{"id":799717,"date":"2026-08-02T18:08:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T18:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/799717\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T18:08:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T18:08:26","slug":"slipknot-guitarist-issues-cryptic-plea-amid-reports-of-sid-wilsons-firing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/799717\/","title":{"rendered":"Slipknot guitarist issues cryptic plea amid reports of Sid Wilson\u2019s firing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jim Root, guitarist for the heavy metal band Slipknot<\/a>, has warned followers not to believe everything they read as reports continue to circulate that his bandmate, Sid Wilson, was kicked out of the group. <\/p>\n

On Friday, TMZ published a story, citing a source close to the band, who claimed that the DJ and keyboardist<\/a>, 49, had been \u201cpermanently\u201d let go. <\/p>\n

Within hours of the report, 54-year-old Root \u2014 who joined the band in 1999 \u2014 shared a cryptic message on his Instagram Story, seemingly in reference to the rumors<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t believe everything you read. Stop. Think. Take a breath,\u201d he urged. \u201cSit with it for a while. Maybe. Just maybe even wait until there\u2019s more information.\u201d<\/p>\n

Representatives for Slipknot and Wilson did not immediately respond to The Independent\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n

\"Slipknot'sSlipknot’s longtime guitarist, Jim Root, warned people not to believe ‘everything you read’ (Getty Images)\"DJDJ and keyboardist Sid Wilson was previously engaged to Kelly Osbourne (AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Wilson is among the \u201cDuality\u201d<\/a> band\u2019s nine classic-era members, having joined the lineup in 1998, ahead of the release of their self-titled debut album in 1999.<\/p>\n

He was previously engaged to the late Ozzy Osbourne\u2019s daughter, Kelly Osbourne. The pair began dating in 2022, after 23 years of friendship. They welcomed their first child together, son Sidney, later that year, before getting engaged in July 2025. <\/p>\n

They called off the engagement seven months later in March 2026. At the time, People<\/a> spoke to a source who claimed that Kelly \u201chas been in a challenging headspace for several reasons. It\u2019s been very emotional for her. She\u2019s had a lot going on.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOzzy\u2019s death still affects her deeply. She\u2019s very focused on being there for her mom right now. They\u2019re incredibly close and that\u2019s been her priority,\u201d the source said. \u201cIt\u2019s been hard for Kelly and Sid to balance everything, especially with different priorities about where to spend time. This has put a strain on their relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"SlipknotSlipknot has gone through various lineup changes throughout the years (Anthony Scanga)<\/p>\n

Slipknot was formed in 1995 by three founding members: former lead singer Anders Colsefni, the late bassist Paul Gray, and percussionist Shawn \u201cClown\u201d Crahan. They later expanded the band by adding seven more musicians, including Sid Wilson, Jim Root, Corey Taylor, Mick Thomson, Craig Jones, the late Joey Jordison and Chris Fehn, creating the nine-member lineup widely regarded as the band\u2019s classic era.<\/p>\n

The Grammy-winning band has undergone various lineup changes throughout the years, due to departures, dismissals and deaths. The current lineup is composed of longtime members Root, Wilson, Taylor, Thompson and Crahan, alongside newer additions: drummer Eloy Casagrande, percussionist and backing vocalist Michael Pfaff, and bassist Allesandro Venturella. <\/p>\n

Slipknot is best known for hits such as \u201cDuality,\u201d \u201cPsychosocial,\u201d and Before I Forget.\u201d They have released a total of seven albums. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":799718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":["post-799717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/799718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}