Zach Bryan in Frisco, Texas in May 2023.Photo:Gilbert Flores/Penske Media via Getty
Gilbert Flores/Penske Media via Getty
Chart-topping country starZach Bryanisn’t proud of getting arrested and jailed.
One day after the “I Remember Everything” singer-songwriter wasarrested for obstruction of investigationand held in custody in his home state of Oklahoma on Thursday evening, heexplained his actions in a videoposted to his social media pages.
The musician explained that “the whole story” began “around three days ago,” when he was driving about “four or five” miles per hour over the speed limit while driving in Oklahoma and got pulled over.
“First thing he asks for is license registration and my address, and I told him, I said, ‘Hey man, I don’t really feel comfortable giving you my address. I’m a musician, and I’m not comfortable with it.’ So he says, ‘If you don’t give me your address, I’m gonna have to take you to jail,'” recalled Bryan.
Zach Bryan.Barry Brecheisen/WireImage
Barry Brecheisen/WireImage
“He gave me a warning because, I mean, I wasn’t going too fast or anything, and then he let me go because I just started respecting him and being cordial,” said Bryan. “But I think it just frustrated me a lot because I didn’t know if I had a right to refuse giving him my address or not, but I did.”
“I pull back up next to him, and I’m just sitting there,” said Bryan, who recalled getting out of his car after about “10 or 15 minutes” to see what was “taking so long” and “smoke a cigarette.”
Zach Bryan.Gary Miller/Getty Images
Gary Miller/Getty Images
“The cop comes up to me, and he’s like, ‘Sir, get back in your vehicle,’ and I’m like, ‘I’m not the one getting pulled over.’ He’s like, ‘Get back in your vehicle or I’m gonna have to take you to jail,’ and like a dumbass, I said, ‘Take me to f—ing jail? What do you mean?’ And he was like, ‘Take you to jail,’ and I was like, ‘Damn.’”
Bryan said he got “too lippy” with the officer, who then handcuffed him. “It was immature, and I just pray everyone knows that I don’t think I’m above the law. I was just being disrespectful, and I shouldn’t have been, and it was my mistake,” he said.
After getting “more angry” with the officer, Bryan recalled getting let out of the police car before “mouthing off like an idiot” and questioning the official’s authority. The cop apparently then spoke to him and asked not to be interrupted, but Bryan said he interrupted anyway out of anger, prompting the officer to take him to jail “for a few hours.” (Online jail records from Craig County showed that Bryan was arrested around 6:40 p.m. local time,ABC Newsstated.)
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“I was just an idiot, and I’ll take the fall for it. I’m a grown man, and I shouldn’t have behaved like that, and it won’t happen again,” said Bryan. “I love you guys. Thanks for defending me online and stuff. I don’t really need it. I just shouldn’t have did what I did.”
source: people.com
