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He speaks... but he still didn't mention the CMA Awards. Morgan Wallen has been laying low since wrapping up his One Night At A Time Tour, which ended in Charlotte, North Carolina in October. He did recently make an appearance at Jelly Roll's Bridgestone Arena concert in Nashville to sing "Cowgirls" with Ernest, but other than that, we haven't heard anything from him. Until now. Over the weekend, Morgan sent out a short video to fans who purchased a commemorative ticket (which has a screen display) from his aforementioned tour, and of course, many of them shared the video on TikTok. It's the first time we've heard from him in an official capacity since he was crowned the Entertainer of the Year at the CMA Awards in November, which he hasn't said a word about publicly. That didn't change here, either, because in the video, Morgan thanked fans for showing up to his tour, telling them he's been taking some personal time, as well as working some, over the last month or so, saying he can't wait to see everyone back out on the road "at some point next year": "What's going on, y'all? I know that if you're watching this video, then you spent at least one night on the 'One Night At A Time Tour.' So I just wanted to say thank you personally, and give you an opportunity to have something cool at the same time, and let you know that I'm working, I'm taking a little bit of time for myself, but I'm working also. And I can't wait to get back out there and see y'all at some point next year. Appreciate it." No mention of anything else, and it was a really quick video... @kristy_t3 It’s like my own personal message from Morgan!?? One Night At A Time Tour Official Commemorative Ticket?️ #morganwallen #onenightatatimetour #commemorativeticket #beautifuleyes #beautifulsmile #country #eventshop #country #EOTY #2024 #2023 @morganwallen ♬ original sound - Kristy The fact that he continues to remain silent about winning what is supposedly such a coveted award says a lot about Morgan's feelings on it, I think, as he and the CMA have a pretty complicated history… in 2021, the country music superstar was banned from the attending the show after he was caught on video earlier that year dropping a racial slur. And the past two years, fans have sounded off after believing Morgan was snubbed from the night’s top prize, losing to Luke Combs in 2022 and Lainey Wilson in 2023. I don't know if we've ever had an EOTY just completely ignore the fact that they won, but as someone who doesn't care about these Nashville award shows anyways... I kinda love it, honestly. The timing of the video message coming out is interesting, too, as Morgan is due in court in Nashville on December 12th, where he will face four charges from the alleged chair-throwing incident that he was arrested for back in April. Notably, Jeff Bridges failed to even pronounce Morgan's name correctly when he revealed he was the winner at the CMA Awards (which Morgan didn't attend, obviously), calling him "Morgan Waylon," which Ernest poked fun at when he brought Morgan onstage a couple weeks ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgQXThpbnbE&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.whiskeyriff.com%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE

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Devyn Hales, 22, from California, recently moved to Sydney, Australia, on a one-year working visa and quickly learned that her name wouldn’t work Down Under. It all started when a group of men made fun of her on St. Patrick’s Day.After she introduced herself as Devyn, the men laughed at her. "They burst out laughing, and when I asked them why, they told me devon is processed lunch meat,” she told The Daily Mail. It's similar to baloney, so I introduce myself as Dev now,” she said in a viral TikTok video with over 1.7 million views.For those who have never been to Australia, Devon is a processed meat product usually cut into slices and served on sandwiches. It is usually made up of pork, basic spices and a binder. Devon is affordable because people buy it in bulk and it’s often fed to children. Australians also enjoy eating it fried, like spam. It is also known by other names such as fritz, circle meat, Berlina and polony, depending on where one lives on the continent. It's like in America, where people refer to cola as pop, soda, or Coke, depending on where they live in the country.So, one can easily see why a young woman wouldn’t want to refer to herself as a processed meat product that can be likened to boloney or spam. "Wow, love that for us," another woman named Devyn wrote in the comments. “Tell me the name thing isn't true,” a woman called Devon added. @dhalesss #fypシ #australia #americaninaustralia #sydney #aussie Besides changing her name, Dev shared some other differences between living in Australia and her home country.“So everyone wears slides. I feel like I'm the only one with 'thongs'—flip-flops—that have the little thing in the middle of your big toe. Everyone wears slides,” she said. Everyone wears shorts that go down to your knees and that's a big thing here.”Dev also noted that there are a lot of guys in Australia named Lachlan, Felix and Jack.She was also thrown off by the sound of the plentiful magpies in Australia. According to Dev, they sound a lot like crying children with throat infections. “The birds threw me off,” she said before making an impression that many people in the comments thought was close to perfect. "The birds is so spot on," Jess wrote. "The birds, I will truly never get used to it," Marissa added.One issue that many Americans face when moving to Australia is that it is more expensive than the United States. However, many Americans who move to Australia love the work-life balance. Brooke Laven, a brand strategist in the fitness industry who moved there from the U.S., says that Aussies have the “perfect work-life balance” and that they are “hard-working” but “know where to draw the line.”Despite the initial cultural shocks, Devyn is embracing her new life in Australia with a positive outlook. “The coffee is a lot better in Australia, too,” she added with a smile, inspiring others to see the bright side of cultural differences.This article originally appeared in April.