The 24-year-old singer addresses viral videos of his off-key performance at Luke Bryan’s Cancún festival.
Rising country music star Bailey Zimmerman has issued an apology after a viral performance in Mexico where intoxication led to an off-key rendition of his hits, acknowledging he failed to deliver the show his fans deserved.
The 24-year-old “Rock and a Hard Place” singer addressed the drunken incident in an Instagram video three days after his January 18 appearance at Luke Bryan‘s Crash My Playa festival in Cancún, where social media captured his notably impaired performance.
“I’d like to talk about something that’s been eating me alive. Last weekend, down in Cancún, Mexico, I’m sure everybody’s seen the videos of me playing absolutely awful and singing absolutely awful and I feel like you guys deserve an explanation from me because you’ve had my back through the highs and lows and through every mistake,” Zimmerman stated in his video message.
The young performer took full responsibility for his actions, explaining that his decision to drink before the show proved to be a serious error in judgment. “I got up on stage, and I was too drunk to play. And I sang awful, I played awful,” he admitted. “Nobody got the show that they wanted or paid for. And I’m disappointed in myself.”
The incident, which featured Zimmerman performing shirtless in swim trunks and at one point jumping from the stage, quickly spread across social media platforms. However, the evening wasn’t a total loss, as veteran country star Luke Bryan later invited Zimmerman back to the stage for a redemptive moment, performing a cover of Florida Georgia Line’s “This Is How We Roll.” During that performance, Bryan playfully attributed Zimmerman’s state to his mother LeClaire, telling the crowd, “My mother got him drunk today.”
In his apologetic message, Zimmerman emphasized his upbringing’s influence on his decision to address the situation directly. “I was always raised to hit my problems head-on and never to lie and always be truthful and honest — even when you’re embarrassed,” he said.
With information from Pop Culture
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