‘Saturday Night Live’ Mocks Morgan Wallen’s Abrupt Exit (Not Once, but Twice) in New Episode

SNL' Pokes Fun at Morgan Wallen 1 Week After He Abruptly Left the Show Early: Watch

Morgan Wallen is getting the Saturday Night Live treatment. One week after the country singer made headlines for his early exit from SNL, the sketch series poked fun at the awkward situation.

Wallen, last week’s musical guest on SNL, went viral when he left the show’s stage during the goodbyes, instead of staying and hanging out with the cast, as is tradition. Later, he posted a photo from the airport, alongside which he declared, “Get me to God’s country.”

In the days since, the phrase has taken the internet by storm. Wallen has leaned into the attention by creating merch with his new tagline.

As it’s wont to do, SNL didn’t miss the chance to weigh in on the controversy. They wasted no time doing so. In fact, during the show’s cold open on April 5, SNL threw in the phrase.

The opening sketch focused on President Donald Trump’s newly-imposed tariffs. The policy affects countries all over the world, including two islands that are mostly inhabited by seals and penguins, not humans.

“No country is safe from my tariffs. I even put tariffs on an island that is uninhabited by humans,” James Austin Johnson’s Trump said during the sketch. “It’s called Herd and McDonald Island. Ooh, McDonald Island. I’d love to visit there, right? Can you imagine that? A Big Mac in a hula skirt. Hula-la.”

“I had them mock up some artwork of McDonald Island. Do you mind bringing that out, please?” he continued “There we go. I want to go to there. Get me to God’s country, right? Remember that?”

SNL didn’t stop there, though. They also referenced the Wallen controversy during the “Weekend Update” portion of the show.

Just in the past two days, investors have lost over $6 trillion,” Colin Jost said. “Money is leaving the stock market faster than Morgan Wallen at goodnights.”

So far, Wallen has yet to respond to SNL‘s references to his one-liner. The country singer is busy gearing up for his music festival, the release of his new album, I’m the Problem, and his 2025 tour.

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