Jack White will now be performing on SNL after Morgan Wallen violated the show's COVID-19 protocols.
Speaking with Willie Geist on Friday's"We're still in the middle of it. I know Jack White is coming in," he shared."Calling someone on a Thursday to be here for a Friday is complicated. It has to be people who are ready to go."
Geist added that Michaels might also be trying to get additional talent to appear, but the show runner was not willing to share who those names were just yet. Bill Burr will be hosting the show. contestant attended a big party over the weekend in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and was seen hanging out with a mostly unmasked crowd of people and kissing multiple women.
"He probably isn't the first country singer, the first person from rock n' roll who partied after a big game, in that case, a football game or a concert," Michaels said in defense of Wallen."We're just living in different times and everything is scrutinized."
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