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Sad, because now when I see him on 30 Rock, he won't seem as funny to me.

Wait, you mean Rick Santorum is that way on purpose?!

I don't know, I think Delirious was more poking-fun-at than bashing. I still laugh when I think about that "Pull ovah, pull ovah" bit.

This stuff? A bit too stomach-churning for my taste.

I hate to say it, bc I do love me some 30 Rock's Tracy Jordan (and ok, old school Morgan circa "I'm Brian Fellows!"), but this shit better come with some heavy consequences. Being that next season is probably the last of 30 Rock, I hope they will just be able to move on creatively with out Morgan. We simply cannot forgive this kind of hate, and I hope it haunts him for the rest of what little of a career he has left.

This is worse than Alec Baldwin's message for his daughter.
It makes it really hard to like 30 Rock when two of the leads insist on being shitheads.

He got one thing right - "Born This Way" is bullshit. But yeah, Michael Richards redux. Except, I bet anti-homosexual rants by someone currently starring in a hit sitcom are more "acceptable" (or less unacceptable) than racist rants by someone who once was in a hit sitcom.

Tracey Morgan has always been the least funny thing on 30 Rock, more of an annoyance than anything.

Now I'm going to say something that will probably rile a bunch of people up but I don't care because it is true.

Pretty sure that it was mostly black men in the audience that were cheering for TM. It has always amazed me that while black men in particular are the most discriminated in society, they are still prejudice when it comes to homosexuality and women's rights. You would think that knowing how it feels to be reviled by other races it would give them a little more compassion for other groups that are treated with disdain.
It has a lot to do with the black macho image and todays explicit rap lyrics are not advancing the cause of equality with their "hos and bitches and anti gay tirades.

You know, while it is true Eddie Murphy did it, it was 1. 1984 and homosexuality was JUST starting to be talked about in the mainstream and there wasn't a whole lot of understanding about it, and AIDS was still a gay disease; 2. it was not nearly as mean or offensive and 3. the whole thing about Mr. T and ripping a dick off with his buttcheeks still makes me laugh because it was actually funny. Eddie didn't talk about stabbing people to death for being gay and his jokes weren't of a violent nature.

What Tracy Morgan said is just flat out inexcusable.

I was told ages ago that "There's always personal truth in an author's humor", and I suspect the same holds true whether the author is writing for a column, a book, a script or even a stand-up act. A comic rarely professes points in their act that they don't at least partially have a stake in because most people usually associate whatever said by a comedian as being personal and reflective of them to some degree or another. If they don't agree with something, they usually attribute it to someone else and promptly rip it apart. If they present it like they themselves are the ones that cooked up the idea, then it can be assumed they are standing by the statement as their own beliefs.

When Michael Richards went on his infamous N***** stand-up tirade, nobody thought he was being ironic or sarcastic; they thought he was an angry, bigoted asshole. From the sounds of it the same can easily applied here. Morgan has always come off as a shouty, moronic tool whose career longevity has always baffled me. Rather than just accepting his good fortune and ride his minimally talented ass off into the sunset, he somehow developed a feeling of dickheaded invulnerability by saying whatever he wants without fear of accountability...which again baffles me.

I honestly feel he believes in these statement, just as I believe he'll eventually be strong-armed to say an insincere, "Sorry IF I offended anyone- I was just kidding about the homophobic and misogynist stuff. Ha-ha? See?" bullshit statement.

Morgan is either an incompetent performer or a total assrag (or perhaps both). In any case, I have no tolerance for such hatred masquerading as harmless humor.

Mrcreosote is a genius.

Also, whether he "meant" it or not, this still makes him come off like a gigantic fucking idiot. And I think he meant it, which just makes him the worst.

This isn't new ground for Morgan. There was another uproar over similar material in a stand-up routine he did in 2009. This just adds more reprehensible fuel to the fire.

That being said, it is fascinating that this news is spreading based on a note from Facebook.

Ugggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh still really? People still think this!

Fuck this guy. They should just replace his character with more scenes with Jenna, Sasha and Patrice ("Melissa! Pick up your face, girl!").

It’s Tracy Morgan everybody, he was no internal filter. That little voice inside his mind that says do you really want to say that has been silenced long ago. I remember the Obama administration inviting Bernie Mack to provide comedic relief at one of Obama’s events, and Bernie Mack turned out to be Bernie Mack and the administration was upset at Bernie Mack for being Bernie Mack. Richard Pryor in my opinion was the greatest standup comedian of all time, but I can’t remember him not using the N-word.

Now Fey can fire Morgan if she wants to but she had better fire everyone that has ever offended any group of people. All of us can say that Morgan crossed the line, but then again I’m sure that there were some gays that say he didn’t cross the line. Why can’t anyone joke about gays? What makes gays so off limits? Why can’t gays be joked about like every other group of people that has walked the face of the earth? My brother is gay, my aunt is gay, both came out early in life and that was that.

