“Get Me to God's Country, Right?”: SNL Cast Mocks Morgan Wallen's Controversial Exit in Two New Sketches

Morgan Wallen might have been hoping he'd be able to leave his contentious stint on SNL in the rear-view mirror as quickly as possible, but the furore drags on for another weekend.

In last night's SNL episode, which was hosted by Jack Black in a momentous return to the show, alongside musical guests Elton John and Brandi Carlile, two skits poked fun at Wallen.

In the intro, James Austen Johnson imitates President Donald Trump, referencing the impact of Trump's newly announced tariffs, quipping, “I even put tariffs on an island uninhabited by humans. It's called McDonald Island. McDonald island, I would love to visit there. Can you imagine that? Big Mac and a hula skirt. Ooh la la”.

Johnson then aimed a not-so-subtle dig at Morgan Wallen, adding, “Get me to God's country, right? Remember that? Wow”, which drew a knowing laugh from the studio audience.

During last weekend's episode, Morgan Wallen received backlash after the Sneedville megastar walked off the stage and past the cameras as the end credits started to roll. It's tradition - as the ‘Everything I Love’ singer-songwriter would have known from his 2020 appearance on the show - that the guest stays behind and mingles with the cast, at least until the credits and broadcast have ended.

While some attempted to downplay Wallen's abrupt exit, the country titan stirred the pot even more when he took to his Instagram Stories, sharing a photo of a private jet about to take off from New York, with the caption, “Get me back to God's country”.

Later in last night's SNL episode, in another sketch criticising President Trump's tariffs, this time through a skit framed as a news segment, Colin Jost began, “Well, America elected Donald Trump to run the country like a business, but it turns out he's running it like one of his businesses. I love that you can intentionally ruin the economy and still get to stay President. It's like if you drunk-drove your car through the window of the DMV and they were like, ‘License renewed!’”

Colin Jost went on, “It's insane. This is the worst week for the stock market since the summer of 2020. But you have to remember, back then, the President was also Trump”.

Then, Jost delivered a jibe at Wallen, “Just in the past two days, investors have lost over $6 trillion. Money is leaving the stock faster than Morgan Wallen at ‘goodnight’”.

It's unsurprising that the SNL writers have chosen to include these remarks, given the media storm that Morgan Wallen's appearance has sparked over the past week.

The reasons why Morgan Wallen was seemingly eager to depart SNL remain unclear, but there have been rumours of tension with the cast due to Wallen reportedly turning down a role in the Big Dumb Line sketch, leaving the organisers to pull in Joe Jonas as a replacement. Other outlets have claimed there was friction due to political differences, with SNL's decision to make the Wallen comments during two Trump-themed sketches interpreted by some as a pointed move.

It must be underlined, though, that Morgan Wallen has always steered clear of discussing politics in public, so it's questionable whether this was truly the bone of contention.

In another twist, Morgan Wallen made light of the debacle last week by dropping an unexpected merchandise range inspired by his “Get me back to God's country” comment.

It remains to be seen whether Wallen will explain why he was keen to leave SNL and what really went on behind the scenes. Either way, he remains in the spotlight courtesy of his hasty exit and subsequent Instagram post, and you can't help but feel he'd rather be making headlines related to the excitement that continues to build ahead of his fourth studio album, I'm the Problem, which drops on May 16th.

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