“Dude Needs Help” – Gavin Adcock Says Zach Bryan Was “Absolutely Wasted” When He Jumped A Fence To Try To Fight Him At Born & Raised Fest

Had a little liquid courage and was ready to scrap?

Zach Bryan wasn’t on the lineup for Born & Raised Fest in Oklahoma this weekend, but he made a surprise appearance to perform “Madeline” with Gabriella Rose – and during his performance, it seemed like he was looking for somebody else too:

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GAVIN ADCOCK F*CK YEAH #zachbryan #oklahoma #bornandraised #fyp #concert

♬ original sound – Trey Ware

Well, it seems that if he was there to find Gavin Adcock, he found him.

Wild video from after Zach’s appearance, and before Gavin took the stage, shows Zach and Gavin exchanging words while separated by the backstage fence, with Zach even telling Gavin at one point that he would “f–king kill” him.

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Zach was asking for them to open the gate to let him backstage so that he could fight Adcock, but apparently he just decided to hop the fence instead since security didn’t seem to want to let him in.

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This is for Charley #zachbryan #gavinadcock

♬ Open the Gate – Zach Bryan

It looks like Zach was held back by security, and it appears that Gavin’s team moved him back as the scuffle happened before he went onstage, so it’s not really any surprise that they didn’t want him to brawl at the moment.

Well after Gavin got offstage, he took to social media and left several comments explaining what went down.

Gavin says that Zach was “absolutely wasted” when he tried to fight him:

“Had a headline show to play. Dude was absolutely wasted. Had to do what was good for the fans. Everybody knows how that woulda ended”

@chels_b93

Staged??? Orr? What’s your thoughts!? #zachbryan #gavinadcock #drama #thoughts #viral #fyp

♬ Revival – Zach Bryan

And in another comment on his own post, Gavin confirms that he didn’t want to fight Zach because he didn’t want to go to jail before his own headlining set:

“Had a show to play for Oklahoma. Wasn’t going to jail over that psycho.”

And he summed it up with the caption on his own TikTok post:

“Dude needs help.”

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Dude needs help

♬ Last One To Know – Gavin Adcock

The cherry on top though, was that this was all going down as Texas country legend Casey Donahew was on stage playing his song “White Trash Story.” Couldn’t script it any better.

Now, hear me out: If these two are really interested in settling it, we here at Whiskey Riff are happy to help. We’ll host the fight, call it Whiskey Ruff & Rowdy or something like that, and we’ll get Gavin, Zach, Charley Crockett, Morgan Wallen, Beyonce, anybody else who wants to hop in the ring to duke it out. It would be huge. So if any of them are interested, you know how to get ahold of us.

If you’re not familiar with the origin of the beef between the two, it all started back in July after Zach’s three-night run at MetLife Stadium. After night two, some were disappointed that Zach didn’t come out to meet with fans after the show like he did the other two nights, and a 14-year-old fan took to TikTok to voice her disappointment with the “Something in the Orange” singer.

The girl made multiple videos about it, seemingly trying to spark a reaction, or at least some rage bait virality on the platform, and of course Zach couldn’t help himself, taking to her comments to defend himself:

“You’re not entitled after someone plays two and a half hours to a picture or a hello. I went out and took pictures both night one and night three I had a third show the next day and it was late, needed rest…. GOMD.”

Obviously, he had no idea who the person was, but telling a 14-year-old girl to “get off my d—” did not sit well with a lot of people, including Gavin Adcock.

Adcock, who has never been shy about speaking his mind, fired back at Bryan on X:

“If you can’t handle the criticism of a 14 year old why do people idolize you? That kid was head over heels to meet you and spent/parents spent a ton of money to see you. He’s got feeling too and a you’re a ‘grown man’ nearly 30. They’re the only reason you are around.”

And Adcock fired back at him once again in a recent interview with Rolling Stone on their Nashville Now podcast.

When asked about the viral tweet criticizing the “I Remember Everything” singer, Adcock explained that it wasn’t about Bryan not signing autographs but rather the “get off my d*ck” comment. The “Need To” singer would also slam Bryan, explaining that he thinks he wears a mask to hide his true colors:

“It wasn’t about not wanting to sign autographs after a show. It’s just letting a 14-year-old kid rant without saying, ‘Get off my d*ick.’ I think Zach Bryan puts on a big mask in his day-to-day life, and sometimes he can’t help but rip it off and show his true colors. I don’t know if Zach Bryan’s really that great of a person.”

Host Joseph Hudak would then jokingly remark that he won’t be opening up at any of Bryan’s coming shows. Adcock simply replied:

“I ain’t worried about it.”

Adcock would close the segment about Bryan by saying:

“I wouldn’t say Zach Bryan is my buddy. I ain’t his buddy. He ain’t my buddy. I never met the guy. Seen a bunch of stuff about him; [I’m] sure he’s seen a bunch of stuff about me. I don’t need him.”

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