Morgan Wallen dodges ‘SNL’ cast post-show, sparking criticism
Morgan Wallen sparked controversy by abruptly walking off stage at the end of “Saturday Night Live” after serving as the musical guest.
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Morgan Wallen is finally addressing his controversial “SNL” exit.
In an interview on “Sundae Conversation with Caleb Pressley,” the country music star, 31, briefly discussed his decision to abruptly walk off the set of the sketch show before the credits had finished rolling. When Wallen was asked if “SNL” made him “mad,” the singer denied this was the case.
“No,” he said. “I was just ready to go home. I’d been there all week.”
During the conversation, Wallen also chuckled when host Caleb Pressley jokingly asked, “Are you handy? Could you fix a TV — if it was on ‘SNL’?” The singer quipped in response, “I could change it, for sure.”
Wallen was the musical guest on the March 29 episode of “Saturday Night Live,” hosted by Mikey Madison. At the end of the episode, he controversially walked off the stage almost immediately after Madison signed off. Traditionally, the musical guest and host of “SNL” remain on stage to mingle with the cast and hang out throughout the entire credits.
After his quick exit, Wallen posted a photo of a plane on Instagram and wrote, “Get me to God’s country.” The phrase quickly went viral, and the “I’m the Problem” singer wasted no time before selling “get me to God’s country” merchandise in his store.
The following episode of “SNL” referenced the controversy multiple times, with “Weekend Update” anchor Colin Jost joking, “Money is leaving the stock market faster than Morgan Wallen at goodnights.” In the cold open, James Austin Johnson’s President Donald Trump also used the phrase “get me to God’s country,” drawing applause.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly in March, “SNL” cast member Kenan Thompson said Wallen’s abrupt exit was “definitely a spike in the norm,” adding, “We’re so used to everybody just turning around and high-fiving us, everybody’s saying, ‘Good job, good job, good job.’ So when there’s a departure from that, it’s like, hmm, I wonder what that’s about?”
Thompson also commented on Wallen’s “get me to God’s country” post, telling EW, “The ‘God’s country’ of it all is strange because it’s like, what are you trying to say? You trying to say that we are not in God’s country? We’re not all in God’s country? We’re not all under God’s umbrella? That’s not necessarily my favorite.”
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