Morgan Wallen's country singer pal Ernest pokes fun at the hitmaker's arrest ... trends now
Morgan Wallen could potentially be facing serious prison 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 under just his first name, shared a video of himself to Instagram on Monday that poked fun at the 30-year-old superstar's latest brush with the law.
He made a joking reference to the 'chair' that Wallen lobbed from the sixth story of a downtown Nashville bar, which allegedly landed just three feet from police on the ground.
Wallen was arrested shortly afterward on Sunday night, attorney said Monday that he is 'cooperating fully with authorities.'
In Ernest's video from Monday, he filmed himself in the driver's seat as he drove, while captioning the clip: 'Alexa, play “The Chair” by George Strait.'
Morgan Wallen's friend, the country singer Ernest, poked fun at his arrest on Sunday for throwing a chair from a Nashville bar by joking asking Alexa to 'play "The Chair" by George Strait'
Wallen, 30, was charged with three counts of felony reckless endangerment and one count of misdemeanor disorderly conduct, with officers alleging the chair landed three feet from them; seen in his mugshot from April 8
While the caption appeared to be a joke about Wallen's recent chair-throwing incident, Ernest also poked fun at his pal in text written over the video.
'When Morgan asks me if I wanna go to Broadway...' he wrote, while remaining stone-faced in the video as he drove.
Despite what his caption said, the video was soundtracked to country star Lainey Wilson's song I Would If I Could.
Ernest had cued up his video over a portion of the pre-chorus in which 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 though, the 'Broadway' of his text wasn't the Great White Way of Manhattan fame, but rather the street in downtown Nashville where Erich Church's Chiefs bar, the spot that Wallen through the chair from, is located.
Ernest's clip therefore showed him hilarious turning down an invitation to a night of partying 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 while bringing along the toddler they share.
Wallen was released on bond from a Metropolitan Nashville Police Department after hurling the chair from the Chiefs Bar just after 10:45 p.m. on Sunday.
'When Morgan asks me if I wanna go to Broadway...' Ernest also wrote while a Lainey Wilson song answered. The bar Wallen was arrested at is located on Broadway in Nashville
Eric Church's six-story bar Chief's was celebrating it's grand opening over the weekend when Wallen attended
Sources tell DailyMail.com Wallen was upset by his ex-fiancée and mother of his son Katie 'KT' Smith eloping. The pair 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 pair announced the news on her social media with Smith, 29, holding up a marriage certificate 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 mom get engaged after Scornavacco, 22, got on one knee on March 29 at
