Zac Brown’s Ex-Girlfriend, Laura Zerra, Posts Lengthy Video About How Great He Is, & People Are Convinced She’s Getting Paid

Can I get a character witness?

In 2023, Zac Brown Band frontman Zac Brown and his wife, Kelly Yazdi, announced their divorce, just four months after their private Nashville ceremony. It was Brown’s second marriage, following his 12-year marriage to jewelry designer Shelly Brown, the mother of his five children, which ended in divorce in 2018.

The split between Brown and Yazdi has been a messy one, with the divorce being finalized in January. And his ex-wife has since revealed that Brown reportedly asked for a divorce over Zoom just nine days after their wedding reception. At the same time, the singer has also filed a lawsuit against Yazdi over a poem she wrote and posted to her Instagram, claiming that she was defaming him. Yazdi also alleged that Zac used a model that looked exactly like her for his “Beautiful Drug” music video, but it featured clips from their actual wedding. The woman in the video, who definitely resembles Yazdi, there’s no way around that, seems to be some kind of strung out, club rat, but the scenes of Zac dancing are actually taken from their wedding video.

It’s gotten really bad, and since Brown recently got engaged to another jewelry designer Kendra Scott, his name has stayed in the tabloids and his ex-wife has continued to speak out about him.

Considering the timeline of their marriage was incredibly short, it’s pretty obvious that it wasn’t exactly a great relationship, but another one of his ex’s, former girlfriend Laura Zerra, is now coming out of left field and speaking out in defense of Brown. They dated years ago, but she shared a lengthy video explaining how great he was and how awesome it was to date him, calling him “an incredibly caring and thoughtful person.”

Laura says that he “treated her like royalty,” and she was “always impressed that he lives the ideals he talks about.” She talked about what a great dad he was, and went on and on about how much she enjoyed their time together and cared about him, in an effort to battle some of the much more negative headlines about him:

“There’s been some talk recently about a musician by the name of Zac Brown, and I thought that, as someone who spent years by his side, maybe I should give my perspective. Zac and I dated several years ago, despite his incredibly busy work schedule, we still managed to spend almost every day together and I feel like I really got to know the real Zac. We had a great time, but life was pulling us in different directions, and forever just wasn’t cards.

I never would’ve talked publicly about this relationship, I think my personal life is personal, it doesn’t define me and I’m really uncomfortable with the idea of getting attention because of someone that I dated. That being said, I also believe in integrity, and I believe in standing up for my own truth and I believe in speaking up for people who deserve it. I have nothing to gain from telling my story, but I also can’t just sit by quietly and let people form an opinion on someone they’ve never met based on a narrative that’s being spun by one voice.

I knew Zac as an incredibly caring and thoughtful person. He is an amazing father, hands-down the most generous person I’ve ever met. He treated me like royalty. He always made my friends feel very welcome, included them in what we were doing. He never once during our relationship made me feel disrespected or less than. I was always impressed that he lives the ideals he talks about. He prioritizes spending time with his kids, and he truly wants his life to add value to the world. I believe it’s not what you do when the world is watching that matters, it’s how you act when you think no one will know that really defines who you are.

I got to see an incredibly selfless side of Zac that most people will never see. Unfortunately, I also got to see firsthand that when some people see the side, they choose to exploit it for their own personal gain. When Zac and I went our separate ways, he gave me his dog, because he knew I loved him so much. Knowing Zac has made my life better, and it has nothing to do with money or fame. It is all about the experiences that we had together, and the love that I felt from his family and his constant willingness to share his perspective and insight about the world.

And life goes on, I truly wish all the best for Zac and Kendra and their new life together. I don’t expect everyone to understand, but I couldn’t just sit silently by and let someone rewrite the truth about a man who meant so much to me, and who still does mean so much to the people who love him.”

Zerra is a survivalist, author, and host of the Carbon TV show Decivilized. She has also made appearances on shows like Naked and Afraid, and you can watch her full video here:

@laurazerra Definitely never thought I’d share this with the world, but I felt like it was necessary to offer up my perspective about the time I spent with @Zac Brown ♬ original sound – Laura Zerra

To be honest, it was a really strange video, and even just the background and the way it was filmed is weird… it looks like she’s sitting in a cave in some sort of rescue situation? I get it probably has to do with her job, but for the context of what this video is about and for, it was odd. I digress…

Aside from that, the whole spiel seemed super scripted and unnatural, and tons of people in comments are convinced she was paid to do it. I have no idea what the situation, maybe she really felt the need to speak out, or maybe there’s more to it. But if nothing else, one person’s positive experience with someone certainly doesn’t discredit or discount someone else’s negative experience with that same person.

I just really don’t know why you’d want to insert yourself into this drama, but the comments section sure had a lot to say about it:

“Sis got PAIDDDDD.”

“So much for women sticking by women!”

“Get your money sis.”

“One voice?!? Girl. He’s paying you isn’t he?”

“People can have different experiences with someone. Let’s remember that!”

“Who’s paying her?”

“This is definitely a PAID TESTIMONIAL!!!”

“This paid advertisement made available to you by Zac Brown.”

“Okay, but even if that’s true in your case that doesn’t mean that he didn’t treat her that way.”

“That is your experience that might not be her experience. A man can treat one woman one way and another one a different way.”

“Wealthy overnight.”

“This is how class and grace is defined- an ex can be kind while parting ways and understand that it’s a chapter and hurt doesn’t need to be destructive. Kudos.”

“So glad that was your experience. That has NOTHING to do with someone else’s.”

“How much you getting paid for this?”

“Dating someone and being married to someone is very different…”

“How much are you being paid for this?”

“Getting that money ma’am. So ridiculous.”

“You can tell that lady is trying SO hard to spin the narrative.”

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