diff --git a/core/dbt/adapters/sql/connections.py b/core/dbt/adapters/sql/connections.py
index 654628b1342..1f9fe35320b 100644
--- a/core/dbt/adapters/sql/connections.py
+++ b/core/dbt/adapters/sql/connections.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def add_query(
 
             fire_event(
                 SQLQueryStatus(
-                    status=str(self.get_response(cursor)), elapsed=round((time.time() - pre), 2)
+                    status=self.get_response(cursor)._message, elapsed=round((time.time() - pre), 2)
                 )
             )
 
diff --git a/core/dbt/events/types.py b/core/dbt/events/types.py
index 536d7e92fc2..8521c1226a9 100644
--- a/core/dbt/events/types.py
+++ b/core/dbt/events/types.py
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ def message(self) -> str:
 
 @dataclass
 class SQLQueryStatus(DebugLevel, Cli, File):
-    status: str  # could include AdapterResponse if we resolve circular imports
+    status: str
     elapsed: float
     code: str = "E017"
 
diff --git a/core/dbt/task/freshness.py b/core/dbt/task/freshness.py
index 5edb7b476ca..096578d9a15 100644
--- a/core/dbt/task/freshness.py
+++ b/core/dbt/task/freshness.py
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ def after_execute(self, result):
                     table_name=table_name,
                     index=self.node_index,
                     total=self.num_nodes,
-                    execution_time=result.execution_time,
-                    report_node_data=self.node
+                    execution_time=result.execution_time
                 )
             )
         elif result.status == FreshnessStatus.Error:
@@ -70,8 +69,7 @@ def after_execute(self, result):
                     table_name=table_name,
                     index=self.node_index,
                     total=self.num_nodes,
-                    execution_time=result.execution_time,
-                    report_node_data=self.node
+                    execution_time=result.execution_time
                 )
             )
         elif result.status == FreshnessStatus.Warn:
@@ -81,8 +79,7 @@ def after_execute(self, result):
                     table_name=table_name,
                     index=self.node_index,
                     total=self.num_nodes,
-                    execution_time=result.execution_time,
-                    report_node_data=self.node
+                    execution_time=result.execution_time
                 )
             )
         else:
@@ -92,8 +89,7 @@ def after_execute(self, result):
                     table_name=table_name,
                     index=self.node_index,
                     total=self.num_nodes,
-                    execution_time=result.execution_time,
-                    report_node_data=self.node
+                    execution_time=result.execution_time
                 )
             )
 
diff --git a/core/dbt/task/run.py b/core/dbt/task/run.py
index 5a5a6950543..41d58958b62 100644
--- a/core/dbt/task/run.py
+++ b/core/dbt/task/run.py
@@ -362,12 +362,13 @@ def run_hooks(self, adapter, hook_type: RunHookType, extra_context):
                         )
                     )
 
-                status = 'OK'
-
                 with Timer() as timer:
                     if len(sql.strip()) > 0:
-                        status, _ = adapter.execute(sql, auto_begin=False,
+                        response, _ = adapter.execute(sql, auto_begin=False,
                                                     fetch=False)
+                        status = response._message
+                    else:
+                        status = 'OK'
 
                 self.ran_hooks.append(hook)
                 hook._event_status['finished_at'] = datetime.utcnow().isoformat()
@@ -376,7 +377,7 @@ def run_hooks(self, adapter, hook_type: RunHookType, extra_context):
                     fire_event(
                         PrintHookEndLine(
                             statement=hook_text,
-                            status=str(status),
+                            status=status,
                             index=idx,
                             total=num_hooks,
                             execution_time=timer.elapsed,