Last week, country music star Morgan Wallen made a swift and unexpected departure from the Saturday Night Live stage as the credits rolled.
He had performed as the musical guest alongside Oscar-winning actress Mikey Madison, but didn’t stick around for the farewell moments. Not long after leaving, Wallen shared an image of a plane with the caption, “Get me to God’s country,” which quickly turned into a viral meme.
In this week’s SNL episode, hosted by Jack Black of A Minecraft Movie fame, Wallen’s sudden exit was brought up twice.
During the cold open, James Austin Johnson referenced the “God’s country” quote. Later, during Weekend Update, the show made a humorous nod to Wallen in a joke about recent tariffs.
“Just in the past two days, investors have lost over six trillion dollars,” Colin Jost remarked. “Money is leaving the stock market faster than Morgan Wallen at goodnight.” You can watch the clip above.
During the episode’s cold open, Johnson quoted Wallen as his Donald Trump character announced his tariffs. “I even put tariffs on an island uninhabited by humans. It’s called Heard and McDonald Island,” Johnson’s Trump said. “McDonald Island. I’d love to visit there, right? McDonald Island. Can you imagine that? A Big Mac and a hula skirt, oh la la … Get me to God’s country, right? Remember that? Wow.”
Last week, SNL cast member Kenan Thompson shared with Entertainment Weekly that he “definitely saw” Wallen make his quick exit. “I don’t know what goes through people’s minds when they decide to do stuff like that,” Thompson remarked. “I don’t know if he understood the assignment or not, or if he was really feeling a certain kind of way. … You see somebody before you get a chance to say hi or give them a compliment, and they’re just gone. I thought maybe he had to go to the potty or something.”
Thompson also added, “Seems like a complicated individual, I guess. … It just felt so abrupt. And it was already such a small grouping on the stage anyway. So it was just like, oh wow, that was pretty visible.”
Elton John and Brandi Carlile were musical guests on this week’s episode.
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