Country music star Jake Owen has a Tesla Cybertruck, but his fans know that might not be the case before long.
Because Owen has been sharing his experience driving the thing around his hometown and it is not going well.
The latest incident came Thursday when Owen went to dinner with his daughter, Pearl.
The star shared a video to X from the inside of his vehicle with his daughter next to him giving the details.
“So, I just had a wonderful little early dinner,” he said. “I’m with one of my best friends in the world, Pearl over here. We’ve been hanging a lot.
“One of my best friends decided to join us for dinner and they parked next to me and on our way out, I was explaining to them, I have gotta get, I think I might have to get rid of this Cybertruck. They were like, why? I was like, first of all, it does look a little ridiculous. Let’s just be honest. But I’m getting a lot of hate. I really am.”
Owen said his friend commented that “people these days are crazy.”
Owen said that as he approached is car he saw a note under the windshield wiper.
“I thought, I can’t wait to read this note,” he said. “Maybe it’s somebody that is being nice and was like maybe they saw me and they’re like, ‘Hey Jake.’ I don’t know why I thought that. I’m not trying to be narcissistic or anything. I just like maybe this is going to be something nice.”
He then held up the note.
“My daughter is with me,” he said. “Thanks a lot whoever left me this note. It says, ‘This car makes you look (expletive) stupid.’ With a heart. With a heart. They signed it with love. And it really absolutely solidified my thought that maybe I need to get a new truck. Uh, this is getting ridiculous guys. Be safe out there. I’m just living my life.
“Whoever left me this note, I love you and I’ll hug you the next time I see you,” he added. “I promise I’m a good due, but maybe I do look stupid.”
That came after Owen relayed a story about a recent stop at Starbucks.
He began by talking about how he came to Nashville in a 2000 Toyota 4Runner that he still owns. He said he recently drove that 4Runner to his local Starbucks and ended up in a conversation with a man there about how awesome the vehicles are.
“A couple days later, I drive my Cybertruck (to the same Starbucks), and this guy is kind of staring at me funny,” Owen said. “Different guy by the way. I get out, and he’s like, ‘Is that yours?’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, I’m driving it.’ He goes, ‘(Expletive) you traitor.’ I swear. I was like, what? This is before we went in.”
Owen said he followed the man into the Starbucks and ordered.
“I guess if you want to get picked on drive a Cybertruck,” he said.
The worst part, he said, is the order of the man who called him out.
“The guy was there to get a blended Frappuccino,” he said.
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