15 places that are 'god’s country' to me

Morgan Wallen acts like a weirdo once again

My perfect Airbnb in Dubrovnik, Croatia that I still dream about. Photo: Mine :)

Morgan Wallen¹ proved once again he is a major fucking loser. Over the weekend, he performed on SNL (for the second time² ??). Mikey Madison was the host, hot off winning best actress for her role in Anora. At the end of the show, the two stood together on stage with the cast gathered behind them for the traditional hugs and smiles. Mikey thanked everyone, thanked Morgan and wished the viewers goodnight. Then Morgan did something no one has done in recent memory (or ever) - he walked off stage, directly towards the camera, without saying goodbye to a single person. Usually - as in, every single time SNL ends - the host and the musical guest hug the cast, laugh, smile, let their hair down because the long week is over. But not Morgan.

The longest running cast member of SNL, Keenan Thompson, gave Morgan a side eye as he hugged Ego Nwodim. "You see somebody before you get a chance to say hi or say good job or anything like that, they just dipping," Keenan said. “We're so used to everybody just turning around and high-fiving us, everybody's saying, 'Good job, good job, good job.' So when there's a departure from that, it's like, hmm, I wonder what that's about?"

Morgan’s Instagram story seconds after leaving SNL. Photo: Screenshot.

Things got worse when immediately after Morgan ran out of SNL, he posted a photo of his private plane to his Instagram story with the caption “Get me to God’s country.” Morgan was presumably talking about the south, inferring New York is the devil’s land - evil and for heathens. But because I cannot write something better than

Hunter Harris

’s absolute takedown of Morgan, I’m choosing to ignore him. Instead of opining about this mediocre, racist man, I’m choosing joy and glee. So, dear Readerm here are 15 places that feel like god’s country to me:

1. My bed on a Saturday morning with coffee and my cat (presumably when I am NOT hungover)

2. Prospect Park on a 75 degree day

3. The floor of my parent’s living room in front of the fireplace while I’m falling asleep as an old movie is on

4. The back of a dimly lit dive bar in a booth with my best friends and cold beers

5. The park near my brother’s house with my nephew as he goes down the slide

6. The world I build in my brain right before I fall asleep

7. On a bench in Place des Vosges in Le Marais with my mom and a croissant from the boulangerie

8. An empty seat on a crowded subway car after a long day at work

9. Sandy’s Bells pub in Edinburg drinking Guinness with my dad and listening to live music

10. General admission at the Sweat tour in my Charli XCX sunglasses

11. Zoe
    ’s rooftop pool on a very hot New York day

12. An empty Trader Joe’s (!!)

13. My Airbnb on the little cove in Dubrovnik with

    Emily Gaus

14. A baseball game in the summer sitting next to a friend (probably my friend Kelli) you know wants to gab the entire time

15. Anywhere with a good Caesar salad, crispy french fries, and an ice cold Diet Coke

What is God’s country to you? Tell me!!!

For those catching up….

1. This name sounds like a mistake. Like a name being said through a mouth of marbles.

2. Why are we (Lorne Michaels) letting him perform on SNL? Who is this for?