{"id":1180575,"date":"2022-01-02T14:34:39","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T19:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1180575"},"modified":"2022-01-02T14:34:42","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T19:34:42","slug":"morgan-wallen-issues-lengthy-thank-you-post-after-defeating-cancel-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/morgan-wallen-issues-lengthy-thank-you-post-after-defeating-cancel-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Wallen Issues Lengthy Thank You Post After Defeating Cancel Culture\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmorgan-wallen-issues-lengthy-thank-you-post-after-defeating-cancel-culture%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1180575&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Country music star Morgan Wallen posted a thank you message to those who stuck by him following his deplatforming over a secretly-recorded tape showing an inebriated Wallen using expletives and calling his white friend the N-word.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could write a book on 2021,\u201d Wallen wrote in an Instagram post published Saturday. \u201cAnd I probably will one day. But for now, I wanna say thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to everyone who believed in me and continued to believe in me, even when it wasn\u2019t the popular thing to do,\u201d the country star continued. \u201cThank you to my family, my band, my friends, and my fans for having my back and sticking up for me when so many were coming for me. I hope my heart has shown through the noise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI go into 2022 feeling inspired and free,\u201d the 28-year-old wrote. \u201cInspired to create from the heart and free to share those creations with you guys. Im so proud of how far we\u2019ve come together. I still feel like this is just the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wallen closed the post, \u201cGod bless y\u2019all let\u2019s crush this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"cb-e177d0f6b41253bea27b911a7c4c35cf\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">Following the drop of the secretly-recorded video,&nbsp;a solemn Wallen posted a message on his social media discussing the footage, admitting to fans that he was \u201con hour 72 of a bender.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\u201cThe video you saw was me on hour 72 of a bender, and that\u2019s not something I\u2019m proud of either,\u201d he said. \u201cObviously, the natural thing to do is to apologize further and continue to apologize because you got caught, and that\u2019s not what I wanted to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\u201cI let so many people down who mean a lot to me, who have given so much to me, it\u2019s just not fair,\u201d Wallen continued. \u201cI let my parents down and they\u2019re the furthest thing from the person in that video. I let my son down and I\u2019m not OK with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">The then-27-year-old said he was offered the opportunity to have&nbsp;\u201csome very real and honest conversations\u201d with leaders of various black organizations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/morgan-wallen-speaks-out-n-word-controversy\">according<\/a> to Fox News. He also <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2021\/music\/news\/morgan-wallen-gma-racial-slur-interview-rehab-donation-1235026256\/\">pledged<\/a> $500,000 to black charities.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his immediate apology, numerous musical platforms and radio stations banned Wallen\u2019s music over the tape, effectively \u201ccanceling\u201d him. But his support did not drop.<\/p>\n<p>Fans refused to shun the singer, landing his the best-selling album in 2021.&nbsp;Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/country-morgan-wallen-best-selling-album-2021-racial-slur-scandal-reports\">reported<\/a> Wednesday that Wallen\u2019s \u201cDangerous: The Double Album\u201d has sold 3 million copies, unexpectedly outpacing anticipated albums like Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s \u201cSour\u201d EP and Drake\u2019s \u201cCertified Lover Boy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As highlighted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-musicians-supporting-morgan-wallen-following-deplatforming-over-leaked-n-word-video\">The Daily Wire<\/a>, folks in the music industry like&nbsp;Miranda Lambert, Jason Aldean, Diplo, and Jake Owen publicly offered support to Wallen following the video, too. Additionally, the \u201cDangerous\u201d singer\u2019s Saturday post was accompanied by messages of support from Owen and&nbsp;Cole Swindell and \u201cliked\u201d by Jesse James Decker.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLEASE EMBED:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CYNb_RtL0kT\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CYNb_RtL0kT\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/morgan-wallen-crushes-media-cancel-culture-with-shocking-music-win\">Morgan Wallen Crushes Media, Cancel Culture With Shocking Music&nbsp;Win<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/morgan-wallen-lands-best-selling-album-of-2021-despite-deplatforming-over-secretly-recorded-n-word-tape\">Morgan Wallen Lands Best-Selling Album Of 2021 Despite Deplatforming Over Secretly-Recorded N-Word Tape<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-musicians-supporting-morgan-wallen-following-deplatforming-over-leaked-n-word-video\">The Musicians Supporting Morgan Wallen Following Deplatforming Over Secretly-Recorded N-Word Tape<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country music star Morgan Wallen posted a thank you message to those who stuck by him following his deplatforming over a secretly-recorded tape showing an inebriated Wallen using expletives and calling his white friend the N-word. \u201cI could write a book on 2021,\u201d Wallen wrote in an Instagram post published Saturday. \u201cAnd I probably will &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1180575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1180575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1180575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1180575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1180575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}