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Five years after Michael Richards’ infamous racist tirade at the Laugh Factory, another famous comedian, 30 Rock‘s Tracy Morgan, is coming under fire over a rant during a stand-up performance, this time berating gay people. No video of the flap has surfaced yet, but a Facebook account by Kevin Rogers, an attendee at the Nashville show on Saturday, has gone viral. “I have very thick skin when it comes to humor; I can dish and I can take,” Rogers wrote. “What I can’t take is when Mr. Morgan took it upon himself to mention about how he feels all this gay s**t was crazy and that women are a gift from God and that ‘Born this Way’ is bulls**t, gay is a choice, and the reason he knows this is exactly because ‘God don’t make no mistakes.’ ” Things escalated from there. “He mentioned that gay was something kids learn from the media and programming, and that bullied kids should just bust some ass and beat those other little f**kers that bully them, not whine about it. He said if his son that was gay he better come home and talk to him like a man and not [he mimicked a gay, high pitched voice] or he would pull out a knife and stab that little N (one word I refuse to use) to death. … Tracy then said he didn’t fucking care if he pissed off some gays, because if they can take a f—ing dick up their ass … they can take a fucking joke.”
The remarks have created a firestorm, prompting Morgan to issue an apology this morning. “I want to apologize to my fans and the gay & lesbian community for my choice of words at my recent stand-up act in Nashville. I’m not a hateful person and don’t condone any kind of violence against others. While I am an equal opportunity jokester, and my friends know what is in my heart, even in a comedy club this clearly went too far and was not funny in any context.” No reaction yet from NBC, which airs 30 Rock.
RE:ATED: NBC’s Bob Greenblatt & ’30 Rock’s Tina Fey React To Tracy Morgan’s Homophobic Rant
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He is not funny now and never was. Hopefully this will kill him off
Gay people shouldn’t be mad its not like they are funny either
But Tyler, sweetie, you’re hysterical.
This comment from the educably retarded no doubt. WTF?
OMG, are you really this much of an idiot?
This was hateful and not funny one bit. I am not only boycotting Tracy Morgan i want to boycott Sony as well for tracy morgan doing commercials for them. I want this man hurting for his comment. I guess when it comes to money he listens.
Next season on 30 Rock his character comes out of the closet.
Brilliant
ROFLMAO @Lytton!!!
You should get up. It wasn’t funny.
So has to happen, awesome.
Apology not accepted. Go f*ck yourself Morgan.
Amen Steve!! And NBC can also go f**k themselves for not firing his ass immediately!!! Everyone from Jimmy the Greek back in the day to that douche on Grey’s anatomy a few years ago all paid a price for their bigotry by losing their jobs immediately, so why is Tracy still employed by 30 Rock? Cowards….!!
Here! Here!
Just as religious nuts hide behind the bible when expressing their bigotry and hatred, sounds like Morgan is using the comedian’s crutch of saying it was all just a joke. Doesn’t sound like it. Sounds more like a homophobe expressing his real feelings.
I don’t speak at all for Morgan, but people are free to express their opinion.
Yes, they are. And, employers, like NBC, are allowed to express themselves by firing homophobes.
Before this incident, after this incident – never liked him. I think he not only doesn’t add anything to 30 Rock, but he makes it a less funny show. Hopefully NBC, Lorne, and Tina will use this opportunity to fire him.
Yeah, I agree. He had NEVER seemed funny to me and they set him up on the show to look like the funniest guy alive, like some sort of comedy genius or something, but I have NEVER seen it.
He is actually just silly and inappropriate. Kind of like a watching a spoiled rich kid do really bad comedy but all the servants laugh anyway or they’ll lose their jobs…
Maybe this would give them a good excuse to fire him and get a REAL comedian in there. I have no idea why he is even famous, he is the equivalent of a fart joke, ok as a bit” here and there, but definitely NOT for a whole show!
Shame on you, Tracy. You’re better and funnier than this – and it smacks of sensationalism for publicity’s sake…. EWE.
