Morgan Wallen Vents About 'Stress' of Fame After SNL Walk-Off
Morgan Wallen vented about the hardships of being famous and how it has changed his life following his controversial walk-off the Saturday Night Live stage before the end credits began rolling.
“There’s parts of that that I don’t like. I think anybody who has to deal with that … it’s not ideal,” Morgan, 31, said about the downside of bring in the public eye during an appearance on Theo Von‘s “This Past Weekend” podcast on Wednesday, April 2, revealing that there is a “stress” that comes along with it.
“It’s not ideal to go everywhere, and even if you don’t get bothered, you were on edge the whole time because you thought you might be,” he continued. “There’s things that you just don’t do. There’s just things you don’t do anymore.”
The “Wasted on You” singer said he’s turned to hunting as a way to be with friends outside of the spotlight.
“That’s why I’ve taken up hunting so much, I think. Because I can go be with my buddies, I’m in the middle of nowhere. I can be at ease. I can not stress out. You just find ways to supplement it, I think,” Morgan explained to Theo, 45.
The reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year winner said he loves going to bars but that’s no longer an option for him, referring to his 2024 arrest at Eric Church’s Nashville, Tennessee, bar.
“It’s kind of funny, you can’t really go to a bar anymore because there’d be too much hassle. And it’s probably the best thing for you,” Theo pointed out.
“I mean, if you’re using a bar as a specific example, that’s definitely the best thing for me,” he laughed. I ain’t been in a bar since the last time I was in a bar that everybody knows about.”
The country superstar took a plea deal in his case stemming from an incident where he threw a chair off the roof of Chief’s Bar on April 7, 2024. Morgan was sentenced on December 12, 2024, to seven days in a DUI education center. He was also ordered to pay a $350 fine and put on supervised probation for two years after pleading guilty to two misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment, according to online records viewed by Life & Style. He was originally charged with three Class E felonies stemming from his arrest.
Morgan’s appearance on Theo’s podcast came five days after he caused a stir by walking off stage at SNL without doing the traditional mingling with cast members as the credits began to roll. The Tennessee native was the musical guest on the March 29 show, hosted by Anora star Mikey Madison.
Lip reader Nicola Hickling told Life & Style on behalf of Slingo that she believed Morgan told Mikey, 26, “Thank you all so much. I had a wonderful time. Thank you all, mwah mwah mwah.”
The Oscar winner apparently told him, “Chatting to you was really good.” Nicola added that SNL star Colin Jost seemingly said about Morgan, “You gotta remember how he is feeling.”
The “Last Night” singer appeared on SNL ahead of the May 16 release of his new album, I’m the Problem, but he seemingly couldn’t wait to get out of New York City.
Morgan hinted at his exit while sharing a photo from his private plane via his Instagram Stories. “Get me to God’s country,” he captioned the snapshot, which was uploaded shortly after he walked off stage.
“Morgan is not a people pleaser. I doubt he meant to make a statement by walking off the stage, but he just does what he wants,” a source exclusively told Life & Style on April 2. “And he wanted to leave. Honestly, if he stayed and partied with everyone at the afterparties, it probably would have done a lot worse!”