Morgan Wallen.Photo: Jason Kempin/ACMA2020/Getty
Morgan Wallenis speaking directly to his fans.
On Tuesday, the country singer — who stepped away from the spotlight in early February after he wasfilmed saying the N-word— shared a handwritten letter about the self-reflection he’s had over the past several months, and claiming that he has “really worked” on himself.
The 27-year-old also announced that he will not be performing at previously scheduled tour dates to spend “valuable” time away from the spotlight.
The singer than spoke about feeling “fulfilled” with the creation of hisDangerousalbum, saying he was grateful that the fans liked and streamed it too. “I had to write some of these songs to get them off my heart, so to see them landing in yours makes me feel connected to y’all,” he wrote.
Wallen described 2020 as a “tough year” — in May 2020, he was arrested for public intoxication and disorderly conduct charges and in September, he was disinvited fromSaturday Night Liveafter partying without social distancing just days before his performance — and admitted that he had “made some mistakes.”
“I’m figuring those out and I apologized because I was truly sorry and have been making my amends,” he wrote, without specifying what amends had been made.
“I wanted to let you guys know that I’vetaken a couple months awayand feel like I’ve really worked on myself,” he wrote. “I’m proud of the work I’ve put in and in many ways thankful to have had the time to do it. I’ve needed this time off.”
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Although it’s unclear what Wallen did to work on himself, theNAACP reached out to Wallenin February to speak to him about the “hurtful” implications of the N-word. (Hepreviously saidhe had “accepted some invitations … to engage in some very real and honest conversations” and that “they offered me grace, and they also paired that with an offer to learn and to grow.")
“I will always strive to be better,” he wrote. “Not only has this time revealed to me the ways in which I want to improve but it’s also reminded me that I am still very proud of who I am and the man I am becoming.”
“I found this time away to be very valuable to me in many ways, but I feel like I need a little more of it and therefore will not be performing tour dates this summer,” Wallen wrote, before encouraging fans to still attend the scheduled concerts.
Morgan Wallen.Jason Kempin/Getty
“My story is far from over and getting back out to see y’all is all I can think about,” he wrote. “So just know you’ll be seeing me sooner than later.”
In mid-Februaryhe posted a videoasking fans to not defend him and accepted “any penalties I’m facing.”
“I let so many people down,” he said then. “I let my parents down and they’re the furthest thing from … the person in that video. I let my son down, and I’m not okay with that.”
source: people.com
