Published 19:57 IST, February 4th 2021

What happened to Morgan Wallen on SNL? Here's why the country singer was suspended

In a now-deleted IG post, Morgan Wallen admitted to having been pulled out of SNL. What happened to Morgan Wallen on SNL? Why was Morgan Wallen suspended?

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On Wednesday, popular country singer Morgan Wallen took to Instagram to inform his fans in a w-deleted post that he was pulled out of Saturday Night Live show that was scheduled to brocast this weekend. In mess, he explained that reason behind removal was due to strict COVID-19 protocols of show. 

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What happened to Morgan Wallen on SNL?

Long before anuncement of his debut on SNL surfaced Internet, musician was making helines for all wrong reasons. Amongst his numerous torious activities that were covered all over news, one incident that irked up netizens most was his series of self-me TikTok videos where he was seen partying. In video, Wallen was seen mingling with a huge crowd without wearing a mask and kissing random fans while at it. video h earned him plenty of criticism from fans, even making its way to Twitter trends, and was also deciding factor for his removal from late-night comedy sketch show.

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In his Instagram video, Wallen mitted to have gone wrong and said that he respects  show's decision. He continued that though he's t positive for COVID-19, his actions over past weekend were shortsighted and has impacted his long-term goals and dreams. On a rar emotional te, singer concluded that he thinks he has lost himself a bit by searching for joy in all wrong places. To work on that, he said he might have to take a step back from spotlight to work on himself.

Last year, Wallen h been arrested for public intoxication and for disorderly conduct at a bar in Nashville. Looking at matter at hand, many fans have come in support of Wallen's decision of stepping back and have wished him luck for his future endeavours. However, re are many more who are still questioning SNL on why was Morgan Wallen suspended and think it's t a good eugh reason to remove him. Regardless, fans need t lose hopes so soon because singer has mentioned that creator of SNL Lorne Michaels has assured him that y would try to make up for this lost opportunity sometime in future.

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19:56 IST, February 4th 2021