Morgan Wallen’s history of bad behavior caught up to him on Tuesday when the Nashville Metro Council voted 30-3 against the construction of a 20-foot sign advertising “Morgan Wallen’s This Bar” in the city’s downtown district. As The Tennessean reports, council members directedly cited his past use of the N-word and recent incident throwing a chair off the roof of a Nashville bar.
“I don’t want to see a billboard up with the name of a person who’s throwing chairs off of balconies and who is saying racial slurs,” said At-large Council member Delishia Porterfield. District 33 Council member Antoinette Lee added that voting against the proposal might “help folks who are doing these harmful actions think twice.”
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Even Council member Jacob Kupin, who voted in favor of the sign, admitted he couldn’t “let this individual just slide through quietly.” Kupin continued, “It struck me that… we’re putting up a sign with someone’s name on it who has not been a good actor downtown.”
However, Kupin explained that he voted to approve the sign because TC Restaurant Group, the company managing the bar, “has been really a good partner in everything going on downtown.”
Morgan Wallen’s This Bar is set to open this weekend on Fourth Avenue North near Ryman Auditorium.
Wallen’s felony and misdemeanor charges over the chair-throwing incident are still pending. In a statement apologizing for his actions, he said, “I’m not proud of my behavior, and I accept responsibility.”