Jelly Roll Reveals He Broke His Collarbone In ATV Accident, Admits He Hid Injury And Quietly Recovered For Months

“I was out there running around all the Grammys with a broken collarbone,” he revealed. “Every time I hugged somebody that week, I wanted to scream.”

Jelly Roll; Photo Courtesy of Instagram

Jelly Roll is opening up about a frightening accident he kept secret for months after nearly “totaling” his ATV, an incident his wife, Bunnie XO, described as the “worst day of my life.” On Sunday evening (March 1), the genre-bending superstar took to social media to shared details about the incident with fans.

“I’ve been keeping a secret from y’all… 🤕” Jelly Roll captioned the short clip, where he revealed that he broke his collarbone, also known as the clavicle.

The genre-bending superstar revealed he had been privately recovering from an accident that occurred in late December 2025, ahead of his appearance at the 2026 GRAMMY Awards on February 1, where he won his first three GRAMMYs. He began the update by sharing a clip of his ATV, explaining it was the first time he had gotten back on it since the accident.

“Y’all just took this thing out for the first time since I flipped it,” Jelly Roll, whose real name is Jason DeFord, began. According to a CT scan (CT Head w/o Contrast) that appears in the clip, the accident likely occurred in the afternoon of December 18, 2025.

According to the “I Am Not Okay” singer, he broke his left collarbone in an ATV accident after flipping the vehicle and sustaining a serious injury.

“Man, broke my collarbone. I was so scared to get back on this thing, y’all, [and] I just knew that if I didn’t get back on it sooner than later, I was going to just be more and more afraid of it,” he continued, before detailing that his brother took the near-totaled ATV to American Motor Sports in Dickson, Tennessee. “I tell y’all what though, man. My brother got it fixed, dude, and he killed it. I mean, it’s brand new. I figured I’d have totaled it. Whoever did this for us. Thank y’all,” he added.

Jelly Roll Breaks Collarbone in ATV Accident; Photo Courtesy of Instagram

Jelly Roll then opened up about quietly recovering from the injury while continuing with normal life and attending high-profile events like the GRAMMYs, where he admitted he wanted to cry every time someone hugged him.

“I was just thinking I was out there running around all the Grammys with a broken collarbone,” he revealed. “Every time I hugged somebody that week, I wanted to scream. I just didn’t say it. But every time somebody squeezed me, dude, I thought I was going to cry.”

In addition to the 2026 GRAMMY Awards, Jelly Roll also made several other public appearances during this time, including his headlining New Year’s Eve concert at the Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

As he reflected on the scary moment and his recovery, Jelly Roll concluded, “Sometimes the machine can do more than the user thinks it can. This was all user error. But anyways, mural of the story get back on that pony, baby. Love y’all.”

Jelly Roll; Photo Courtesy of Getty Images for The Recording Academy

The 41-year-old Nashville native didn’t share an update on his recovery from the accident, but it appears he is doing much better. According to the Cleveland Clinic, a broken collarbone (or clavicle fracture) is a “serious injury” and can take “8 to 12 weeks for adults” to heal depending on the extent of the injury.

The update comes just days after Jelly Roll unveiled plans for a limited run of headlining dates, The Little ASS Shed Tour, featuring Kashus Culpepper as a special guest. Produced by Live Nation, the Little ASS Shed Tour will kick off on May 28 at iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida, and will visit the South, Midwest, Northeast, and Pacific Northwest, stopping in cities such as Orange Beach, Charleston, Virginia Beach, Grand Rapids, Saratoga Springs, and Bangor before closing out in Walla Walla, Washington, at Wine Country Amphitheater.