Morgan Wallen could face a serious prison sentence after his most recent drunken escapades and subsequent arrest, but his friend Ernest found plenty to laugh about.
Ernest Keith Smith, a country singer who performs only under his given name, shared a video of himself on Instagram on Monday that poked fun at the 30-year-old superstar’s latest brush with the law.
He made a joking reference to the ‘chair’ Wallen threw from the sixth floor of a bar in downtown Nashville, which reportedly landed on the ground just three feet from police.
Wallen was arrested shortly after Sunday night and his attorney said Monday that he is “cooperating fully with authorities.”
In Ernest’s video on Monday, he filmed himself in the driver’s seat while driving, while captioning the clip: “Alexa, play ‘The Chair’ by George Strait.”
Morgan Wallen’s friend, country singer Ernest, mocked his arrest Sunday for throwing a chair from a Nashville bar by jokingly asking Alexa to ‘play “The Chair” by George Strait.’
Wallen, 30, was charged with three counts of felony reckless endangerment and one count of misdemeanor disorderly conduct, and officers alleged the chair landed three feet away from them; seen in his April 8 mugshot
While the caption appeared to be a joke about Wallen’s recent chair-throwing incident, Ernest also poked fun at his friend in a caption written about the video.
“When Morgan asks me if I want to go to Broadway…” he wrote, while driving with a stone face in the video.
Despite what its title said, the video was soundtracked by country star Lainey Wilson’s song I Would If I Could.
Ernest had started her video over a part of the pre-chorus in which she sang: “I would if I could / But I can’t, so I won’t / But I want to.”
However, contrary to what fans might have thought, the ‘Broadway’ of his text was not of Manhattan’s Great White Way of fame, but rather the street in downtown Nashville where the Chiefs bar is located. Erich Church, the place from which Wallen crossed the chair. .
Thus, Ernest’s clip hilariously showed him turning down an invitation to a night out that ended with Wallen’s arrest.
Earlier on Monday, DailyMail.com revealed that Wallen threw his chair from the sixth floor of the bar after learning that his ex-fiancée had recently eloped while bringing the child they share with her.
Wallen was released on bail from the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department after throwing the chair from the Chiefs Bar shortly after 10:45 p.m. Sunday.
‘When Morgan asks me if I want to go to Broadway…’ Ernest also wrote while responding to a Lainey Wilson song. The bar where Wallen was arrested is located on Broadway in Nashville.
Eric Church’s six-story Chief’s bar was celebrating its grand opening over the weekend when Wallen attended.
Sources told DailyMail.com that Wallen was upset over the elopement of his ex-fiancée and mother of his son Katie ‘KT’ Smith. The couple ended their engagement before welcoming a child in 2020; photographed in 2017 in Nashville
Katie ‘KT’ Smith eloped with Luke Scornavacco on April 3, just five days after they got engaged.
The couple announced the news on their social media with Smith, 29, holding up a marriage certificate from the Wilson County Clerk’s Office in Tennessee as the two smiled at the camera.
Wallen’s son Indigo was there to witness his mother’s engagement after Scornavacco, 22, took a knee on March 29 at Magnolia Farm in Eagleville, Tennessee.
He was charged with three counts of felony reckless endangerment and one count of misdemeanor disorderly conduct, and officers alleged the chair landed three feet away from them.
Wallen was upset because his ex-girlfriend Katie ‘KT’ Smith eloped with Luke Scornavacco on April 3, just five days after they got engaged.
The couple announced the news on their social media, with Smith, 29, holding up a marriage certificate from the Wilson County Clerk’s Office in Tennessee as the two smiled at the camera.
Sources told DailyMail.com: “KT’s marriage to Luke last week just crushed him.”
The source added: “Of course he knew they were engaged and would eventually get married, but eloping just days after getting engaged?
‘Morgan has never gotten over her even though he couldn’t remain faithful to her. And now another man is going to raise his child.
“What happened in that bar had to be the reality that hit him in the face for losing the love of his life.”
Wallen also proposed to Smith, and the couple dated on and off from December 2016 to November 2019. They welcomed a son, Indigo, in 2020.
The boy was there to witness his mother’s engagement after Scornavacco, 22, took a knee on March 29 at Magnolia Farm in Eagleville, Tennessee.
Wallen’s former lover shared a series of loved-up photos with her new love and she defended herself against online commentators who questioned the speed of their relationship.
She denied that the nuptials were a shotgun wedding, but joked on her Instagram Stories that: “Now that we’re married, we can try anything we want.”
Wallen is accused of throwing a chair from the sixth floor of Eric Church’s new honky-tonk on Broadway.
Bystanders claimed the singer laughed after throwing the chair from the top of the roof, and was booked shortly after 12:30 a.m.
Wallen’s bond was set at $15,250 and he was seen protected by an umbrella when he was released from the Davidson County Jail around 3:30 a.m.
MNPD released Wallen’s mugshot Monday morning, which shows the country music star smiling after the alleged drunken escapade.
Smith began dating Wallen in 2017 and quickly became engaged. They are photographed with her three-year-old son Indigo.
In a statement, his attorney Worrick Robinson said: ‘At 10:53 pm on Sunday night, Morgan Wallen was arrested in downtown Nashville for reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct. He is cooperating fully with the authorities.”
The hitmaker will appear in court on May 3, between two performances scheduled at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium on May 2-4 as part of his ‘One Night at a Time’ tour.
Wallen could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted of felonies, and no less than one year.
This is not his first run-in with the law. Wallen was infamously arrested in May 2020 for disorderly conduct at Kid Rock’s Honky Tonk bar in downtown Nashville.
The country music star was also previously arrested at the Broadway bar for public intoxication.
He was taken into custody outside Kid Rock’s Big Honky Tonk and Steakhouse after allegedly kicking several glass objects, according to an affidavit from the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department.
An officer observed that security guards kicked Wallen out of the bar because there was disorder inside.
According to the affidavit, police gave Wallen several opportunities to leave with his friends, but he refused. He was also charged with DUI in 2016, but the case was dismissed.
Katie ‘KT’ Smith announced her engagement to boyfriend Luke Scornavacco on Easter Sunday
Chiefs Bar is owned by country artist Eric Church and was celebrating its grand opening over the weekend.
Footage shows Wallen being arrested by MNPD and appeared to be yelling at a police officer.
Wallen was scheduled to open his own bar in Nashville in 2024, called ‘This Bar,’ to pay homage to his Tennessee roots.
The six-story bar will be located at 107 4th Avenue North on Lower Broadway and will be a live music venue and restaurant.