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The country star talks to PEOPLE in this week’s issue about being starstruck by Swift<\/p>\n

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\"Jelly<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

He may be a Grammy-nominated country star, but even Jelly Roll gets starstruck sometimes.<\/p>\n

The \u201cWinning Streak\u201d singer, 39, opens up to PEOPLE in this week\u2019s issue about his Taylor Swift meet-cute at the 2024 Grammy Awards, and how he was nearly rendered speechless by his run-in with the pop star.<\/p>\n

Jelly says that upon seeing Swift, 34, he gathered up his courage to tell her about how he used to push his daughter Bailee, now 16, on the swings at a children\u2019s playground that she helped fund in Hendersonville, Tenn.<\/p>\n

\u201cI take a ridiculous, probably abnormal, amount of pride in being from Nashville, so anytime I can link a Tennessee connect, it tickles me,\u201d he explains. \u201cTaylor lived in Hendersonville for a while, and she had bought a playground. I used to push Bailee on that swingset that Taylor donated to Hendersonville. I wanted to tell her that when I met her, but I was so nervous I couldn\u2019t even remember what swingset it was.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Bailee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 2010, Swift \u2014 who went to high school in Hendersonville \u2014 teamed up with Little Tikes Commercial to rebuild the Kids Kingdom playground at Memorial Park, which had been destroyed by flooding. A press release at the time said the \u201cFortnight\u201d singer donated $100,000 to the project to help bring it to completion. The playground now includes castle-inspired slides with flags bearing Swift\u2019s signature.<\/p>\n

Jelly says that even though Swift was the one to approach him at the Grammys, he was still left tongue-tied.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy wife [Bunnie Xo] said, \u2018I think Taylor\u2019s coming over to holler at you.\u2019 It was like the Red Sea parted for her,\u201d he recalls. \u201cI\u2019m looking at Taylor Swift and I have a reason to explain to her why I like her so much, and I\u2019m going, \u2018You built the swingset somewhere, my daughter, I pushed her on it.\u2019 I did so bad! Definitely was at a loss for words in that moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"jelly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Their meeting was captured on video by Bunnie, who shared the moment to TikTok.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen your hubby gets to meet his crush finally,\u201d she wrote on the clip.<\/p>\n

Jelly may have a chance to redeem himself at the 2025 Grammy Awards in February, as both he and Swift are nominated once more for several trophies. This year, his hit \u201cI Am Not Okay\u201d is up for best country and best country solo performance, while Swift is nominated six times.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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