EXCLUSIVE: While WME dropped C&W star Morgen Wallen back in February after he used racist language in comments to his friends on a private video that made the rounds on the internet, top WME ex…
today addressed agents in the music department after word surfaced that the agency might still be quietly commissioning him.
Insiders at the agency said it was more complicated and far less sinister than that. Deadline was told that some concerts WME originally booked for Wallen before he became embroiled in controversy, which got canceled by the pandemic, were re-booked. That happened through the agency’s internal system, and that is how word spread internally and prompted staffers to ask for answers.
We’d heard that Braun spoke his piece and didn’t take questions at the meeting, but agency insiders said he told those with more questions to come speak with him directly. After TMZ posted a video of the singer using the racial slur after an evening out with friends, action against Wallen was swift. Big Loud Records suspended his contract and CMT removed the singer from all its platforms. Following suit, the Awards revoked the singer’s eligibility for the current awards cycle.
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