Jelly Roll's 16-Year-Old Daughter Bailee Says She's Planning On Going to College and Wants to Study Law

Mar. 15, 2025

Jelly Roll with his daughter Bailee at the 66th Grammy Awards on February 04, 2024.Photo:Kevin Mazur/Getty

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Jelly Rollis raising an ambitious daughter!During an appearance on the Monday, Nov. 18, edition of her stepmomBunnie Xo’spodcast,Dumb Blonde, 16-year-oldBaileeopened up about all the goals she has set for herself after graduating from high school.“I wanna go to Columbia for law,” said Bailee after being asked if she wanted to follow in her country superstar father’s footsteps.Jelly Roll with his daughter Bailee at the T-Mobile Mane Stage during the 2024 Stagecoach Festival.Amy Sussman/Getty"That’s where I wanna go, and I wanna study law. As for music, I don’t have any plans for it right now. I don’t know if I ever," she continued.The teenager said she believes she would “definitely want to do criminal defense” and doesn’t believe she would “survive” in anything civil, noting that she may want to specialize in cases dealing with narcotics.“I think it’s very complex. It’s very complex, morally and legally. There’s a lot of loopholes,” she said.The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!“It’s wild, to be honest. And I think that’s part of the reason I’m so invested in it,” continued Bailee. “Because if I was going into medicine, I would have done medicine, and I hate the medical field. I hate western medicine. I hate the way that we handle health and health insurance and everything, and I couldn’t — there was no getting into that for me.““And whatever field I get into, I’m ready to turn it upside down,” continued Bailee, noting that she would consider being a congresswoman, a judge, or the president.Bailee, Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo at the ‘Jelly Roll: Save Me’ Documentary World Premiere at the Ryman Auditorium on May 30, 2023.Jason Kempin/GettySpeaking about her current experience as a high schooler with a famous father, she said: “Everybody kind of doesn’t care anymore.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“Because we’re all kinda used to it,” explained Bailee. “He does, like, he’s come to football games, and he whatever. So I think everybody’s kind of over that ‘Oh, my God.’ And, also, people are kinda just know not to f— with me. I’m just not the one. So it’s pretty easy. Other than that, making new friendships is hard, but I just don’t do that anymore.”

Jelly Rollis raising an ambitious daughter!

During an appearance on the Monday, Nov. 18, edition of her stepmomBunnie Xo’spodcast,Dumb Blonde, 16-year-oldBaileeopened up about all the goals she has set for herself after graduating from high school.

“I wanna go to Columbia for law,” said Bailee after being asked if she wanted to follow in her country superstar father’s footsteps.

Jelly Roll with his daughter Bailee at the T-Mobile Mane Stage during the 2024 Stagecoach Festival.Amy Sussman/Getty

Amy Sussman/Getty

“That’s where I wanna go, and I wanna study law. As for music, I don’t have any plans for it right now. I don’t know if I ever,” she continued.

The teenager said she believes she would “definitely want to do criminal defense” and doesn’t believe she would “survive” in anything civil, noting that she may want to specialize in cases dealing with narcotics.

“I think it’s very complex. It’s very complex, morally and legally. There’s a lot of loopholes,” she said.

The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!

“It’s wild, to be honest. And I think that’s part of the reason I’m so invested in it,” continued Bailee. “Because if I was going into medicine, I would have done medicine, and I hate the medical field. I hate western medicine. I hate the way that we handle health and health insurance and everything, and I couldn’t — there was no getting into that for me.”

“And whatever field I get into, I’m ready to turn it upside down,” continued Bailee, noting that she would consider being a congresswoman, a judge, or the president.

Bailee, Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo at the ‘Jelly Roll: Save Me’ Documentary World Premiere at the Ryman Auditorium on May 30, 2023.Jason Kempin/Getty

Jason Kempin/Getty

Speaking about her current experience as a high schooler with a famous father, she said: “Everybody kind of doesn’t care anymore.”

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

“Because we’re all kinda used to it,” explained Bailee. “He does, like, he’s come to football games, and he whatever. So I think everybody’s kind of over that ‘Oh, my God.’ And, also, people are kinda just know not to f— with me. I’m just not the one. So it’s pretty easy. Other than that, making new friendships is hard, but I just don’t do that anymore.”

source: people.com