" I did n’t experience right publicly checking in until I made amends with some common people . "
Warning: Discussion of alcohol abuse.
Morgan Wallenis speaking out after his arrest in Nashville, Tennessee.
The 30-year-old country star is an award-winning artist who consistently dominates the charts. However, his music career was overshadowed by hisfelony arrestamid the 2024 leg of his One Night at a Time World Tour.
According to a statementpostedon the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department X (formerly Twitter) account, Morgan was “booked early [April 8] on 3 cts of felony reckless endangerment and 1 ct of misdemeanor disorderly conduct for throwing a chair from the rooftop of Chief’s Bar Sun night. The chair landed on Broadway, close to 2 MNPD officers. His bond: $15,250.”
According to Nashville’sWKRN, authorities reported that a chair landed approximately three feet from two officers standing outside Chief’s Bar, a six-story bar and restaurant owned by country singer Eric Church on Broadway, the major thoroughfare in downtown Nashville. Once the officers reviewed the footage, Morgan was shown throwing the chair from the roof.
On April 19, Morgan broke his silence on the arrest with a series of tweetspostedon his X account. “I didn’t feel right publicly checking in until I made amends with some folks,” he said. “I’ve touched base with Nashville law enforcement, my family, and the good people at Chief’s.”
I did n’t sense right in public checking in until I made indemnification with some folks . I ’ve meet foundation with Nashville law of nature enforcement , my folk , and the good people at Chief ’s . I ’m not proud of my deportment , and I accept responsibility .
“I’m not proud of my behavior, and I accept responsibility.”
“I have the utmost respect for the officers working every day to keep us all safe. Regarding my tour, there will be no change. —MW”
I have the utmost regard for the officers work every day to keep us all safe . Regarding my tour , there will be no variety . -MW
This incident isn’t Morgan’s first apology for his bad behavior in Nashville. If you remember, back in 2021, Morganissueda lengthy apology after he was caught onvideousing the n-word.
“I was made aware of the video being posted to TMZ with hardly any time to think before it was released to the public,” Morgan said. “I was asked if I wanted to apologize, and of course I did. I wrote many detailed thoughts, and only a portion of those got used, which painted me in an even more careless light. I’m here to hopefully show you that that’s not the truth.”
He went on to explain the incident occurred during the final hour of a 72-hour bender; he regretted his behavior and wanted to make sure that his apology wasn’t insincere.
" apparently , the natural matter to do is to apologize further and just continue to rationalize — but because you got caught , and that ’s not what I wanted to do . I let so many people down … I lease my parents down , and they ’re the farthest affair from the individual in that video . And I let my son down , and I ’m not o.k. with that . So this week , I ’ve been waiting to say anything further until I get the chance to justify to those closest to me that I fuck I personally hurt . "
The Nashville NAACP, Black leaders, and other organizations reached out to meet with Morgan following the incident, and he accepted their invitations.
“And one thing I’ve learned already is I’m specifically sorry for is that it matters — my words matter. That words can truly hurt a person, and at my core, that’s not what I’m OK with,” he continued. “This week, I heard firsthand some personal stories from Black people that honestly shook me. And I know what I’m going through this week doesn’t even compare to some of the trials I heard about from them.”
" I come away from those discourse with a cryptic appreciation for them and a clearer savvy of the weight of my words . I wish the circumstances were different for me to learn these things , but I ’m also glad it get the process for me to do so . "
“I’ve got many more things to learn, but I already know that I don’t want to add to any division,” Morgan said. “This week was a big lesson that sometimes we can do just that without even knowing it. Our actions matter, our words matter, and I just want to encourage anyone watching to please learn from my mistakes. There’s no reason to downplay what I did. It matters. And please know I’m carefully choosing my next steps.”
Before the 2022 incident, Morgan was also arrested in2020for public intoxication and disorderly conduct in Nashville at Kid Rock’s Big Honky Tonk & Steakhouse.
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