Morgan Wallen tells Michael Strahan on Good Morning America he used the N-word "playfully and ignorantly"

Variety

In his first interview since his racial slur controversy, Wallen said on Good Morning America his use of the N-word was the result of being in a drunken climate with friends where they “say dumb stuff together,” and was not meant “in any derogatory manner at all.” He said that in the wake of the furor, he spent 30 days in rehab and has donated $500,000 to Black charities.