Morgan Wallen Breaks Silence On 'snl' After Abrupt Exit Sparked Controversy

Morgan Wallen was fresh to spell location – and he meant it.

Back connected March 29, nan "I’m nan Problem" vocalist was nan philharmonic impermanent for "Saturday Night Live" erstwhile he abruptly near nan shape during nan accepted end-of-show credits segment. 

Shortly aft leaving Manhattan's 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Wallen wrote that he was excited to return home. The state euphony prima shared a photograph connected his Instagram Stories of a backstage pitchy pinch nan caption "Get maine to God’s country" written complete it.

On Sunday, nan 31-year-old appeared on comedian Caleb Pressley’s podcast erstwhile he yet addressed his abrupt exit.

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Morgan Wallen performed 2 songs from his upcoming "I'm nan Problem" album. (NBC/Getty Images)

"Seriously, ‘SNL,’ did they make you mad?" nan big questioned aft cracking respective jokes.

"No, no, I was conscionable fresh to spell home," said Wallen. "I've been location each week."

During nan episode, nan 2 besides poked nosy astatine different incident that landed nan prima successful basking water.

"Do you mind if we do a caller conception presented by Food Barn, please?" said Pressley. "In this segment, I want you to sanction a point that you tin beryllium successful that besides flies done nan air."

"I mean, there's 1 evident answer," said Wallen. "Why do you want maine to opportunity that though? I mean, yeah, a jet."

"There's different reply to that mobility arsenic well," Pressley teased. "You tin beryllium successful it, and it tin besides alert done nan air."

"Oh, I cognize nan reply to that question," said nan singer. "A chair!"

In 2024, Wallen was sentenced to walk 7 days successful a DUI acquisition halfway and beryllium nether supervised probation for 2 years aft throwing a chair from nan rooftop of a Nashville, Tennessee, bar. The chair astir deed 2 constabulary officers.

Morgan Wallen shared an Instagram communicative from an airdrome aft his "SNL" gig. (Morgan Wallen/Instagram)

Regarding nan "SNL" incident, sources antecedently told Fox News Digital that thing was incorrect astatine nan show, and Wallen's walk-off appeared to beryllium an "oops" moment.

"That was nan measurement he entered and exited nan workplace each week during rehearsal and camera blocking, truthful he conscionable walked that measurement aft hugging [host] Mikey [Madison]," an insider revealed.

It is customary for "SNL" guests to enactment and congratulate nan cast. In nan episode, Madison thanked nan "Last Night" vocalist for appearing connected nan show earlier he walked straight disconnected nan stage. Cameras past panned retired to nan formed congratulating each other.

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Morgan Wallen stood alongside Mikey Madison during nan closing of "Saturday Night Live." (NBC/Getty Images)

During his appearance, Wallen performed two songs from his upcoming album, including "Just successful Case" and "I'm nan Problem." While nan abrupt exit sparked rumors of a disagreement betwixt Wallen and "SNL," he appeared unfazed. Instead, Morgan capitalized connected nan viral exit by trading merchandise pinch nan building "Get maine to God’s country" written connected them.

A week aft Wallen’s appearance, "SNL" addressed nan incident successful a cold-open bit, Billboard.com reported. According to nan outlet, James Austin Johnson’s Donald Trump impersonation took a changeable astatine Wallen while discussing "Liberation Day" tariffs.

"I moreover put tariffs connected an land uninhabited by humans," said Johnson successful character. "It’s called Heard and McDonald Island. I would emotion to sojourn there. Can you ideate that? Big Mac and a hula skirt. Get maine to God’s country, right? Remember that?"

Morgan Wallen went connected to capitalize connected nan viral moment. (NBC/Getty Images)

The outlet reported that during that aforesaid April 5 episode, Colin Jost targeted nan vocalist during a spot astir nan economy.

"This was nan worst week for nan banal marketplace since nan summertime of 2020," he said. "But you person to retrieve — backmost then, nan president was besides Trump. Just successful nan past 2 days, investors person mislaid complete $6 trillion. Money is leaving nan banal marketplace faster than Morgan Wallen astatine goodnights."

Kenan Thompson besides said retired astir nan different quickstep.

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Kenan Thompson later weighed successful connected nan situation. (Shahar Azran/Reuters)

"We’re truthful utilized to everybody conscionable turning astir and high-fiving us, everybody’s saying, ‘Good job, bully job, bully job.’ So erstwhile there’s a departure from that, it’s like, hmm, I wonderment what that’s about?" Thompson said. 

Still, nan comic noted that Prince pulled a akin move during his quality years ago.

"I’m not saying Morgan Wallen is Prince, but we weren’t amazed because Prince was notoriously benignant of standoffish," Thompson said. "It’s conscionable really he was. So, we conscionable thought like, ‘OK, now he’s gone backmost into fantasyland.'"

Morgan’s return to "SNL" was years successful nan making pursuing a arguable debut.

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Roughly 7 months into nan pandemic, Wallen was asked to beryllium nan philharmonic impermanent connected an October section of "Saturday Night Live." Days earlier he was scheduled to perform, footage went viral crossed societal media showing nan vocalist not wearing a COVID mask astatine an Alabama shot crippled and celebrating pinch various women astatine a barroom afterward. People who supported masks and societal distancing during nan pandemic were outraged.

He was instantly removed from nan scheduled "SNL" appearance. Wallen apologized successful a video shared online.

"I'm successful New York City successful a edifice room, I was getting fresh for 'SNL' this Saturday, and I sewage a telephone from nan show letting maine cognize that I will nary longer beryllium capable to play," he said. "That's because of COVID protocols, which I understand."

Morgan Wallen's "I'm nan Problem" features a 37-song tracklist. It besides features a collaboration pinch Post Malone, pictured here. The medium drops connected May 16. (Getty Images)

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After apologizing, he added, "I deliberation I've mislaid myself a small bit. I've tried to find joyousness successful nan incorrect places, and it's near maine pinch little joy. So I'mma spell effort to activity connected that. I'm gonna return a measurement backmost from nan spotlight for a while and spell activity connected myself."

Two months later, Wallen was invited backmost to 30 Rockefeller Plaza for a 2nd chance connected "Saturday Night Live." He not only performed, but besides poked nosy astatine his barroom antics while appearing successful a sketch pinch Pete Davidson, Jason Bateman and Bowen Yang.

When nan section was over, he thanked nan assemblage for "giving this mediocre Southern boy a 2nd Yankee chance."

Fox News Digital's Tracy Wright and The Associated Press contributed to this report.