Morgan Wallen shouts n-word after a night of partying, is ’embarrassed and sorry.’ Well, that is simply not good enough

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UPDATE (11:39 AM CST, Feb. 03, 2021): Country star Morgan Wallen has had his contract โ€œsuspended indefinitelyโ€ by his label, Big Loud Records, the company announced Wednesday.

โ€œIn the wake of recent events, Big Loud Records has made the decision to suspend Morgan Wallenโ€™s contract indefinitely,โ€ the statement reads. Republic Records, the Universal Music-owned label that distributes his recordings, โ€œfully supports Big Loudโ€™s decision and agrees such behavior will not be tolerated.โ€ What exactly that will mean is not entirely clear, as โ€œsuspendedโ€ contracts are not common in the music industry.

On Tuesday (Feb. 2, 2021), TMZ posted a video recorded over the weekend of country singer and all-around awful person Morgan Wallen yelling expletives, including the N-word. Happy Black History Month from Morgan Wallen.

Morgan Wallen returned home Sunday (Jan 31, 2021) from a rowdy night with friends, one of the neighbors began recording what was going down

As Morgan appears to stumble toward his house, he tells someone to watch over a guy in his group. He says โ€ฆ โ€œtake care ofโ€ this โ€œpussy ass motherfuckerโ€ โ€” and then goes on to say, โ€œtake care of this pussy ass n*****โ€ โ€ฆ before finally heading in.

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That right there is all you need to know about Morgan Wallen.

The country star offered a lame apology to TMZ for his words in the video.

โ€œIโ€™m embarrassed and sorry,โ€ Wallen told TMZ. โ€œI 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.โ€

Per Variety, his music was yanked from Cumulus Media, the second-biggest radio chain in the nation, as of midnight CT after a storm broke out over his being captured on video using a racial slur.

Cumulus, which is especially powerful in the country radio sphere, sent out a directive to the program directors of all of its 400-plus stations with the header โ€œMORGAN WALLEN โ€” EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.โ€ The message read: โ€œTeam, unfortunately country music star Morgan Wallen was captured on video Sunday evening using a racial slur. Effective immediately we request that all of Morgan Wallenโ€™s music be removed from our playlists without exception. More to follow.โ€

Mickey Guyton was among the first to blast the chart-topping Wallen, She quickly responded to TMZโ€™s tweet sharing their story โ€” the outlet posted the video of Wallen using the slur and received his subsequent apology.

โ€œThe hate runs deep smh,โ€ wrote Guyton. Then, replying to her own tweet, she continued, โ€œThis is not his first time using that โ€˜unacceptableโ€™ racial slur and we all known that.โ€

Then, seemingly calling on the country music industry itself, Guyton continued, โ€œSo what exactly are yโ€™all going to do about it? Crickets wonโ€™t work this time.โ€

Maren Morris agreed that there is no way this was Wallenโ€™s first time using the slur, and seemingly shot down arguments that his behavior is not an accurate representation of the Nashville culture.

Kelsea Ballerini tweeted that sentiment, writing, โ€œThe news out of Nashville does not represent country music.โ€ Fans were quick to correct her, saying that it absolutely does.

โ€œIt actually IS representative of our town because this isnโ€™t his first โ€˜scuffleโ€™ and he just demolished a huge streaming record last month regardless,โ€ Morris said, noting that his prior behaviors have not impacted his sales success at all.

โ€œWe all know it wasnโ€™t his first time using that word. We keep them rich and protected at all costs with no recourse.โ€