What did Colin Jost say about Morgan Wallen? SNL pokes fun at country singer twice a week after abrupt exit

Colin Jost had his jokes ready after Morgan Wallen's abrupt departure before the usual end-of-show hugs. Last week's “Saturday Night Live" gave us Mikey Madison, the Anora actress, as the host and country star Morgan Wallen delivering two songs from his upcoming anticipated album "I’m the Problem." Before the credits rolled, Madison thanked all the members who made the show possible, standing alongside Wallen as she spoke. Wallen then leaned in, whispered something into Madison's ear, and walked off the stage, right past the camera on his way out, leaving fans speculating what he said.

Wallen later uploaded a photo on his Instagram stories showing a private jet, captioned “Get me to God’s country” in white text. The incidents then led to Wallen being a part of Colin Jost's upcoming jokes on the show and caught a bit of heat on social media, with half of the netizens calling his behavior on SNL rude. While the other half thought that the jokes by Colin Jost weren't necessary, stating that they saw nothing wrong and that fans and critics were reading too much into the moment.

One user commented, "The credits were literally rolling, the show was over."

Another added, "What are you talking about? It was literally the end of the show, credits rolling."

Colin Jost comments on Morgan Wallen's walk-off

In the most recent “Saturday Night Live” episode, Colin Jost, speaking during the “Weekend Update,” remarked,

“This was the worst week for the stock market since the summer of 2020. But you have to remember — back then — the president was also Trump. Just in the past two days, investors have lost over $6 trillion. Money is leaving the stock market faster than Morgan Wallen at goodnights”

Earlier in the show, the cold open featured James Austin Johnson as President Donald Trump, referring to Wallen’s “God’s country” remark.

“I even put tariffs on an island uninhabited by humans. It’s called Heard and McDonald Island,” he said. “McDonald Island. I would love to visit there. Can you imagine that? Big Mac and a hula skirt. Get me to God’s country, right? Remember that?”

Colin Jost wasn't the only one puzzled by Wallen's rushed stage exit. Kenan Thompson, SNL's longest-running cast member, shared his thoughts in an interview with Entertainment Weekly.

"I don't know what goes through people's minds when they decide to do stuff like that. I don't know if he understood the assignment or not, or if he was really feeling a certain kind of way"

"It's definitely a spike in the norm," the comedian continued.

"We're so used to everybody just turning around and high-fiving us, everybody's saying, 'Good job, good job, good job.' So when there's a departure from that, it's like, hmm, I wonder what that's about?"

He guessed that Wallen seemed like a complicated individual. However, this wouldn't be the first time a musical guest suddenly left the show. The musician Prince once did the same thing.

"I'm not saying Morgan Wallen is Prince, but we weren't surprised because Prince was notoriously kind of standoffish. It's just how he was. So we just thought like, 'Okay, now he's gone back into fantasyland,'" clarified Thompson.

He continued -

"But Saturday I guess it was just different because it just felt so abrupt. And it was already such a small grouping on the stage anyway. So it was just like, oh wow, that was pretty visible. You know what I'm saying? It was a pretty visible thing."

Thompson also shared his thoughts on Wallen's Instagram story upload captioned "Get me to God's country," he said

"The 'God's country' of it all is strange because it's like, what are you trying to say? You trying to say that we are not in God's country? We're not all in God's country? We're not all under God's umbrella? That's not necessarily my favorite,"

Thompson continued -

"But whatever. Moving on, we got a new show. We got Jack Black this week. We're here talking about GERD. We will be fine."

According to a source close to Wallen, who spoke with Variety, the artist valued his appearance on SNL and had no desire to offend, whether through his exit or his later comments online.