Morgan Wallen's SNL Exit Sparked Controversy
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Morgan Wallen sparked controversy last weekend by abruptly walking off the 'SNL' stage after serving as the episode's musical guest. Kenan Thompson spoke with EW about the incident, calling it a "spike in the norm.
THE NEXT TIME YOU HERE [sic] FROM ME I WILL BE ON CNN FOR EXPLODING A BOMB IN SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE AUDIENCE,” Branham allegedly texted.
Mikey Madison is the youngest Best Actress Oscar winner in more than a decade, as well (less consequentially) as the youngest Saturday Night Live host in a couple of years. Her fellow recent-ish twentysomething Oscar winners Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone both hosted during the promotional cycle for their respective first-Oscar movies (albeit both before receiving the actual awards),
Check out NBC's Saturday Night Live promos, with host Jack Black, musical guests Elton John and Brandi Carlile, and SNL star Heidi Gardner.
The country singer is facing controversy following his March 29 appearance as musical guest on the comedy sketch series
The latest comes from Variety, which suggests that Wallen wasn’t super into the SNL spirit even before his abrupt walk-off during the episode’s good nights. A source for the trade claimed that a part was written for Wallen in the week’s musical comedy spot, which was ultimately handed to Joe Jonas after the country musician declined to participate.
MORGAN Wallen’s ‘tension’ and ‘iciness’ with the Saturday Night Live cast in rehearsals has been revealed – with one cast member hinting the singer had on-set
"Lolololol. Imagine if that actually happened?" Cast member Andrews Dismukes as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said in the chat at one point.