He’s only funny when he has someone writing for him.
He sure wasn’t in COP OUT. I turned it off after 15 mins it was so awful.
he has been telling a variation of this for a while, I remember the if they can take a dick they can take a joke line from when I saw him last year
And Carlos Mencia uses that same line as well.
Which means Tracy was probably using it first.
Umm… I don’t know if anyone knows this but Morgan exhibits highly gay-ish tendencies whilst drunk. More than one person has seen him teeter off his rocker amidst a haze of vodka and make passes at nearby men, like that one time when he was finally kicked out of Cafeteria Restaurant on 7th avenue and 17th street in Manhattan for man-grabbing waiters on more than one occasion…
Just found this comment from the following page, which seems to corroborate:
“You know, what pisses me off about Tracy Morgan is that a couple of years ago, at Manhattan’s Cafeteria restaurant, one late night this disgusting fat asgrabbed me by the ass, and pulled to him and asked me to let him fuck me in the bathroom. He was drunk and sloppy and telling me a mans ass is like a tight pussy and that he didn’t care what he fucked as long as he was on top. It took all the restraint in the world for me not to spit on his face. And I know other friends who have had the same experience with the pig. and now this shit?”
http://www.queerty.com/tracy-morgan-apparently-would-stab-his-son-if-he-whined-about-being-bullied-20110609/
Don’t worry, I’m sure someone will believe you.
Isn’t this always the go-to? If anybody says anything “not nice” about gays, they must be gay?
Don’t be stupid, I personally don’t have anything against him at all. I was merely stating what was all over the news a few years back — i didn’t even know about his ankle bracelet until that ‘incident’ happened where he was thrown out of that restaurant.
Mr. Morgan had been one of the reasons I watched 30 Rock. I am sad to say that after this tirade, I will no longer be watching 30 Rock or anything that Mr. Morgan is in or on. Talking about stabbing your son if he was gay is NOT comedy. Mr. Morgan has grown-up in a world that is racist and he knows first hand how much that can hurt. Why would he ever think berating some one for what God made them is funny? Shame on Mr. Morgan. NBC needs to seriously consider if Mr. Morgan is a good choice for 30 Rock going forward. I am sure there will be some serious backlash.
Perfectly within your rights not to watch. But your not watching will not be noticed.
NBC needs to fire his ass ASAP
…Actual that “Cafeteria” story was a big one and all over the news…
That’s how I first heard of his ankle alcohol bracelet and all that
No, it wasn’t. I just Googled “Tracy Morgan” and “cafeteria” and omitted any hits from today. Nothing. I’m not defending what he did by any means. This isn’t about him. People who try to spread fake rumors like this are fucking lame. And if you’re going to do it, at least be more subtle and believable about it.
Its not a fake rumor and it was all over the internet. Like I said, I could care less what he says about anyone and I don’t know the guy personally and have never had any personal interactions with him and have only observed his behavior a couple of times at the said place.
This is true and if you really want to research it, you’ll find posting on it. I definitely remember reading about it in the NYPost (not that that’s saying a lot)
After all, all I did was google: cafeteria “tracy morgan” drunk
and that was the second link that came up — try it yourself douchebag….
Oh and I’m not gay in case you think I have some agenda here — I was only observing something that has happened in the past.
Either you must work for him or live in a cave.
I’m the one who was assaulted by Tracy so before you call me a liar have the balls to hear my side of the fucking story. I’m not the only one.
Follow this link to NBC and select “30 Rock” from the drop-down menu. You can write a short note demanding that he be removed from the show next season as many others have done:
http://www.nbc.com/contact/general/?__status=1
Thanks for the link. Makes it easier for me to drop a note supporting Mr. Morgan’s freedom of speech.
Hey, with “Freedom” comes “Responsibility”, and you can say whatever you want to say as long as you are willing to accept the consequences. You can go up to your boss and tell him he stinks. No one can arrest you for that,… but he can fire you and you would have no recourse because just as you are free to tell him off, he is free to fire you.
