Zach Bryan Posts Video Detailing Oklahoma Arrest For Getting “Lippy” After Traffic Stop: “I Was An Idiot Today”

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Country star Zach Bryan, with a No. 1 album and single on the charts, was handcuffed by Oklahoma police twice this week and arrested once. “I was an idiot today,” the musician concedes in a social media video today explaining the traffic incidents that escalated when the singer got “too lippy” (his words) with officers. “I just wanted to be completely transparent with everyone who listens to my music about what happened yesterday with me getting arrested,” the “I Remember Everything” singer says in the video posted early this morning.

Bryan had previously posted a statement merely acknowledging the arrest and writing, “Emotions got the best of me, and I was out of line in the things I said…I am truly sorry to the officers.” In the new five-minute video – watch it below – Bryan, an Oklahoma native, says that several days ago he was pulled over by Oklahoma police for driving “four to five [miles] over” the speed limit.

Things got tense when Bryan was reluctant to hand over his license for fear of making his street address public. Explaining to the officer that he was “a musician,” Bryan then says in the video, “I’m like, ‘Man, I’m not gonna give you my address.’” The officer then told Bryan to get out of the car, at which point the musician was handcuffed.

Bryan then provided his address and was sent on his way. Then on Thursday, as Bryan was driving to Boston to catch a Philadelphia Eagles game, the musician’s security guard, driving in a separate car behind him, was pulled over shortly after leaving Tulsa.