Both of them have a wicked sense of humor. And they would be the first to say something funny about gays. And they both hate professional gays, ok in their mind a professional gay is a gay that wants everyone to know that they are gay and they wear it on their sleeves like a badge of honor. It would be like me walking around in a dashiki with an afro saying real loudly “black man coming through, make way for the black man.”

Now of course everyone hates Morgan, and he’s public enemy number one. The righteous among us will call for a boycott of NBC and its advertisers. Morgan now has to apologize and do a public service announcement and publicly kiss the ring of whosever in charge of the “another comedian makes a joke about the gays” taskforce.

p.s. Thank you Rowles for telling us what doesn’t fly anymore, next time I hope I’m able to vote when we elect the person that decides what does and doesn’t fly anymore, by the way how long does your term last?

p.p.s. saw X-Men on Tuesday, that shit was bananas. Sorry if I offended anyone that sees a psychiatrist.

I find this position reprehensible.
That said, I agree with Branded. I find this fascinating that this has spread based on one Facebook note with no corroboration. I am not saying I don't believe it, I think he is a well-documented homophobe. I just think it is interesting how reporting has changed. No video, nothing. Just a write-up. Very interesting.

@Pookie - Nobody said you can't joke about gays. Advocating for violence and murder is not the same thing. Did you consider what Michael Richards or Mel Gibson said 'joking about Black and/or Jewish people'? Didn't think so.

@Nicole
Dear, if I think Pryor was funny do you really think I was offended my something that Cosmo Kramer said at some nightclub? Tell me you’re joking, right?

Ok Nicole so Tracy Morgan gets up on stage and says to the audience, go out and kill all the gays and that is your point of reference? I’m shocked that the gay community wasn’t put on red-alert to let them know that Tracy Morgan was coming after them.

Mel Gibson, please, honey I'm waiting for Mad Max to come out on Blu-ray.

Isn't there some sort of understanding that when you buy a ticket to a comedy show, you want to hear jokes, not a rant? I know when I buy a ticket to a concert, I don't want to hear the artist's views on shit. I want to hear music.

@Pookie - Please don't call me dear, you condescending asshole. Obviously your phasers are set to belligerent, so there's no point in engaging.

@Pookie - Please don't call me dear, you condescending asshole. Obviously your phasers are set to belligerent, so there's no point in engaging.

Posted by: Nicole at June 10, 2011 11:46 AM

I wasn’t trying to be condescending no more than you were trying to be condescending to me by telling me how I should feel about Mel Gibson. Your value system does not mean anything to me, unless you think it should. Like I'm supposed to get all hot and bothered by Mel Gibson.

p.s. notice how I didn’t curse at you.

Thank you Nicole. My sentiments exactly.

@Pookie: don't make me have to come over there - I've got my cat 'o nines ready. There was nothing "funny" about what Tracey Morgan said. There wasn't a single joke. It was a hate-filled violent rant. Jesus dude if you can't tell the difference by now, then I don't think me ever forcing you to lick the bottom of my boots will ever help you...

But then again, you strike me as the kind of guy who probably agrees with every word he said. In which case, you better hope you never find yourself in my dungeon.

OK, I'm off to the gym, it's good to read internet comments from an evolved group of people, so rare.

John invited his mother over for dinner. During the meal, his mother couldn't help noticing how handsome John's roommate was. She had long been suspicious of Johns' sexual orientation and this only made her more curious.

Over the course of the evening, while watching the two interact, she started to wonder if there was more between John and the roommate than met the eye.

Reading his mom's thoughts, John volunteered, "I know what you must be thinking, but I assure you, Mark and I are just roommates."

About a week later, Mark came to John and said, "Ever since your mother came to dinner, I've been unable to find the beautiful silver gravy ladle. You don't suppose she took it, do you?"

John said, "Well, I doubt it, but I'll write her a letter just to be sure." So he sat down and wrote: "Dear Mother, I'm not saying you did take a gravy ladle from my house, and I'm not saying you did not take a gravy ladle. But the fact remains that one has been missing ever since you were here for dinner."

Several days later, John received a letter from his mother which read: "Dear Son, I'm not saying that you do sleep with Mark, and I'm not saying that you do not sleep with Mark. But the fact remains that if he was sleeping in his own bed, he would have found the gravy ladle by now. "

Three friends -- two straight guys and a gay guy -- and their significant others were on a cruise. A tidal wave came up and swamped the ship; they all drowned, and next thing you know, they're standing before St. Peter.

First came one of the straight guys and his wife. St. Peter shook his head sadly. "I can't let you in. You loved money too much. You loved it so much, you even married a woman named Penny."

Then came the second straight guy. "Sorry, can't let you in, either. You loved food too much. You loved to eat so much, you even married a woman named Candy!"

