Alanna Zabel: Adam Levine's yoga teacher says he cut her off after she confronted him about flirty texts
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Alanna Zabel, 49, Adam Levine's former yoga teacher, has accused him of treating her 'like trash' after she confronted him about an inappropriate text message that he had sent, asking her to 'spend the day with him naked'. "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," Zabel told the DailyMail during an exclusive interview.
According to Zabel, Levine had sent her a text message that said, "I want to spend the day with you naked." She also revealed that Levine had bragged to his friends about Zabel, talking about how "she had the best a** in town and it was cute." Things did not end well for Zabel, who alleges that when her ex-boyfriend read the message, he went aggressive and snapped her wrist in a jealous frenzy. Zabel told her then BF that the text was meant for Levine's then GF and even texted him to clarify. But he never responded.
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"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," Zabel stated. Zabel is the founder of AZ I AM Yoga, a Santa Monica yoga and health studio, and the author of 'As I Am: Where Spirituality Meets Reality'. She has a vast list of famous clientele.
While Zabel admits that she and Adam were not romantically involved, she explained that the two had become good friends after working closely together for several years. Zabel says she decided to speak out against Levine after watching numerous other women do so. "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. 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," she told the DailyMail.
At the time of this series of events occuring, Zabel was to join Maroon 5 on their tour as their yoga instructor for the upcoming three months. Levine allegedly pulled the plug on Zabel before any of these plans could proceed. "I felt that we cared about each other, and he iced me out during a deeply upsetting time," she said, adding, "It's simple. Don't be a jerk. 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."