A comment attributed to Slipknot guitarist Jim Root has been circulating through the band’s fan communities since Friday, addressing the post he made two weeks ago telling people not to believe everything they read about Sid Wilson’s exit. In it, Root reportedly says that at the time he wrote it, he didn’t know what to believe — while standing by the sentiment and acknowledging the post didn’t age well. It follows Slipknot’s own confirmation on Friday that Wilson is out after 28 years, in a statement they deleted the same day.
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What the comment says
First, the sourcing, because it matters and most outlets are glossing over it.
This is not a post from Root’s verified account. It’s a comment attributed to him that has spread widely through Slipknot fan communities — traced back to a Reddit thread — in the hours after the band’s announcement. It has not been independently confirmed.
With that stated plainly, here’s the substance of it: you couldn’t even believe what he wrote. At the time he wrote it, he didn’t know what to believe. He stands by it anyway. He still doesn’t think anyone should believe everything they read. Time will tell — as it did for his post, which he concedes didn’t age well.
If that’s genuinely Root, it’s a more honest position than most bands manage in this situation. He wasn’t lying to fans two weeks ago. He was a guy inside a mess that hadn’t resolved yet, telling people to wait, because he was waiting too.
Worth remembering these two go back a long way beyond the day job. Root and Wilson were half of the four-man core — with Corey Taylor and Clown — behind Look Outside Your Window, the experimental 2008 side record that finally saw daylight this year after more than a decade of delays. Whatever this is, it isn’t a distant colleague reacting to a headline.
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Rewind: what he actually posted
On July 31, the day TMZ first reported Wilson’s removal, Root posted to Instagram Stories soundtracked by Slipknot’s “‘Til We Die.”
The message: don’t believe everything you read. Stop. Think. Take a breath. Sit with it for a while. Maybe even wait until there’s more information.
A large chunk of the fanbase read that as a flat denial — as Root telling everyone the TMZ report was wrong. Read again now, it says something narrower. It says wait. It never says it’s false.
That distinction is the whole story of the last two weeks.
It also fits the pattern of a band that has never handled member news cleanly. Wilson himself was the one teasing fans to say goodbye ahead of the 25th anniversary era, and the rollout of the new masks and the two unnamed members played out the same way — drip-fed, half-confirmed, and largely decoded by fans before the band said anything.
The Ferris Bueller detour
The other piece of this involves Stacy Thomson, wife of Slipknot guitarist Mick Thomson, and unlike the Root comment, these posts are verifiable — they came from her own accounts.
In the immediate aftermath of the TMZ report, she posted the famous rumour-mill monologue from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off — the one about a best friend’s sister’s boyfriend’s brother’s girlfriend hearing from a guy who knows a kid. Then she followed it with a note telling people not to believe everything they read on the internet, and a defence of the film’s quality.
After Friday’s confirmation, she got called out for it. Her reply: it wasn’t true when TMZ posted it, and she assured the person that the guys always give chances.
Which is its own kind of answer. The suggestion isn’t that the report was fabricated — it’s that at the moment it published, the outcome hadn’t been finalised. Read alongside the Root comment, a picture forms of a band that hadn’t landed on a decision when the story broke, and lost control of the timeline from that point forward.
TMZ themselves reported that Slipknot had been planning to announce it in the first week of August and lost the rollout when the story landed first.
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The one voice still missing
Sid Wilson hasn’t said anything.
He brushed off questions when approached in person. He promoted a merch store. On Wednesday he stood at the World Scratch Invitational and introduced himself as Sid, DJ Starscream, number zero, from the world famous Slipknot — present tense, two days before the band said otherwise.
Since Friday’s announcement, nothing.
There’s also been a separate strand running through this involving pointed social media posts from his former fiancée Kelly Osbourne, which many have assumed were aimed at him. Neither has confirmed that, and it’s personal territory rather than band business, so we’ll leave it there.
What’s left is a 28-year member removed with no public explanation, a guitarist walking back a post he says he never fully believed himself, a bandmate’s spouse arguing the report was premature rather than wrong, and the man at the centre of it saying nothing at all.
Slipknot haven’t played live since Inkcarceration in July 2025. At some point somebody in that organisation is going to have to say more than one sentence.
Wilson’s exit is the fourth departure since 2019 — after Chris Fehn, Craig Jones and Jay Weinberg — and it leaves only four members of the original numbered #0 to #8 lineup still in the band: Root, Clown, Mick Thomson and Corey Taylor. Our full breakdown of who’s actually in Slipknot right now has been updated to reflect Wilson’s removal, and if you want the longer arc, we’ve traced every lineup change in the band’s history from the Des Moines days forward.
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TL;DR
- What’s new: a comment attributed to Jim Root, circulating in Slipknot fan communities, addresses his July 31 “don’t believe everything you read” post — saying he didn’t know what to believe when he wrote it and that it didn’t age well.
- Sourcing caution: the comment has not been confirmed by Root or any verified account. It surfaced via fan communities and Reddit.
- What his original post said: don’t believe everything you read; stop, think, wait for more information. It never stated the TMZ report was false.
- Stacy Thomson’s role: the wife of guitarist Mick Thomson posted a Ferris Bueller rumour-mill quote after the initial report, and later said it wasn’t true when TMZ posted it, adding that the band always give chances.
- Still silent: Sid Wilson has not publicly addressed his removal.
- Unchanged: Slipknot’s own statement gave no reason, and was deleted the same day it went up.
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FAQ
What did Jim Root say about Sid Wilson?
On July 31, following TMZ’s initial report, Root posted to Instagram Stories telling fans not to believe everything they read, and to stop, think and wait for more information. After Slipknot confirmed Wilson’s departure on August 14, a comment attributed to Root began circulating in fan communities in which he says he didn’t know what to believe when he wrote the original post, stands by the sentiment regardless, and acknowledges it didn’t age well. That comment has not been confirmed by a verified account.
Did Jim Root deny that Sid Wilson was fired?
Not explicitly. His original post asked fans to withhold judgement and wait for more information rather than stating the report was untrue — a distinction that became significant once the band confirmed Wilson’s exit two weeks later.
Why did Slipknot part ways with Sid Wilson?
The band have not given a reason. Their statement, posted and then deleted on August 14, 2026, said only that they would no longer be associated with Wilson effective immediately and wished him well. TMZ reported that the decision followed the band’s dissatisfaction with how Wilson treated his bandmates, but that characterisation is TMZ’s and has not been confirmed by Slipknot.
Has Sid Wilson responded?
No. As of publication he has not publicly addressed his removal from the band. He declined to answer questions when approached in person earlier in August, and on August 12 introduced himself as a current member of Slipknot at the World Scratch Invitational — two days before the band’s announcement.
Who is Stacy Thomson?
She is the wife of Slipknot guitarist Mick Thomson. After TMZ’s initial report she posted a quote from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off about rumours spreading second-hand, followed by a note advising people not to believe everything they read online. After the band’s confirmation she responded to criticism by saying the report wasn’t true at the time TMZ published it.
Two weeks of cryptic posts and one deleted statement, and the only person who hasn’t spoken is Sid. What do you think actually happened here? Tell us below, and keep it locked on the Loaded Radio stream — follow Loaded Radio for daily rock and metal news.
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