Morgan Wallen Throws Chairs and Says Naughty Words

Morgan Wallen was booked into jail early Monday morning for allegedly hurling a chair from the sixth floor roof of a downtown Nashville bar and concert venue, the latest in a string of public incidents for the country music star.

According to an arrest report some Metro Nashville police officers were standing in front of Chief’s Bar on Broadway Sunday night when a chair fell from above them, hitting the ground just feet from where they were standing.

Wallen faces three felony counts of reckless endangerment, as well as a disorderly conduct charge, according to Nashville police who posted a grinning mugshot of the 30 year old on X (formally known as Twitter).

Officers reviewed video showing Wallen, lunging and throwing an object over the roof of Chief’s bar, a new honky tonk in Nashville’s entertainment district, according to an arrest report. He was seen laughing after the incident, according to witnesses described in the report.

Wallen is cooperating fully with authorities according to his attorney Worrick Robinson, who released a brief statement. This however is not the first time that Wallen has partied too hard, and regretted it the next day.  

Wallen has come into mainstream popularity over the last few years, with One Thing at a Time and Dangerous topping Billboard charts and setting records. But his rise has been accompanied by a series of public incidents.

He was arrested at a different Nashville bar for disorderly conduct in 2020, after saying the n-word, leading to him being suspended by his label and taken off radio station. Wallen issued a public apology afterward, then released a photo of himself smiling next to the bar’s owner, Kid Rock. Wallen apologized again after social media videos showed him partying without a mask in the early months of the  coronavirus pandemic, an incident that briefly disrupted his plans to perform on Saturday Night Live.

His career looked to be in serious jeopardy for a time in early 2021, after TMZ published footage of Wallen calling a friend the n-word outside his home. Wallen’s record label swiftly suspended him, he was banned from awards shows, and hundreds of radio stations dropped his music. But the singer’s career recovered after he issued a statement to “sincerely apologize for using the word” and promised to “do better.” 

When The Washington Post covered the launch of Wallen’s headlining tour a year after the scandal. Many fans were eager to forgive him, if they thought he needed forgiveness at all. It wasn’t immediately clear what penalties Wallen could face after Monday’s arrest. He was released after posting a $15,250 bond, according to WTVF. The station noted that his next court appearance is set for May 3, the same day he is scheduled to play at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium.