Morgan Wallen was seen abruptly strolling off Saturday Evening Reside earlier than the tip of the present – and viewers took discover.
The nation singer was the newest musical visitor on the present, which aired final Saturday (March 29) with Oscar-winning actress Mikey Madison as its featured host.
In the course of the credit score roll – which often sees the SNL forged rejoice the tip of the present with each host and musical visitor – Wallen was proven taking his depart off-camera after solely greeting Madison goodbye.
Thanks, Mikey Madison and @MorganWallen! Goodnight! pic.twitter.com/FDlInhhHqb
— Saturday Evening Reside – SNL (@nbcsnl) March 30, 2025
In the course of the present, Wallen carried out two songs off his upcoming fourth album ‘I’m The Drawback’. He was current with the forged and host to bid viewers goodbye on the finish of the episode, which is customary for the long-running sketch comedy present.
Wallen then whispers one thing in Madison’s ear earlier than giving her a pleasant hug and strolling off the stage with out acknowledging the forged. Wallen – who is predicated in Nashville, Tennessee – then posted an Instagram Story with an image of his non-public jet and a caption that learn “Get me to God’s nation”.
Viewers shortly took to social media to interpret Wallen’s sudden exit as a snub in direction of the forged. One social media consumer famous that Wallen was standing with Madison at an unusually nice distance from the forged. “Am I lacking one thing? The forged seems to be standing fairly far again from the host and musical visitor. The entire thing appears odd,” they tweeted.
“Darn, you may inform from the vibe ‘this was one of many unhealthy ones.’”, one other consumer wrote. A Selection report shared that sources near Wallen keep the singer had fun on the present, which is filmed in New York, and that his exit and Instagram put up weren’t meant to be a slight in direction of its forged.
Wallen stays a controversial determine footage of him utilizing a racial slur surfaced on-line, inflicting him to be dropped by quite a few radio stations in addition to his file label, Massive Loud.
Regardless of this, gross sales for his album ‘Harmful’ surged, and Wallen maintained the Quantity One spot on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart for a record-breaking ten weeks. Wallen mentioned he was “embarrassed and sorry” by his actions, and requested followers to not defend him.
Previous to that, the Tennessee nation star broke CDC pointers for the COVID-19 pandemic in October 2020, which noticed his deliberate debut on SNL cancelled. He did go on to carry out on the present two months later and joked about partying with out social distancing throughout a sketch.
Since January, Wallen has been teasing and releasing tracks from his upcoming album, which is due for launch on Could 16. Alongside the 2 he carried out final night time, he’s additionally launched ‘Superman’, ‘Smile’ and ‘I’m a Little Loopy’.
It’s thought that the identify of Wallen’s forthcoming album is in reference to a few of his public scandals in recent times. Along with the 2021 scandal, it was reported final April that the singer had been charged with three counts of reckless endangerment and one depend of disorderly conduct after throwing a chair off a rooftop bar in Tennessee.