Morgan Wallen could potentially face some serious jail time 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 first name, shared a video of himself on Instagram on Monday poking fun at the 30-year-old superstar’s latest brush with the law.
He joked about the “chair” Wallen threw from the sixth floor of a downtown Nashville bar, which reportedly landed on the ground just feet from police.
Wallen was arrested shortly afterwards on Sunday evening, and the lawyer said on Monday that he is ‘fully cooperating with authorities’.
In Ernest’s video from Monday, he filmed himself in the driver’s seat while driving, captioning the clip: “Alexa, play ‘The Chair’ by George Strait.”
Morgan Wallen’s boyfriend, country singer Ernest, on Sunday joked about his arrest for throwing a chair out of a Nashville bar by jokingly asking Alexa to play George Strait’s “The Chair.”
Wallen, 30, was charged with three counts of reckless endangerment and one count of disorderly conduct, with officers claiming the chair landed three feet away from them; seen in his April 8 mugshot
Although the caption appeared to be a joke about Wallen’s recent chair-throwing incident, Ernest also made fun of his friend in the text written over the video.
“When Morgan asks me if I want to go to Broadway…” he wrote, remaining stone-faced as he drove in the video.
Despite what his caption said, the video was shot as the soundtrack for country star Lainey Wilson’s song I Would If I Could.
Ernest had his video played over part of the pre-chorus where she sang, “I would if I could / But I can’t, so I won’t / But I want to.”
Contrary to what fans might have, the “Broadway” of his lyrics was not the Great White Way or Manhattan fame, but rather the street in downtown Nashville where Erich Church’s Chiefs bar, the place where Wallen coming from the chair is located. .
Ernest’s video showed how he hilariously declined an invitation to a party evening that ended with Wallen’s arrest.
Earlier on Monday, DailyMail.com revealed that Wallen launched his chair from the bar’s sixth floor after learning that his ex-fiancée had recently eloped, bringing along the toddler they share.
Wallen was released on bail by a Metropolitan Nashville Police Department after he hurled the chair from the Chiefs Bar on Sunday just after 10:45 p.m.
“When Morgan asks me if I want to go to Broadway…” Ernest also wrote as a Lainey Wilson song replied. The bar where Wallen was arrested is located on Broadway in Nashville
Eric Church’s six-story bar Chief’s celebrated its grand opening this weekend with Wallen in attendance
Sources tell DailyMail.com that Wallen was upset that his ex-fiancée and mother of his son Katie ‘KT’ Smith walked out. The couple ended their engagement before welcoming a child in 2020; pictured 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 her social media with Smith, 29, holding up a marriage license from the Wilson County Clerk’s Office in Tennessee as the two grinned at the camera.
Wallen’s son Indigo was there to witness his mother’s engagement after Scornavacco, 22, got down on one knee at Magnolia Farm in Eagleville, Tennessee, on March 29
He was charged with three counts of reckless endangerment and one count of disorderly conduct, with officers claiming the chair landed three feet away from them.
Wallen was upset when his former flame Katie ‘KT’ Smith eloped with Luke Scornavacco on April 3 – just five days after they got engaged.
The couple announced the news on her social media feeds, with Smith, 29, holding up a marriage license from the Wilson County Clerk’s Office in Tennessee as the two grinned at the camera.
Sources told DailyMail.com: ‘KT’s wedding 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 never got over her, even though he couldn’t stay faithful to her. And now another man is going to raise his son.
“Whatever happened in that bar had to be reality hitting him in the face because he had lost the love of his life.”
Wallen also proposed to Smith, and the couple dated from December 2016 to November 2019. They welcomed a son Indigo in 2020.
The toddler was there to witness his mother’s engagement after Scornavacco, 22, got down on one knee at Magnolia Farm in Eagleville, Tennessee, on March 29.
Wallen’s former lover shared a series of loved-up photos with her new love, and she defended herself against online commenters who questioned the speed of their relationship.
She denied the marriage was a shotgun wedding, but joked on her Instagram Stories, “Now that we’re married, we can try anything we want.”
Wallen is accused of launching a chair from the sixth floor of Eric Church’s new honky-tonk on Broadway.
Bystanders claimed the singer laughed after throwing the chair off the roof and was booked shortly after 12:30 p.m.
Wallen’s bond was set at $15,250 and he was seen being protected by umbrellas as he was released from the Davidson County Jail around 3:30 a.m.
MNPD released Wallen’s mugshot Monday morning, showing the country music star grinning after the alleged drunken escapade.
Smith started dating Wallen in 2017 and quickly got engaged. They are pictured with son Indigo, three
In a statement, his attorney Worrick Robinson said, “Sunday evening at 10:53 p.m., Morgan Wallen was arrested in downtown Nashville for reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct. He is fully cooperating with the authorities.”
The hitmaker will appear in court on May 3, between two scheduled performances at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium from May 2 to 4 as part of his ‘One Night at a Time’ Tour.
Wallen faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted of the charges, and no less than one year.
It is not his first brush 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 lower 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 a Metro Nashville Police Department affidavit.
An officer saw security guards kick Wallen out of the bar because he was disorderly inside.
According to the affidavit, Wallen was given several opportunities by police to run away with his friends, but he declined. He was also charged with driving under the influence 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 fellow countryman Eric Church and celebrated its grand opening this weekend.
Footage shows Wallen being arrested by MNPD and appearing to yell at an officer.
Wallen would open his own bar in Nashville in 2024, called ‘This Bar’, to pay tribute 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.