celeb news Morgan Wallen addresses usage of slur in new interview

[Jotham]

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In his first interview in two years, country superstar Morgan Wallen addressed the controversy that nearly derailed his multimillion-dollar career: His use of the n-word, which was captured on video by a neighbor without his knowledge as he shouted to a friend at the end of a long and possibly inebriated evening.
 
“There’s no excuse. I’ve never made an excuse. I never will make an excuse,” Wallen told Billboard of using the slur. “I’ve talked to a lot of people, heard stories [about] things that I would have never thought about because I wasn’t the one going through it. And I think, for me, in my heart I was never that guy that people were portraying me to be, so there was a little bit of like, ‘Damn, I’m kind of actually mad about this a little bit because I know I shouldn’t have said this, but I’m really not that guy.’ I put myself in just such a sh-t spot, you know? Like, ‘You really messed up here, guy.’ If I was that guy, then I wouldn’t have cared. I wouldn’t have apologized. I wouldn’t have done any of that if I really was that guy that people were saying about me.”
 
He’s referencing his subsequent meetings with with several Black leaders, including 300 Elektra Entertainment chairman/CEO Kevin Liles, Universal Music Group executive vp/chief people and inclusion officer Eric Hutcherson and gospel artist Bebe Winans, as well as with the Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) and other groups in an effort to educate himself. He said his process “to learn and try to be better” is ongoing.
 
He also said the controversy, which followed a postponement of his appearance on “Saturday Night Live” after he was caught in a different 2021 video flagrantly defying Covid social-distancing protocol, taught him “how much my words matter… That person is definitely not the same person I am now.”
 
The article, a cover story on Wallen’s chart-busting 2023 — which saw him not only scoring the top single of the year with “Last Night” but topping 12 of the publications 28 year-end country charts — also references his charitable efforts in the wake of the incident, which include donating $500,000 to organizations including The National Museum of African American Music, Rock Against Racism and the BMAC. Three dollars from every concert ticket Wallen sells goes to the foundation, which primarily helps underserved communities through supporting music and sports youth programs, and has donated over $1 million in 2023, including $100,000 to the Atlanta Braves Foundation and $500,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville to help revitalize a baseball and softball complex.

 

[Miley Cyrus]

Flowers outsold 

[BionicWooHoo]

Hmm good for putting money where his mouth is…first half of apology was good….second half was….questionable tho. It was very like see???? If I was all bad I wouldn’t have done x y z to try to improve myself. Idk like your work can speak for itself without you being like look at me I’m goood 

[JBJT2786]

3 minutes ago, Jotham said:

"There’s no excuse. I’ve never made an excuse. I never will make an excuse,”

Except you capitalized on it,  lied about donating to BLM charities, and then got Lil Durk to coopt for you to the Black community.

 

 

Let alone make shitty music afterwards...

[Ryusei]

" Morgan Wallen addressed the controversy that nearly derailed his multimillion-dollar career" I mean if anything it flourished because of it. He was already big before but I feel like that's when his sales went through the roof 

[flashfox]

It's my first time seeing him.

 

He looks precisely what I expected him to look like.

[chiliam]

So now i can listen to his music without feeling guilty?

Not gonna lie, his albums are good background country muaic on some sunny chill days.

And people is complex and can really change for the better. Who knows.

At least he put money where his mouth is.

[uusagii]

Anyways Zach Bryan ended him

[Relampago.]

He’s very ugly and that’s all I can think about

 

Ugly and racist 

[Joyride]

he got white america in his hands as soon as he said the n word, if anything it saved his career

[jakeisphat]

Gnasty Gnorc

[Namie-Knowles]

39 minutes ago, JBJT2786 said:

Except you capitalized on it,  lied about donating to BLM charities, and then got Lil Durk to coopt for you to the Black community.

 

 

Let alone make shitty music afterwards...

LMAO RIGHT

 

Folks will now say "I can listen without guilt now right?" People need to stop pretending they care about racism and just say how they feel with they chest. Save us all the time and emotional energy to be honest. Morgan is trash and so is his music. Period.

Edited December 8, 2023 by Namie-Knowles

[Big Bad Wolf]

Mm it's very weary but it's good that he is denouncing it.

[The7thStranger]

Anyway, stream the new Brothers Osborne album if you need some enlightened country music from people with more moral fiber.

