as Jelly kept a close arm around his son.
Less is known about Jelly Roll’s son Noah, who was born on August 23, 2016 to Jelly and his former partner, Melisa Ann Cowell.
“God Bless this Child to be everything I am not! Noah Buddy DeFord! I pray he nor Bailee ever have to pay for their father’s sins. I’ll post more pics tomorrow”, the country singer announced on Facebook at the time of his birth.
© Getty ImagesJelly and his wife, internet personality Bunnie XO, try to respect Noah’s privacy, shooting any social media content “around him”. But in recent years he has been making more public appearances, including in one 2023 video where he revealed his favorite color was red, his hobbies were Pokémon and soccer, and that he wanted a dog and a cat as pets.
Bunnie XO announced afterwards that Noah’s mom had approved the video before she posted it.
© FilmMagicIn 2025, Bunnie also shared a short but sweet video of Noah writing lyrics and singing with confidence, with fans quick to draw comparisons between him and his Grammy-winning father.
“When Noah was his daddy’s ghost writer for this hook on Tha Carter 6,” Bunnie captioned the video.
© Getty ImagesJelly – real name Jason DeFord – is also father to 16-year-old daughter Bailee Ann, whom he has full-time custody.
“With Bailee, I’m the full-time parent, I’m the judge, the jury and the executioner, when it comes to decisions with her,” Jelly Roll explained in Taste of Country of the decision to keep Noah away from the spotlight. “I try not to get in the way of what she [Melisa] is building over there, and I never want to step on her toes, with what she’s doing with him, that I want to just respect that boundary.”
© Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for TheJelly and Bunnie have been open about their desire to have children together, with Bunnie – real name Alyssa – sharing that she has been undergoing IVF treatment, and Jelly admitting that his 300lb weight loss was inspired by their conversations.
“My wife and I are talking about having a baby and it really made me realize, at almost 40, I was like, ‘That means I’ve got to live ’til at least 60. I’ve got to see this kid into college,'” he said on the Bussin’ with the Boys podcast as an explanation for his weight loss.
“My plan was never to be 60. It was to be, like, 55,” he continued, “But now I’m like, ‘Well, I’d like to see my 60s.’ You know what I mean? And that really lit it up.”
© Getty Images for NetflixJelly has been spending more time in Los Angeles this year, as he is working alongside Chrissy Teigen and Sarah Michelle Gellar on the rebooted Star Search.
The 2026 Netflix reboot of Star Search is filmed in Studio City with a live studio audience and is hosted by Anthony Anderson.
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