Country music star Morgan Wallen says use of racial slur was ‘ignorant’

Country music star Morgan Wallen said his use of a racist slur was ‘playful’ but he now knows it was wrong (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Country music star Morgan Wallen said his use of a racist slur was “playful” but he now knows it was wrong.

The Tennessee-born singer, 28, had the number one album in the US when footage emerged in February of him using offensive language.