And just a Tracy Morgan is free to hurt and insult and degrade Gay people, he is also free to face the consequences as it turns off the more evolved among us, that such hateful gross stuff was said against a minority group that is often at the receiving end of extreme violence and discrimination. Saying that kind of stuff in a room full of fans is dangerous towards Gay People and they have the right to defend themselves against the spread of wrong/hurtful/dangerous ideas that threaten their safety and ability to make a living.
Aren’t we all born a certain way? I prefer brunettes, other prefer blondes. Some prefer straight, others prefer gay. In the end, there is nothing wrong with any of it.
On the other hand, this is 2011 and the world is a harsh place. We should be able to joke about these things and poke fun at each other for the choices we make. There are lots of other things other people do that seem silly to all of us. However, keeping your mouth shut about it isn’t the solution. Morgan said things out loud that most people say behind closed doors in “safe environments.” The more we say it out loud, and see it, the more we understand as a society.
Instead of demanding apologies the jokes should fly back and forth. To me forcing an apology is the true offensive act. No one should be physically bullied but people need to start learning how to roll with the punches. You really think Tracy Morgan is going to stab his kid? Get over yourself.
Finally some sanity. This anti anti-gay hatred is so tiring.
“This anti anti-gay hatred is so tiring.”
Wow. You know what’s TIRING? Selfish people like you who couldn’t care less about the fact that, in 2011, there are actually countries where people are still being imprisoned and executed for being gay. And in this country, gay citizens who pay their taxes do not even enjoy the same civil rights as everyone else. I’m so sorry to hear that you find challenges to bigotry so tiresome. Many people felt the same way when African Americans demanded to be treated like human beings in the ’60s.
And I say this with love: Go jump in a lake.
There’s a huge, palpable difference between making a joke and condoning the mistreatment of any oppressed minority.
It is quite possible to hold two opinions in your head: 1. That engaging in homosexual acts is morally wrong, and that engaging in such acts is a choice, not a circumstance of birth; and 2. People who choose to engage in such acts must be free do so without fear of denial of basic human rights, and must be respected and loved and given the full opportunity to make a positive contribution to society.
Diggs said nothing about the tragic oppression of homosexuals currently going on in parts of Africa and the Middle East, nor did Tracy Morgan. Maybe now – if you want to be all passive-aggressive about it – you owe Diggs and Morgan an apology.
I think he finds poorly thought-out and poorly phrased challenges to bigotry, like yours, tiresome. Seriously Emma. You’re a dumb-dumb.
oh my gosh Emma, if you were famous, I’d stop watching your show. Oh right, you’re not..so you get to say stupid sh!t. dumb-dumb indeed.
Emma, you are totally right and not a “dumb dumb” as the others have so ridiculous tried to label you. (“dumb dumb”… who talks like that?) They are just brainwashed fools and haven’t really thought this all through very much. They will defend whatever they have been told to think by their parents and friends and religious leaders. They don’t think for themselves and never will. They are followers and proud of it and simply can’t even understand the points you are making. Don’t take their gibberish too seriously.
Sanity – it’s meant to be. It’s supposed to wear trolls like you down until it’s uncool (i.e. tired) to hate people who can’t help what they are. Sorry you’re so put out by that.
‘Tiring’?
As a gay man, hearing someone say they would stab their son in the stomach if they were homosexual and spoke in a high pitched whine, is deeply offensive. You, I assume are not gay. Imagine you were gay, and you heard those kind of remarks – would you feel angry enough to speak out? There’s no punchline, no clever word play, the kind of insight which can make us laugh our ourselves (see Lisa Lampenelli, whose jokes are often extreme but they aren’t intended to maim their targets – often the targets pack her shows and laugh the hardest).
There is a problem about acceptance of perceived differences in our society, and a recent spate of suicides among teenagers suggests this is an issue which requires sensitivity.
