Morgan Wallen appears to be leaning into his controversial viral second from Saturday Night time Reside, because the nation celebrity is now promoting “Get Me to God’s Nation” merchandise on his web site.
Wallen brought on a stir over the weekend as he walked offstage throughout the closing moments of the present, then posted an image on his Instagram story of an airplane together with the caption “Get Me to God’s Nation.” T-shirts and trucker hats with the phrase are listed for $45 every.
A supply aware of the matter says it wasn’t a preplanned second, and that discussions concerning the merch had begun between Wallen and Bravado — Common Music Group’s merchandise arm — as early as Sunday, when the singer’s publish had became a viral second. Bravado had the design finished by Monday, and the merch hit his web site Tuesday afternoon.
The “Final Night time” singer’s abrupt dip and Instagram publish have brought on hypothesis for days on what occurred, and Wallen himself hasn’t addressed the state of affairs. A supply instructed The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday that Wallen additionally did the walk-off throughout costume rehearsal. Wallen was additionally requested to take part within the “Huge Dumb Line” musical sketch that aired Saturday, however a supply mentioned he wasn’t obtainable, and Joe Jonas did the half as an alternative.
Wallen has courted controversy up to now, most notably when he was caught on video utilizing the N-word again in 2021, placing a brief setback on his profession. He’s bought some historical past with SNL, along with his preliminary debut canceled again in 2020 after a video surfaced of him breaking social distancing protocols on the top of the pandemic. He would make his official debut on the present two months later.
Kenan Thompson weighed in on the transfer in an interview with Leisure Weekly earlier this week.
“I don’t know what goes by means of folks’s minds once they resolve to do stuff like that,” Thompson mentioned. “I don’t know if he understood the task or not or if he was actually feeling a sure sort of approach.”
SNL author Josh Patten, who says he’s a fan of Wallen, poked enjoyable on the state of affairs, posting the “God’s Nation” phrase to spotlight a Krispy Kreme truck.
