Country music star’s homphobic slur in New York bar caught on camera
Zach Bryan performs during The Quittin Time Tour at Mercedes Benz Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Atlanta.Paul R. Giunta/Invision/AP
Zach Bryan got into a heated exchange Monday night in a New York bar, and it got recorded.
TMZ, which obtained video, reports Bryan was invited to play pool by patrons. Things got heated, and it was all chronicled on Ray-Ban Meta glasses.
The country music star got testy after losing a few rounds of pool. His attitude “changed on the drop of a dime,” a witness told TMZ.Bryan made a comment about the glasses when things started to become about the recording taking place.
“I’m not trying to record your ass,” the owner of the glasses told Bryan. “I’m trying to record my (s-word) with my friends, for memories, to have fun, and you’re just being a douche.”
Bryan’s response?
“That’s the gayest thing I’ve ever heard.”
According to the report, he had words for the group.“I wanna rip them off your face so bad, cause we’re at a bar.”
Multiple witnesses told TMZ that Bryan asked the guys not to film them multiple times.
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