[Fleahive]

I didn’t know about all the blm stuff but I definitely had the Mandela effect on this whole situation. I remember watching the original slur video and he was arguing with someone (presumably black) and called him the hard n word. But on a rewatch a few months ago he was talking to his friend and said the soft n word. I’m not about to argue about the r ending or a ending so leave me the **** alone but I suddenly didn’t care about the situation anymore once I realized he said the same word all his people say (in private). I feel like he’s been blacklisted heavily but somehow so dominate. I’d rather focus attention on real racists instead of his drunken unnecessary slur years ago that he seems apologetic about. He could’ve turned into another crazy annoying alt right country freak but he never leaned into that character and for that I’m grateful. Again idk anything about anything else that has happened since then. 

Edited December 8, 2023 by Fleahive

[Bosque]

He doesn’t seem very articulate or bright but he’s still contributed more to Black causes than every ATRLer combined 

[What_A_Mess]

He’s so hot 

[bad guy]

1 hour ago, Jotham said:

also references his charitable efforts in the wake of the incident, which include donating $500,000 to organizations including The National Museum of African American Music, Rock Against Racism and the BMAC. Three dollars from every concert ticket Wallen sells goes to the foundation, which primarily helps underserved communities through supporting music and sports youth programs, and has donated over $1 million in 2023, including $100,000 to the Atlanta Braves Foundation and $500,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville to help revitalize a baseball and softball complex.

This is actually pretty decent and way better than most usual celebrity "I'm sorry feel bad for me" posts. I can see how people still won't want to listen to him or forgive him but at least he put his money where his mouth is unlike others who claim to be for social causes but keep their wallets closed.

[truthteller]

Addreesss your ugly haircut next 

[Asparagus Spears]

Him saying that slur actually helped his career. I whole heartedly agree with that. Middle America fell in love with Morgan when he said that word. He wouldn’t be where he is today if he hadn’t of said anything. 

[BrandNewBrandon]

I just watched that video for the first time and the narrative that he was a racist is so wrong. 

 

He's talking street lingo and thinking it's cool. He used the N word the same way he used the m word. He didn't actually mean that his friend should **** his mother 

 

He's just ignorant. He should've known that word is off-limits but he's been painted as a complete redneck racist when he's just an ignorant wannabe who thinks he uses cool lingo. 

[JonginBey]

1 hour ago, Dephira said:

He doesn’t seem very articulate or bright but he’s still contributed more to Black causes than every ATRLer combined 

Then I guess you guys have something in common.

[JBJT2786]

1 hour ago, bad guy said:

This is actually pretty decent and way better than most usual celebrity "I'm sorry feel bad for me" posts. I can see how people still won't want to listen to him or forgive him but at least he put his money where his mouth is unlike others who claim to be for social causes but keep their wallets closed.

Yea about that:

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/morgan-wallen-charity-1209084/amp/

 

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Nearly eight weeks after making these comments, however, it remains unclear if Wallen actually donated the entire amount he said he would. In a statement to Rolling Stone, BMAC — the only organization Wallen mentioned by name in his GMA interview — criticized the singer, saying they were “disappointed that Morgan has not used his platform to support any anti-racism endeavors.” While the group received some money from Wallen, they said the $500,000 number “seems exceptionally misleading.”

 

[Blue Monday]

6 minutes ago, JBJT2786 said:

Yea about that:

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/morgan-wallen-charity-1209084/amp/

 

 

LOLLLLLLLLLL cleared. 

 

Also, not to dismiss the importance of money bc it is obviously significant, but I'll be waiting to see if he throws his weight behind anti-racist causes and/or uses his platform in some meaningful way. Then again, that may alienate his precious fan base that flocked to him right after the video dropped

Edited December 8, 2023 by Blue Monday

[JBJT2786]

4 minutes ago, Blue Monday said:

LOLLLLLLLLLL cleared. 

 

Also, not to dismiss the importance of money bc it is obviously significant, but I'll be waiting to see if he throws his weight behind anti-racist causes and/or uses his platform in some meaningful way.

Exactly because I'm not saying he's not donating  ( I think he did something like giving Thanksgiving dinners away recently) but:

 

1) it's through HIS OWN FOUNDATION 

2) He didn't fulfill the promise he made LIVE ON TV.

3) To date I've only seen confirmation he's given to 1......ONE Black Org in the 2 years since the incident.