Morgan Wallen Speaks Out on His Abrupt 'Saturday Night Live' Exit: 'I Was Just Ready to Go Home'
Why did Morgan Wallen abruptly exit the Saturday Night Live stage?
The country star sparked controversy by walking off the SNL stage at the end of the episode after serving as the musical guest alongside host Mikey Madison in March, and now he's speaking out on the moment in a new interview on Caleb Pressley's Sundae Conversations.
Wallen addressed the ordeal after Pressley questioned if the "Last Night" singer cuts his own grass or takes out his own trash these days, which he does not. "Could you fix a TV, if it was on SNL?" asked the host.
"I could change it for sure," said the "Last Night" singer.
Pressley then followed up, "Seriously, SNL, did they make you mad?"
"No, no," assured Wallen. "I was just ready to go home. I'd been there all week."
Shortly after exiting SNL, the "I Had Some Help" artist shared a photo on his Instagram Stories of a private jet featuring the text, "Get me to God's country."
When reminded of the post on Sundae Conversations, Wallen simply smiled and said, "Yeah."
During his appearance on SNL, the Grammy-nominated star performed "I'm the Problem" and "Just in Case," both of which are set to appear on his upcoming I'm the Problem album, out May 16.
At the end of the show, Madison, 26, expressed her thanks to all who made the show possible while standing next to Wallen — who could be seen leaning in to whisper something into the actress' ear, before stepping off stage and walking right past the camera before him.
He then shared the "Get me to God's country" post and later sold merch making light of the situation and the statement.
Longtime SNL castmember Kenan Thompson reacted to the moment not long after in an interview, telling Entertainment Weekly, "I don't know what goes through people's minds when they decide to do stuff like that. I don't know if he understood the assignment or not, or if he was really feeling a certain kind of way."
At the time, PEOPLE also confirmed that Wallen was offered a cameo in a pre-taped sketch called "Big Dumb Line" but turned it down and was replaced by Joe Jonas.
One week after Madison and Wallen's episode, SNL parodied his exit in two sketches.
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