Zach Bryan is taking a break from social media after facing backlash over a vulgar interaction with a fan.
The country singer, 30, deactivated his X and Instagram accounts after a longtime fan shared a video of an awkward moment from last weekend in Mississippi.
In the video posted Wednesday, the fan — whose name is Logan — approaches Bryan and asks for a picture while the musician drives a truck with the windows down.
However, Bryan began talking before Logan approached him, and appeared to quote Netflix’s sketch comedy show I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson by shouting something about a “c**shot.”
Logan could be heard gasping in the video and shared in the caption of the video: “I gotten there really early to be at the gates and saw him as I was walking up. I don’t take it to heart for what he said, but still calling a fan a c**shot after asking for a photo is kinda crazy.”
He added, “I love the guys music a lot but it’s hard to support someone with this intention and personality towards others. I’m not trying to get him canceled or anything it’s just a showing of his true self. Love his music but don’t love the act.”
After the video began gaining traction online, Bryan shared a video of the incident along with a clip from the sketch show on X and wrote, “you guys are so soft & weird.”
He later doubled down and added. “A world you can’t yell ‘I Think You Should Leave’ references out the window in is a world I don’t want to be in.” He deactivated his account.
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Criticisms of the “Something in the Orange” singer immediately poured in on the comments under the TikTok, with one writing: “I just dont understand how anyone likes this dude anymore.”
Another person commented, “he gives me 2nd hand embarrassment, like what was the point in saying that. i get that he’s quoting a skit but it’s not even funny.”
Bryan’s representatives did not immediately return The Independent’s request for comment.
This is not the first time that Bryan has raised eyebrows over his interactions with fans. Last summer, he told a 14-year-old fan to “GOMD,” meaning “get off my d**k,” when he complained about not getting an autograph, which sparked his feud with fellow country singer Gavin Adcock.
Earlier last year, he also got into an argument with a stranger at a bar wearing Meta glasses, who told him, “You’re going to see some terrible things tonight.”
