Country music's Morgan Wallen has finally spoken up after making a scene earlier this month that had more twang than his guitar strings—the kind that landed him in handcuffs. The arrest came after he was accused of hurling a chair from a Nashville bar rooftop, narrowly missing local law enforcement officers below. Wallen, 30, was arrested on April 7 on three counts of felony reckless endangerment and one count of disorderly conduct, which makes his rooftop escapade seem less like a hoedown and more like a throw-down, police records showed.
The "Whiskey Glasses" singer took a sobering moment to address the incident on X, stating "I didn’t feel right publicly checking in until I made amends with some folks"—a nod to an introspective intermission after causing a potential danger zone on Nashville's bustling Broadway, "I’ve touched base with Nashville law enforcement, my family, and the good people at Chief’s. I’m not proud of my behavior, and I accept responsibility," he admitted in a statement obtained by WLBT.
The chair-tossing shenanigans unfolded at Chief’s, a bar owned by country star Eric Church, where law enforcement was chilling on the beat—looking for nothing more than a quiet night, but instead, they got an unexpected flying object that was a chair Wallen allegedly chucked from six stories up landing frighteningly close, approximately three feet from the officers, police records indicated. Security footage confirmed the country crooner's high-altitude antics, providing a not-so-flattering highlight reel for the downtown Nashville hotspot.
In what can only be described as a curious twist of fate, and perhaps poor scheduling, Church's establishment had just kicked off its grand opening festivities the same weekend as Wallen’s arrest, making the event memorable for all the wrong reasons. However, Wallen is set to perform at Nissan Stadium starting on May 3, and surprisingly, his legal issues have not tampered with his tour plans, according to a FOX59 report. "Regarding my tour, there will be no change," he stated, with determination evident in his post.
Wallen's attorney, Worrick Robinson, must've had his hands full, but he assures everyone that his client is "cooperating fully with authorities," as mentioned in a WKRN report. As for Wallen, the country singer also expressed "the utmost respect for the officers working every day to keep us all safe," a respect that on the night of April 7, may have taken a backseat to whatever was brewing in his head, or his cup, as the chair took a dive off Broadway's rowdy roofline.