I am sorry you are tired of our anti-anti-gay stance. Would you honestly write the same if the jokes were about blacks or jewish people? You may not equate our civil rights with theirs, but I do, and I will continue to speak out when I hear such things.
We shouldn’t ban hate speech but challenge it.
Sorry if you find that tiring
EXACTLY!
Diggs — I agree that the apology was completely worthless but this is not the way to open up a dialogue between differing parties.
“We should be able to joke about these things and poke fun at each other for the choices we make.”
Except being gay is NOT a choice we make. Who would choose to have this kind of hate thrown at them?
The old “it’s a choice” crap again huh?
Well Tracy how would you know it is a choice unless you’ve been faced with the choice not to act on…oh wait, it all makes sense now. Self-hating closet case anyone?
its also a choice to not pay to see him
I would also like an apology from all those people who paid to see Tracy Morgan live. That’s an insult to decent taste in comedy right there.
Although I wasn’t there and not sure of the context (except for the fact that he was doing stand-up) it sounds like he was being facetious. And as a gay man I guess my skin is pretty thick because I thought the rant sounded pretty funny….its important to remember he’s a COMEDIAN…and comedians often say things that shock us. Not to mention he’s Tracy Morgan…and his comedy is known to have an ‘edge’.
What a disgrace. How do you think a young kid that is worried about coming out to their parents will feel when they hear you say that if your son came home you would “stab him to death.” SHAME ON YOU. I hope Tina Fey kicks your bigoted ass off of 30 Rock next year.
I heard this comedy routine happened a week ago. Yet Tracy did nothing until his comments came to light now. He knew his comments were offensive at the time. So why didn’t he apologize to that audience then. I don’t take his apology geniune at all. He is only doing it to save face for his career. He has some deep-seated hatred for gay people since he used anti-gay humor back in 2008 in an act people walked out of.
I love Tina. But I can’t support a show that has a person with this type of hate within him. I would feel like a hypercrite.
Inappropriate in any forum. What a complete jackass.
I’ve said this before–I know, who cares, but–people shouldn’t get fired for saying stupid, ignorant, bigoted, insulting, offensive shit. This is America. We can stop listening and drinking their kool-aid, but they shouldn’t be fired. That frightens me.
Calm down! he’s not being jailed, he’s not being beaten or deported or even fined any money! But he should be fired if his bosses want, as they have a NY based show that appeals to a certain demographic that simply won’t feel right supporting Tracy Morgan anymore. ANd that was HIS choice to do so!
Sorry but that is disgusting and unforgivable! He would STAB his son if was gay and talked to him in a gay-voice–Gross! Sorry, you lost me…. ick. He got himself fired by not taking into account who his customer was just as if Coke changed their flavor to wheat-grass and all the soda drinkers felt betrayed and stopped drinking it. Maybe TV is just not his audience is wants to CHOOSE to do comedy that hurts people like that. Maybe he needs to play smaller places filled with sick assholes who just don’t care anymore. There seem to be a lot of people out there like that nowdays…
He is Free to say what he wants and Free to face the consequences.
Tracy plays a character when he does standup and that character is a moron. Lighten up everybody.
Obviously Tracy’s ‘character’ isn’t saying he’d kill his kid if he was like you Anonymous. Your lack of empathy astounds.
The moron is just a character? Coulda fooled me….
the character is like alcohol. He was under the influence. And what happens when you get caught with a DUI? Send his arrogant homophobic ass to JAIL!!!!!!!! FU Lacy Morass!
NYC Neighbor: I’m pretty pissed at Tracy Morgan… and we all know that homophobes are usually… well, you know. But the rumor mill can churn just from one lie and people who don’t like him will keep spreading the rumor… I’m not saying its wrong, but queerty comments are not gospel AT ALL.
Homophobia = Insecurity
It’s not unusual for homophobes to be gay themselves.
