COUNTRY CRISIS! IN
FROM DRUNKEN OUTBURSTS AND ARRESTS TO FRESH FAMILY FEUDS TO IMPENDING DIVORCE, THESE NASHVILLE STARS ARE GOING THROUGH IT.
Morgan Wallen: HEADED TO REHAB!
MORGAN WALLEN is no stranger to controversy. On April 7, the country crooner’s bad behavior got him in trouble with the law — again. The “Wasted on You” singer was arrested for reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct after he threw a chair off a rooftop bar in Nashville. (He’s scheduled to appear in court May 3.) Eyewitnesses have said the 30-year-old was drunk when the incident occurred. And rumors swirled that he was reacting to his ex, KT Smith (with whom he shares son Indigo, 3), marrying her fiancé, Luke Scornavacco, four days prior. “He imploded within days of hearing the news,” says a source. He was crushed.” KT denied the connection, saying she was “praying that [the arrest] was just a slipup.”
Now Morgan’s team is urging him to get help ASAP. “He could’ve really hurt somebody,” says the source. “Clearly, he has a drinking problem and he needs to go to rehab before he jeopardizes his career.”
Morgan has been here before. He was arrested for public intoxication in 2020 and headed to rehab in 2021 after he was caught on camera using the N-word at the end of what he called a “72-hour bender.” (Country radio and his label briefly suspended
him.) Last April, a security guard was overheard saying Morgan was so intoxicated he “couldn’t walk” before the singer abruptly canceled a Mississippi concert. While the CMA winner has insisted fatherhood has helped him grow and “put things into perspective,” those close to him are unconvinced. “Saying the N-word didn’t hurt his career too much but he’s running out of chances,” says the source. “Morgan needs to fix this.”