As we all know Cinco de Mayo was yesterday and it looks like Jake Owen was arrested for partying a little too hard!! He shared a photo of himself on twitter in handcuffs next to a cop car after 11:30PM ET — just hours after he got done preforming and hanging out with me at Runaway Country in Melbourne, FL!! Jake tweeted out with the photo above….
“I just got arrested in my own hometown”
After that post, he tweeted more about the arrest saying
“I was wearing an old man mask and the sheriff decided to rip me out of Steak And Shake and embarrass me in front of my family. Classic.”
At first I couldn’t tell if this was a joke or not since the arrest occurred in his hometown of Vero Beach, FL, but supposedly he tweeted out
“You give a guy a gun and a badge and he thinks he’s John Wayne” & “Thanks Indian River County Sheriffs Office. Unreal.”
“I’m calling it a night. My mom cried. My Dad was embarrassed,” “I lived out another day. Happy Cinco De Mayo.”
Those tweets have since been deleted and replaced by
“Y’all I apologize. The IRC Sheriff was doing their job. I love hometown. I had too good of a time on Cinco de Mayo.”
This afternoon, Jake was still reeling from his very public comments via Twitter.
I want to publicly apologize again for bringing to light a situation that I overreacted to. I embarrassed myself and my family and most importantly the great people of my hometown. The Sheriffs were doing their jobs and I made an immature decision to announce it to the world. This is me talking. Not some puppet that is reciting what he “should” say. I take full responsibility. Again, what’s done is done, but I am truly sorry.
The funny thing is when Jake was with me at Runaway Country hours before he got cuffed, he kept saying today was all about having a good time. He was even drinking a Corona during our backstage interview with a sombrero on his head! He also made sure to add that today people shouldn’t make a big deal about Cinco de Mayo because to him, it’s “Everydayo of Mayo”!
I can’t blame Jake for being a little upset about getting arrested, yet I understand why he deleted the negative tweets. You don’t want fans blowing it out of proportion or taking their anger out as well. He did the right thing. On the bright side, at least he wasn’t detained by the cops since he was tweeting and sending photos out. I would’ve pulled the old…..”Do you know who I am???!!”, which I’m sure he eventually did! Looks like he went out with a bang!
AshleyFig
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