{"id":2574678,"date":"2026-02-28T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jelly-rolls-wife-humbly-reminds-people-that-they-are-not-role-models-saying-theyre-imperfect-baby-christians-right-now\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T09:01:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T14:01:33","slug":"jelly-rolls-wife-humbly-reminds-people-that-they-are-not-role-models-saying-theyre-imperfect-baby-christians-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jelly-rolls-wife-humbly-reminds-people-that-they-are-not-role-models-saying-theyre-imperfect-baby-christians-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Jelly Roll&#8217;s Wife Humbly Reminds People That They Are Not Role Models, Saying They&#8217;re Imperfect &#8216;Baby Christians&#8217; Right Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjelly-rolls-wife-humbly-reminds-people-that-they-are-not-role-models-saying-theyre-imperfect-baby-christians-right-now%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2574678&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An article reports that Alisa DeFord, wife of Jelly Roll, says she and her husband are not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraines-slow-motion-offensive-and-frustrations-of-needing-to-be-model-good-guys\/\" title=\"Ukraine&#039;s sluggish offensive and the frustration of being expected to be the perfect ....\">perfect role models<\/a> but \u201cworks in progress\u201d and \u201cbaby Christians.\u201d She and Jelly Roll acknowledge past struggles and insist that God can work through them just as through anyone else,a message tied to promoting her memoir Stripped Down. The remarks, relayed by Protestia and shared on X, come with notes that DeFord is a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3-min-after-new-account-instagram-serves-sex-content-to-13-year-old-boys-analysis-19\/\" title=\"Analysis Reveals Instagram Shows Sexual Content to 13-Year-Old Boys Within 3 Minutes of New Account Creation\">adult-content creator<\/a> and are framed as a contrast to celebrity perfection. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >piece interweaves biblical verses<\/a> (Philippians 1:6; Matthew 7:5; Matthew 5:3) to emphasize that everyone is a work in progress and should strive to be Christ-like rather than presenting an unblemished public image.the article argues for humility and ongoing spiritual growth rather than portraying public figures as paragons of virtue.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s no single person that cannot come to Christ, regardless of their life of sin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/protestia.com\/2026\/02\/25\/were-baby-christians-jelly-rolls-wife-insists-she-and-husband-are-not-role-models-in-new-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Protestia<\/a> reported on Wednesday that Alisa DeFord, the wife of singer\/songwriter Jason DeFord, more popularly known as Jelly Roll, insisted that despite her and her husband&rsquo;s status, they&rsquo;re not default role models for fellow Christians.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re works in progress. We&rsquo;re not perfect. We&rsquo;re not role models, but we want you guys to know that if God can work through us he can work through you,&rdquo; she said in comments Protestia relayed from Today magazine.<\/p>\n<p>DeFord said the two are &ldquo;baby Christians&rdquo; in the interview, which was conducted to promote her memoir &ldquo;Stripped Down.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;God has always had his hand on our lives, but we strayed from him for the longest time&hellip; we&rsquo;re baby Christians,&rdquo; she described.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He grew up in a Methodist household. I grew up Southern Pentecostal. But I also strayed far from [God] and dabbled in things that I thought would fill that void.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[Jelly Roll] went down his own path, too, and we are kind of just now coming back around that corner of being like, you know what, we do love Jesus, and we want to tell the world we love Jesus, and we want to show the world that God is working on us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to Protestia, Alisa DeFord is a former adult content creator. Her comments were later reposted to social media platform X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680;Bunnie Xo expresses her and Jelly Roll&rsquo;s stance as baby Christians saying &ldquo;We aren&rsquo;t Role Models&rdquo; &#8252;&#65039; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ONJstN8a9G\">pic.twitter.com\/ONJstN8a9G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GodlyVibez Studios (@GVStudios_TV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GVStudios_TV\/status\/2026114865656697031?\">February 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Obviously, the two have much to do for their spirituality, but who doesn&rsquo;t?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Philippians%201:6&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philippians 1:6<\/a> reads that &ldquo;he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.&rdquo; Each one of us is a work in progress. Christ, knowing our spiritual weakness could lead us to prideful behavior, cautioned against looking down on others who have clear faults.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%207%3A5&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthew 7:5<\/a> reads, &ldquo;You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother&rsquo;s eye.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And finally, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%205%3A3&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthew 5:3<\/a> Christ says, &ldquo;Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>If only more celebrities and public figures expressed this much awareness about their own lives.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, many present themselves as paragons of purity.<\/p>\n<p>Their lives &mdash; despite being wrought with excess and indulgence &mdash; are somehow exemplary.<\/p>\n<p><em>No one<\/em> leads a completely exemplary life.<\/p>\n<p>We can only strive to be Christ-like.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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She and her husband describe themselves as works in progress\u2014imperfect, but hopeful that God can work through them just as He can work through anyone. In an interview tied to her memoir Stripped Down, DeFord said they are \u201cbaby Christians\u201d who strayed from God for a long time, but God has always had a hand in their lives and they\u2019re now coming back to faith.<\/p>\n<p>The report also notes that DeFord is a former adult-content creator and that her comments were later shared on X. A social-media post from GodlyVibez Studios quoted Bunnie Xo reinforcing the couple\u2019s \u201cbaby Christians\u201d stance, saying they aren\u2019t role models.<\/p>\n<p>The piece argues that everyone has spiritual work to do, citing Philippians 1:6 about God completing the good work He starts in us. It also references Jesus\u2019 teaching in Matthew 7:5 about not judging others before addressing one\u2019s own faults, and Matthew 5:3\u2019s blessing of the poor in spirit, pointing out that no one lives a perfectly exemplary life. The overall takeaway is that celebrities can acknowledge their flaws and strive to become more Christ-like, rather than presenting themselves as perfect paragons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2574679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-02-27T171858.101.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[8049,5250,74792,74791,74793],"class_list":["post-2574678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-accountability","tag-faith","tag-humility-2","tag-jelly-roll-2","tag-role-models"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-02-27T171858.101.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2574678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2574678"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2574678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2574682,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2574678\/revisions\/2574682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2574679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2574678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2574678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2574678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}