As you might expect, there will be plenty more Morgan Wallen news coming in today, with the latest being from CMT.
In a statement they shared on socials, they said they were going to remove all of Wallen’s appearances.
“After learning of Morgan Wallen’s racial slur late last night, we are in the process of removing his appearances from all our platforms.”
“We do not tolerate or condone words and actions that are in direct opposition to our core values that celebrate diversity, equity & inclusion.”
After learning of Morgan Wallen’s racial slur late last night, we are in the process of removing his appearances from all our platforms. We do not tolerate or condone words and actions that are in direct opposition to our core values that celebrate diversity, equity & inclusion.
— CMT (@CMT) February 3, 2021
This comes just after 400+ radio stations dropped Morgan’s music following the video from TMZ and his inexcusable racial slur.
"Effective immediately we request that all of Morgan Wallen’s music be removed from our playlists without exception."https://t.co/J0gjTLJkG1
— Whiskey Riff (@WhiskeyRiff) February 3, 2021
Fellow country artists Maren Morris and Kelsea Ballerini also shared some thoughts on Twitter, calling out the double standard saying they’d be “dropped” under similar circumstances.
"We’d be dropped, endorsements lost, social pariahs to Music Row…"https://t.co/wXVodEsaI3
— Whiskey Riff (@WhiskeyRiff) February 3, 2021
I’m sure there will be plenty more news coming, stay tuned here at WhiskeyRiff.com.
