‘GMA’: Country Singer Morgan Wallen Pleads Ignorance And Contrition In Racial Slur Incident, Writes $500,000 Check

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Country singer Morgan Wallen, who saw his album sales skyrocket after he was caught on video using a racial epithet in a loud conversation with friends, says he donated $500,000 of that sales spike…

Country singer Morgan Wallen, who saw his album sales skyrocket after he was caught on video using a racial epithet in a loud conversation with friends, says he donated $500,000 of that sales spike money to the Black Music Action Coalition and other advocacy organizations.

“I think I was just ignorant about it,” the singer said. “I don’t think I ever sat down and said this is right or this is wrong.” me and my team noticed that when the incident happened there was a spike in my sales. We tried to calculate how much it actually spiked from this incident and we got to a number around $500,000 and we decided to donate that money to some organizations, BMAC being one.”

The interview today by Strahan was reminiscent of a similar confessional segment from March of this year, when, as Deadline point out yesterday, formerhost Chris Harrison attempted to explain his initial reaction to Bachelor contestant Rachel Kirkconnell’s involvement in a 2018 antebellum plantation-themed fraternity formal. Harrison and the franchise eventually parted ways.

 

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Isn’t throwing money at a mistake Worst then the Racial Slur?

Testing fences… 😔

Oh f*** that guy. I will take that money though.

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