Morgan Wallen is now selling merchandise tied to his controversial exit from “Saturday Night Live” on the show’s March 29 episode.
The country music star, 31, who appeared as the show’s musical guest alongside host Mikey Madison, made headlines for abruptly walking off the “SNL” stage during the show’s final credits rather than mingling with Madison and the show’s cast members, as is an “SNL” tradition.
Following his controversial exit, which was captured in a video posted on official โSNLโ social media accounts, the “I’m the Problem” singer posted a photo of a small plane in his Instagram story.
โGet me to Godโs country,” he wrote over the photo.
Less than a week later, Wallenโs official website now features baseball caps and T-shirts emblazoned with the phrase โGet me to Godโs countryโ for sale at $45 a piece.
Wallenโs “SNL” walk-off drew strong reactions from viewers with many calling the musician’s hasty exit “rude.”
Some questioned why the legendary sketch comedy show would invite Wallen โ whose long history of controversies and legal troubles includes a previous dust-up with โSNL” brass โย to return as its musical guest.
In October 2020,ย Wallen was cut as the show’s musical guest for breaking COVID-19 protocols after videos surfaced of him partying without a mask ahead of his scheduled gig. Wallen apologized to โSNL,โ his fans and his team members on social media at the time, saying he had โsome growing up to do.โ
Wallen was later featured as show’s musical guest in December 2020 show andย joked about his canceled performanceย in a sketch.ย
Viewers weren’t the only ones who took notice of Wallen’s unusual behavior at “SNL” last week.
Veteran “SNL” cast member Kenan Thompson told Entertainment Weekly he โdefinitely sawโ when Wallen walked offstage, calling the moment a “pretty visible thing.โ
“I donโt know what goes through peopleโs minds when they decide to do stuff like that. I donโt know if he understood the assignment or not, or if he was really feeling a certain kind of way,โ said Thompson whoโs been a mainstay on show since 2003.
โI thought maybe he had to go to the potty or something,โ Thompson added. โItโs definitely a spike in the norm. Weโre so used to everybody just turning around and high-fiving us, everybodyโs saying, โGood job, good job, good job.โ So when thereโs a departure from that, itโs like, โHmm, I wonder what thatโs about?โโ
Thompson also said he โnever metโ Wallen during his “SNL” stint and noted that Wallen โseems like a complicated individual.”
