{"id":420508,"date":"2021-04-14T07:28:18","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T11:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=420508"},"modified":"2021-04-14T07:28:20","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T11:28:20","slug":"morgan-wallen-breaks-long-silence-i-needed-this-time-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/morgan-wallen-breaks-long-silence-i-needed-this-time-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Wallen Breaks Long Silence: \u2018I Needed This Time Off\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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-breaks-long-silence-i-needed-this-time-off%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=420508&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1805.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>After fans posted billboards around Nashville expressing support for him, country music star Morgan Wallen broke his months-long silence Tuesday to say he has grown since the incident that crippled his thriving music career.<\/p>\n<p>Wallen was pulled from various platforms in February after a video showed him using the N-word to refer to a white person after a drunken night out with friends. Though Wallen apologized profusely at the time, he apologized again this week with a hand-written note that he shared on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have felt a lot of love lately from so many people I haven\u2019t gotten to know yet,\u201d Wallen said in the note. \u201cI know my corner hasn\u2019t been the most popular one to stand in recently, but many of you did anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After reflecting on his many trials and tribulations throughout 2020 and 2021, Wallen said he has been seeking to make amends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to let you guys know that I\u2019ve taken a couple months away and feel like I\u2019ve really worked on myself. I\u2019m proud of the work I\u2019ve put in and in many ways thankful to have had the time to do it. I\u2019ve needed this time off,\u201d he said<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI found this time away to be very valuable to me in many ways, but I feel like I need a little more of it and therefore will not be performing tour dates this summer,\u201d he later added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"3.9493670886076\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\udd1d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3vRJHQVfxf\">pic.twitter.com\/3vRJHQVfxf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 morgan wallen (@MorganWallen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MorganWallen\/status\/1382091857874845696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Morgan issued his letter on the same week that at least six billboards honoring Wallen were erected in downtown Nashville. The billboards featured an outline of Wallen\u2019s face while bearing the message: \u201cHis Fan\u2019s Choice Entertainer of the Year. Support that boy from \u2018East Tennessee!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/siriusxm-pandora-cmt-iheartradio-pull-morgan-wallen-music-following-n-word-video-recorded-by-neighbor\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;in February, SiriusXM, Pandora, CMT, iHeartRadio and many others pulled Morgan Wallen\u2019s music after a neighbor recorded him drunkenly referring to a white friend as the N-word.<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"17.750865051903\">\n<p><em>Wallen\u2019s music was first pulled by&nbsp;Cumulus Media. The country music heavyweight sent a directive to all of its 400-plus stations to remove Wallen\u2019s songs from their playlists \u201ceffective immediately,\u201d Variety&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2021\/music\/news\/morgan-wallen-country-radio-removed-racial-slur-1234899010\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>iHeartRadio, Entercom, cable network CMT, satellite service SiriusXM, and streaming service Pandora have all also removed the 27-year-old\u2019s songs. Variety noted that Wallen\u2019s music is not currently appearing on platforms like Spotify and Apple Music, too. Nashville-based label Big Loud has suspended their contract with Wallen \u201cindefinitely.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wallen was also disqualified from playing at the Country Music Awards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m embarrassed and sorry,\u201d Wallen said. \u201cI used an unacceptable and inappropriate racial slur that I wish I could take back. There are no excuses to use this type of language, ever. I want to sincerely apologize for using the word. I promise to do better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the total de-platforming of his career, Wallen\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/morgan-wallens-record-sales-skyrocket-amid-racial-slur-controversy\">music sales continued to soar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/billboards-supporting-morgan-wallen-pop-up-around-nashville\">Billboards Supporting Morgan Wallen Pop-Up Around&nbsp;Nashville<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>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&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.&nbsp;<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After fans posted billboards around Nashville expressing support for him, country music star Morgan Wallen broke his months-long silence Tuesday to say he has grown since the incident that crippled &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312149,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1805.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Morgan Wallen Breaks Long Silence: \u2018I Needed This Time Off\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-420508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1805.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Morgan Wallen Breaks Long Silence: \u2018I Needed This Time Off\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420508","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}