Kenan Thompson was taken aback by Morgan Wallen’s behavior on Saturday Night Live this past weekend.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Thompson said he’s not sure why Wallen walked off the SNL stage over the weekend.
âI donât know what goes through peopleâs minds when they decide to do stuff like that,â Thompson told EW. âI donât know if he understood the assignment or not, or if he was really feeling a certain kind of way.â
What happened to Morgan Wallen on ‘Saturday Night Live’?
Wallen, who appeared as a guest on the March 29 episode of SNL and performed two songs, abruptly walked off the stage at the end of the show. The country singer’s exit was a shock for Thompson and his colleagues, who normally send off their guests with hugs at the end of the show while the credits roll.
âYou see somebody before you get a chance to say hi or say good job or anything like that, they just dipping,â Thompson said. âI thought maybe he had to go to the potty or something.”
He added, “Itâs definitely a spike in the norm. Weâre so used to everybody just turning around and high-fiving us, everybodyâs saying, âGood job, good job, good job.â So when thereâs a departure from that, itâs like, hmm, I wonder what thatâs about?â
Adding to the bizarre night, Wallen went to social media after leaving the show and posted a photo of a private jet along with a caption that read, âGet me to Godâs country.â
âThe âGodâs countryâ of it all is strange because itâs like, what are you trying to say?â Thompson said. âYou trying to say that we are not in Godâs country? Weâre not all in Godâs country? Weâre not all under Godâs umbrella? Thatâs not necessarily my favorite. But whatever. Moving on, we got a new show. We got Jack Black this week. We will be fine.â
Why did Morgan Wallen Walk Off ‘Saturday Night Live’?
According to Variety, sources closes to Wallen said the country singer didn’t have any issues with the show and had a good time while filming. One guest who was in attendance for the dress rehearsal said Wallen also walked off at that time.
Thompson said Prince did something similar when he was a guest on SNL, but the cast wasn’t surprised at that time because “Prince was notoriously kind of standoffish.”
“Saturday I guess it was just different because it just felt so abrupt,” Thompson said, per EW. “And it was already such a small grouping on the stage anyway. So it was just like, oh wow, that was pretty visible. You know what Iâm saying? It was a pretty visible thing.â
