Jelly Roll revealed that his weight took a serious toll on his bedroom performance.
Aside from his obesity causing âsuper highâ insulin and cholesterol levels, the country star had the testosterone level of a âpreteen boy,â which made him unable to get aroused.
âYou canât get it up without T. I was married to a smoke show, and I was still struggling,â he told Menâs Health for their Friday cover story, referring to his wife, Bunnie Xo.
âMy testosterone level â and Iâm cool to talk about this openly â was of a preteen boy,â the Grammy nominee admitted. âWhen I went in there for the test, it was bad. Bad. The world opened up when I seen it on paper. I was like, Thatâs my testosterone level? I mean, dude, weâre talking a 57.â
For reference, normal levels for a 41-year-old man â Jelly Rollâs age â start around 300 ng/dL and go up to 1,000. However, obesity is associated with low testosterone levels, 300 ng/dL and lower, according to Baptist Health.
The singer shared that his low testosterone was one motivation for starting his weight-loss journey. It also prompted him to start testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), which has transformed his sex life.
âIâll be on testosterone replacement therapy probably for the rest of my life,â he said.
âNow itâs a totally different thing. Iâm chasing her around the house, you know what Iâm saying?â Iâm like a teenage kid again!
âIâm like the Pink Panther. I bust out of every corner. And she opens the cabinet, and I go, âHi!ââ he quipped.
The âWild Onesâ singer opened up about his once âhorribleâ sex life earlier this month, where he again insisted that his wife â who he married in 2016 â was not the problem.
âDude, I married a fâking big-tittied, blond, beautiful woman, you know what I mean?â he proudly said on âThe Joe Rogan Experience.â âI married the kind of woman that makes you smile when you cry.â
âMy sex life was horrible⊠I couldnât even get aroused, I was so big,â he confessed.
He also joked that he was âhaving to play Twister to have sex.â
âLeft foot here, right foot on the X,â he cracked. âAre we in there yet? Tell me if you feel something.â
Jelly Roll â born Jason Bradley Deford â once weighed 550 pounds at his heaviest. Heâs lost more than 200 pounds since embarking on a weight loss journey in 2022.
In September, he celebrated the milestone by treating himself to a designer wardrobe.
âI can fit in Louis Vuitton now. Pray for my bank account,â he playfully captioned some snaps, showing off his impressive weight loss.
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