Kenan Thompson has damaged his silence on Morgan Wallen abruptly strolling off the stage on the finish of this weekend’s Saturday Evening Reside episode. The present additionally revealed the singer’s future and whether or not or not he will likely be welcomed again.
“I don’t know what goes by way of individuals’s minds once they resolve to do stuff like that. I don’t know if he understood the task or not, or if he was actually feeling a sure form of method,” Thompson instructed Leisure Weekly.
He instructed the outlet that he “undoubtedly noticed” Wallen, who was the night time’s musical visitor, stroll off the stage. “You see anyone earlier than you get an opportunity to say, ‘Hello’ or say, ‘Good job’ or something like that, they only dipping,” Thompson mentioned. “I assumed perhaps he needed to go to the potty or one thing.”
Wallen’s walk-off got here because the credit rolled for viewers at residence. He side-hugged host Mikey Madison after which left, not acknowledging any of the solid members. Many of the Season 50 solid members didn’t discover or pretended to not, and blew kisses to the digicam as an alternative.
Thanks, Mikey Madison and @MorganWallen! Goodnight! pic.twitter.com/FDlInhhHqb
— Saturday Evening Reside – SNL (@nbcsnl) March 30, 2025
“It’s undoubtedly a spike within the norm,” Thompson instructed the outlet. “We’re so used to everyone simply turning round and high-fiving us, everyone’s saying, ‘Good job, good job, good job.’ So when there’s a departure from that, it’s like, ‘Hmm, I ponder what that’s about?’”
Thompson mentioned that he had by no means met Wallen throughout the latest episode or when he carried out in December 2020. Nonetheless, that efficiency was canceled when he broke COVID-19 protocols.
Later that night time, Wallen shared a photograph of himself on a non-public jet with the caption “Get me to God’s nation.”
“The ‘God’s nation’ of all of it is unusual as a result of it’s like, what are you attempting to say?” Thompson mentioned. “You attempting to say that we aren’t in God’s nation? We’re not all in God’s nation? We’re not all below God’s umbrella? That’s not essentially my favourite. However no matter. Transferring on, we acquired a brand new present. We acquired Jack Black this week.”
His exit went viral and sparked dialog on-line about whether or not or not the nation music star had fun.
“Wow, Morgan Wallen simply strolling off the stage through the @nbcsnl credit? In a long time of watching SNL, I don’t suppose I’ve ever seen that,” @jefflocker wrote on X. “For thus many people, that’s sacred floor. What an a**gap.”
Responding to the private-plane put up, @AmayaLancelot wrote, “Morgan Wallen with a bit of extra of the catty-ass petty loser s*** he so proudly displayed operating offstage down the middle aisle [and] proper previous the digicam at [the] SNL curtain name… This [and] the tone-deaf personal jet flaunt couldn’t be extra lame [and] undercutting coming from a rustic star.”
Nonetheless, sources near NBC instructed TMZ that he’s allowed again any time. “There’s no dangerous blood on their finish,” they mentioned. The supply mentioned that Wallen’s exit was a clumsy second, however there wasn’t a “joke or solid member that offended him.” He watched the whole costume rehearsal and knew each joke that was instructed.
Saturday Evening Reside, Saturdays, 11:30/10:30c, NBC