Morgan Wallen’s Abrupt Saturday Night Live Exit Was Reportedly a Mistake

Over the weekend, Morgan Wallen sparked another confusing controversy when he returned to Saturday Night Live as a musical visitor, performing two singles from his upcoming album I’m the Problem. As the credit rolled, through the time a performer would usually socialize with the solid, Wallen leaned in and said something to host Mikey Madison. After giving her a one-armed aspect hug, he abruptly walked offstage in direction of the digital camera.

Soon after, he took to his Instagram Stories to put up a photograph of the non-public jet that was ferrying him again house with the caption, “Get me to God’s country.” Because of Wallen’s previous controversy and his political commentary through the pandemic, some commenters assumed the put up was directed on the SNL solid or New York City as a complete. Some later shared footage exhibiting solid members Ego Nwodim and Kenan Thompson reacting with shock as he walked away.

But in keeping with a supply who spoke to Variety, the wrong exit was a mistake, and Wallen wasn’t commenting on the expertise at SNL when he posted to Instagram. A supply informed TMZ that he entered and exited by way of the identical method throughout blocking and rehearsal, so he walked that method out of behavior. (Vanity Fair has reached out to Wallen’s representatives for remark.)

Wallen’s expertise on the long-running comedy present has by no means been with out controversy, and in October 2020, his authentic look on the present was canceled after footage confirmed him violating COVID protocols in an Alabama bar. The efficiency was rescheduled for December 2020, and Wallen poked enjoyable on the mishap in a sketch the place Jason Bateman and Bowen Yang performed variations of the singer from the longer term. During Saturday night time’s present, Wallen didn’t take part in any of the night time’s sketches.

Though social media and a willingness to do press helped form the singer’s rise to pop fame, he has develop into more and more reticent to do interviews and stroll purple carpets. In November, he wasn’t current on the Country Music Association Awards to simply accept the award for entertainer of the yr, broadly thought of Nashville’s most prestigious honor, and by no means used his social media accounts to touch upon it.