Thursday 22 September 2022 11:23 PM Adam Levine's yoga teacher tells how the singer cut her off after he sent ... trends now
Adam Levine's former yoga teacher who accused him of sending her a dirty text tells how she was cut off and treated like trash by the singer after she confronted him about the unwelcome message.
'This isn't about a love affair or a salacious text, it's about being a decent human being. Friends don't treat each other like used trash, and that's how he treated me,' Alanna Zabel, 49, tells DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview.
Zabel, who trained the Maroon 5 frontman from 2007 to 2010, alleges Levine said he wanted 'to spend the day with you naked' and bragged to his friends about how she had 'the best a** in town and it was cute.'
She claims her then-boyfriend saw the message, became violent and flew into a jealous rage, snapping her wrist.
'[Levine]knew what I was going through with my then-boyfriend who became abusive, and instead of responding to my text, he simply cut me off,' she said.
Alanna Zabel taught Adam Levine yoga from 2007-10, after the Maroon 5 frontman's personal trainer said he should try the practice. She claims Levine, 43, texted her: 'I want to spend the day with you naked'
Levine and wife Behati Prinsloo took their daughter for a walk in Santa Barbara on Thursday as more women have spoken out about the singer. He was not married at the time that he allegedly sent the text to Zabel
Now Zabel tells DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview that the singer treated her like trash after she confronted him about the message
Zabel is the founder of AZ I AM Yoga, a yoga and wellness center in Santa Monica, and the author of As I Am: Where Spirituality Meets Reality. She has a long list of celebrity clients.
While Zabel acknowledges that she and Adam were not in a romantic relationship, she explained that the two had become close friends after working privately together for several years.
Zabel says she made the decision to speak out about Levine after seeing several other women come forward.
'When I found out that Adam had asked this influencer if he could name his baby after her, I saw him in a completely different light and decided it was finally time to share this,' she said. 'If I wanted my fifteen minutes of fame, I would have gone public with this a very long time ago.
'Harboring this pain for as long as I have has taken a lot of valuable energy to hold onto, and in order to heal we need to let them go.'
At the time, Zabel was in preparations to join Maroon 5 on tour as their yoga instructor for three months, when Adam abruptly pulled the plug with no apology.
'I felt that we cared about each other, and he iced me out during a deeply upsetting time,' she said.
Zabel said she wants Levine to take this opportunity to be a role model for other men, and people in general.
'It's simple. Don't be a jerk,' Zabel said. 'Don't treat women like they are disposable, or that their value is solely based on their looks, and for God's sake please be a role model for your young girls. Children learn by what they see far more than what they're told.'
Zabel is the founder of AZ I AM Yoga, a yoga and wellness center in Santa Monica and has a long list of celebrity clients. She was seen Thursday outside her LA studio
Zabel initially took to Instagram on Tuesday afternoon to expose Levine
'I want Adam to take this opportunity to be a role model for other men, and people in general. It's simple. Don't be a jerk,' she said
Zabel initially took to Instagram on Tuesday afternoon to expose Levine.
She wrote: 'Long overdue #ExposeAdamLevine. I was his yoga teacher for a few years from 2007-10. He often said that he told his friends his yoga teacher had the best a** in town and it was cute.
'One day he texted me saying: ''I want to spend the day with you naked.'' I was in the bath but my jealous ex saw it and went into a rage.'
