NEWSMorgan Wallen Finally Addresses Abrupt 'SNL' Exit: 'I Was Just Ready to Go Home'
Morgan Wallen finally addressed his abrupt 'SNL' exit in a new interview.
May 12 2025, Published 10:20 a.m. ET
Morgan Wallen finally addressed his abrupt Saturday Night Live nearly two months after the incident happened.
While on Caleb Pressley's podcast, he brought up how the singer used to do a lot of work around the house.
Morgan Wallen Breaks His Silence
“Could you fix a TV, if it was on SNL?” Pressley asked, to which Wallen laughed and said, “I could change it for sure.”
“Seriously, SNL, did they make you mad?” Pressley replied.
Wallen didn't go into too much detail, stating, “No, no, I was just ready to go home. I been there all week.”
Inside Morgan Wallen's Exit
Morgan Wallen performed two songs and then left the show.
During the Saturday, March 29, episode of Saturday Night Live, Wallen, who performed "I'm The Problem" and "Just in Case" off his new album, made a shocking exit off the stage.
After giving host Mikey Madison a one-armed hug, the musician shockingly walked off of the Studio 8H stage without any hesitation.
Some artists stick around and hang out with the cast and crew, but the country star couldn't have exited faster.
Morgan Wallen Gets Called Out
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Morgan Wallen was called a 'loser' for leaving the show early.
People immediately took to social media to call out Wallen for allegedly being rude.
“Morgan Wallen with a little more of the catty-a-- petty loser s--- he so proudly displayed running offstage down the center aisle & right past the camera at SNL curtain call,” wrote one on X.
“Morgan Wallen walking off stage at the ending of SNL is [a] perfect example of a prick a-- b-----,” added another.
Shortly after his appearance, Wallen posted a photo on his Instagram Story of an airplane, writing: “Get me to God’s country.”
He then went on to sell merch with the slogan for $45 on his online store.
Kenan Thompson Shares His Thoughts
The comedian was also confused by Morgan Wallen's antics.
Longtime SNL cast member Kenan Thompson admitted he was also confused by Wallen’s abrupt departure.
"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,” Thompson said in an interview.
"You see somebody before you get a chance to say hi or say good job or anything like that, they just dipping. I thought maybe he had to go to the potty or something," the actor quipped.