I, too, hope that he faces consequences for his ignorance and will be held accountable for his hateful words. The apology simply does not sound sincere, especially since in one of his ‘jokes’ he says he doesn’t “f*cking care if he pissed off some gays, because if they can take a f*cking dick up their ass… they can take a f*cking joke.” Now all of a sudden he does care that he’s pissed of “some gays” and everyone else? Give me a break.
What if a White comedian had said they would “stab their daughter if she dated a black guy and started talking in that “Black people” voice? What if he had said, “They can take your TV from your living room, but can’t take a joke? They can take a purse off an old lady on check day day, but the can’t take a joke?”
What would be all be saying then?
How come everyone can take a joke, except the gays? Big deal, your group got teased. Grow up.
how about because its not funny
That wasn’t humor, douchebag. That was a hateful rant. “It’s a choice” he said!?! Am I being presumptuous in thinking you probably think the same ignorant thing?
Everything we do is a choice. Being gay is no different. Take some responsibility you chump.
WhoCares — gays do not have the monopoly on taking offense. There are a lot of gay jokes out there. This was not one of them. There are ways to tell a joke, even a potentially offensive one. This was not it.
Like how well black people took Michael Richards’s “jokes?”
Because hate speech like that gets young gay kids beaten up and killed and also leads some to committing suicide. Your comment is insensitive and basically that of an ignorant fool.
What makes comedians funny is that part of what they say is based on fact. He can apologize all he wants but he is clearly homophobic and nothing he says will change that.
Sorry, but I think we all still remember how Michael Richards lost his career basically for saying the “N” word in a stand up routine. What about all the trouble Mel Gibson got in for rants against “Jews”?
You only say that because people just wouldn’t say certain things about Blacks or Latinos or Jews or any of the larger minority groups because they KNOW they will get rejected for saying it.
Well, guess what the days of making fun of gay people as the default minority you could crap on are over and your just behind the times…
Let me clear that I am not in any way condoning what Tracy Morgan said. It seems to have crossed the line in a big way (though I wasn’t there to know the context/tone of his show leading up to that point), and even if I weren’t a gay man I’d likely still find the comments offensive.
With that said, though, for anyone who has ever seen Tracy’s act, they know that part of it is that he’s kind of a tightly wound crazy person who takes the most offensive thing and multiplies it by 10 for maximum comedic effect (something they tend to play off of on 30 Rock), and no target is sacred. In other words, this is not new behavior. I don’t believe that Tracy is a hateful person (perhaps those that know him personally feel differently), unlike the way the Michael Richards incident felt.
I feel that some comedians tend to hide behind the “get over it, it was a joke and I’m a professional jokester” defense, but Morgan seems to be man enough to admit here that his jokes just weren’t even funny (which, frankly, is the bigger offense here, cuz I’m more than happy to enjoy an offense gay joke if it’s actually funny).
Dude, that’s not an act. Tracy is actually like that.
But nice of you to forgive one man and condemn the other. Very even-keeled of you…
I was waiting to see if at least ONE smart person would post, who was familiar enough with Tracy’s brand of humor to attempt to explain the joke. Dontget me wrong it was not executed well, and not funny…and reading it makes it even worse. But it’s nice to see the outrage over Tracy the comedian, was just as swift and certain here on this site, as when the thread topic went up here over Mel Gibson saying ‘N****rs were out to rape his girlfriend,’ and Russell Crowe calling Jews and others barbaric for circumcision, in their ‘funny little hats,’ just yesterday – …oh, wait.
One thing I’ve learned about Tracy Morgan is that simply READING quotes from him will never do it justice. His tone is so purposefully abstract that even HEARING him say these things might not reveal whether or not he was being serious.
99% of the things he says are supposed to be ironic and/or off-putting. That’s his shtick. That wasn’t the case with Michael Richards, though, so I think that’s a weak comparison, DHD.
Lex, you’re asking for nuance? America is much too emotional for nuance.
Tracy Morgan is much crass for nuance! Come on! Nuance? in a Tracy Morgan routine? Really,… ? You are really reaching here… What certain delicate nuances was I missing in “Stab”?