Morgan Wallen is now selling merch inspired by his ‘SNL’ walkoff

Morgan Wallen has turned his cryptic social media post after abruptly walking off Saturday Night Live (SNL) into merchandise – check them out below.

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Last Saturday (March 29), country singer Wallen appeared as the show’s musical guest, and made headlines when he abruptly and awkwardly cut his goodbyes short – only saying farewell to the guest host, Oscar-winning actress Mikey Madison. Typically, the SNL cast celebrate with the guest musician and host during the credits roll.

Shortly after his exit, Wallen – who is based in Nashville, Tennessee – posted an Instagram Story of a picture of his private jet and a caption that read “Get me to God’s country”. The cryptic post has since turned into a meme of sorts used to signify someone wanting to leave a situation they’re not a fan of, and has also sparked discourse between fans, some of whom are labelling his exit as “rude”.

Now, Wallen appears to be steering into the skid, and has turned the quote into merchandise. Revealed via his official Club Wallen page, a white t-shirt and two cap variations are now available for purchase. All designs heavily feature the quote in a large red and gold font – you can check out or purchase the merch here.

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Earlier this week, longtime SNL cast member Kenan Thompson commented on Wallen’s sudden exit: “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”. He joked that he “thought maybe he had to go to the potty or something.”

Thompson confirmed he “definitely saw” Wallen suddenly leave, adding: “It’s definitely a spike in the norm. We’re so used to everybody just turning around and high-fiving us, everybody’s saying, ‘Good job, good job, good job.’ So when there’s a departure from that, it’s like, hmm, I wonder what that’s about?”

Thompson then addressed Wallen’s post-exit Instagram Story: “The ‘God’s country’ of it all is strange because it’s like, what are you trying to say? You trying to say that we are not in God’s country? We’re not all in God’s country? We’re not all under God’s umbrella? That’s not necessarily my favourite. But whatever. Moving on, we got a new show… We will be fine.”

Since January, Wallen has been teasing and releasing tracks from his upcoming album ‘I’m The Problem’, due for release on May 16. The name appears to reference some of his public scandals in recent years.

Last April, it was reported the singer had been charged with three counts of reckless endangerment and one count of disorderly conduct after throwing a chair off a rooftop bar in Tennessee. In December, he pled guilty to two misdemeanours for reckless endangerment without a weapon and was ordered to spend a week in a DUI education center and to serve a suspended sentence of two years of supervised probation.

In 2021, footage of him using a racial slur surfaced online, causing him to be dropped by a number of radio stations as well as his record label, Big Loud. Despite this, sales for his album ‘Dangerous’ surged, and Wallen maintained the Number One spot on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart for a record-breaking ten weeks. Wallen said he was “embarrassed and sorry” by his actions, and asked fans not to defend him.

In other news, in October the musician donated $500,000 to the American Red Cross as a way to support the relief effort in Hurricane Helene’s wake.

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