AUSTIN, TEXAS – APRIL 07: Lainey Wilson performs onstage during the 2024 CMT Music Awards at Moody Center on April 07, 2024 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Hubert Vestil/Getty Images)Getty Images

In a new interview, Wilson commented on what Jelly Roll said about her after the “Watermelon Moonshine” singer won the “Entertainer of the Year” award at this year’s CMA Awards.

On an episode of Taste of Country Nights On Demand, Jelly Roll enthusiastically spoke about Wilson.

“When I seen her, I could tell she was a little frazzled. I said, ‘You okay?’” he said on the podcast. “She’d just pulled up, she was running late. She was like, ‘Man, I had to wake up at 5 o’clock this morning to catch a flight, and had a layover at such and such for five hours. I leave here and I got a 4 a.m. flight tomorrow to do a corporate show at three in the afternoon, then I gotta fly to another city to do Luke Combs.’”

“These were commercial flights. This girl was running on fumes. Her work ethic is next level,” he said.

After, Taste of Country Nights – a syndicated radio show hosted by Evan Paul – sat with Wilson, where she was able to hear what her label mate previously said about work ethic.

Wilson was seemingly flattered by the recent commentary.

“I’ll take it. But I will say, you know, if Jelly Roll don’t beat me with the whole work ethic thing, I think he comes in a close second,” the “Wildflowers and Wild Horses” singer said. “Cause, he’s always somewhere. I’m like, ‘Man, I thought I was the only one running around,’ and he’s like, ‘I been running around, too.’”

“But it’s fun, this is what we asked for, and I feel so blessed and lucky to be a part of what’s happening right now,” she continued.

When asked whom she considers as a big brother in country music, other than Jelly Roll and Luke Combs – in terms of looking out for her and having supported her nonstop since coming to Nashville – Wilson had someone in mind.

“Hardy, I mean Hardy is more like my twin brother, ya know? I have so many friends in the industry and a lot of them treat me like I’m their little sister. Even Cole Swindell they all kind of treat me that way. Which I love because they fight for me, and I fight for them,” the singer-songwriter said.