The gay guy turned to his boyfriend and whispered nervously, "It doesn't look good, Dick."

Pookie is talking about Wanda Sykes. Who just so happens to be a lesbian.

BTW, anybody that questions whether homosexuality is purely decisional needs to research homosexual behavior in the animal kingdom. Tracey Jordan, use Wikipedia before you write your jokes/tirades/hatespeech.

Oh man, Pookie with the clutch trolling. I have my own value system! I love Mel Gibson! Notice how I didn't curse at you! Troller's Handbook.

I've mentioned before, I never got what was so funny about him any way. I didn't suspect THIS, because who the fuck would assume this about someone without proof, that they were such a dick?

But now my 'eh'ness about him is a simmering disdain. His apology is bullshit too, screw him.

Whoops, hit post before refreshing. Meant to say, that's a standard issue apology, isn't it? Maybe I'm a cynic, but I don't know how truthful he's being. It's hard to tell if he really was joking and didn't realize how offensive he was being.

Equal Opportunity Jokester? What the hell, isn't that a Steve Miller Band lyric? Nice statement Tracy Morgan's PR team. Good job.

Mrs Julien, I think the distinction between Morgan and people like Charlie is that Charlie isn't saying he hates women or that women are whores or hateful stuff like that, he's objectifying them. Even if that gets to the point of being abusive, it's not quite the same thing. He showed more of what Morgan is doing in regards to his former producer, whom he ranted about in an antisemitic manner, ranting about his name change from Chaim or whatever his name is. Not excusing it or condoning it, it just seems like apples and carburetors to me.

So. This again.

Trust me when I tell you that Tracy Morgan has never had a place in my life, ergo this is no great loss to me. And I don't care about him. I don't go out of my way to avoid him, I don't actively try to see him in movies/TV, nor do I turn off the TV when I happen upon him.

He should not be burned at the stake, nor should he be given a free pass because he apologized. He should not be forced to do a PSA about bullying, because that would be more offensive than his standup routine.

What he said makes me sad, and I've taken this stance before: It's because somewhere there are gay kids watching him. And if they weren't at his show, they've certainly heard about this foolishness over the interwebs. When a little gay boy or girl hears someone in power (let's not debate whether or not Morgan has power, you all know what I mean) make disparaging remarks about the gays, they think that because they are on TV, play sports, whatever, that they are an authority on life. When that little gay boy goes home thinking less of himself because Tracy fucking Morgan said something, that breaks my gay heart. I'm a grownup, I have an evolved ego-self that is capable of telling Tracy Morgan that I hope he dies in a fire, or that he has a stroke and lives. a 13-year-old in small town Georgia? Not so much.

What's interesting is that the audience seems to have made it's choice. About 12 walked out, and the rest were split between silence and cheers. That makes me a little sad. In my perfect gay world the audience would've quietly gotten up and left the theatre, walked into the parking lot, and mounted their winged unicorns to fly away. Because yes, my perfect gay world includes winged unicorns as the primary mode of transportation.

Lets not make a big deal about this and throw fruit at him or anything, lets just stop going to his shows, movies, etc. Bleed him financially by not supporting him. Be whatever human you want to be, but don't expect my income to support you.

Don’t play games; you know perfectly well in what context I was using those words in. At least give me that amount of credit before you ban me.

While I agree with the sentiment superasente, I can't help but feel that it is just an attempt to save his career and it's insincere. An apology should be the end of it, but after the depth and breadth of some of the things he said, it's hard to take it at face value. Ironically, for me, it's the part that seems obviously not his legitimate thoughts - the statement that he'd stab his son if he came at him with that 'gay voice' - that makes me the most queasy about what he said. Obviously he wouldn't (though clearly if you watch the news that's not a given), but just the fact that he used his own son as an example really bothers me.

So it's not enough that a person acknowledges that they were wrong and publically apologizes. Now it's their personal responsiblitiy to convince the public that they've actually changed. I wonder how a person would go about proving that. Well, we've established that his pathetic aplogy isn't enough. Perhaps if he donated to a gay rights charity of some kind? Nah, that would be pandering. Maybe if he integrates his poor behavior into his comedy somehow? No, too tasteless. Perhaps if he were photographed sucking someone off in a bathroom stall somewhere we'd all feel a little bit better about it (but probably we'd all just accuse him of being a self-hating, closeted homo).

This is fucking ridiculous. A comedian said something stupid in the context of a joke. It wasn't funny and he offended people. So he apologized. End of the fucking story as far as I'm concerned.

@ All of you

Are you all happy now, can Morgan go about making a living again? Will you all accept his apology, is he allowed to walk the streets with his head up or must he cast his eyes downward to avert your stare? Now that he’s publically prostrated himself in front of you can you find it in your heart to forgive him? Must he devote the rest of his life to stamping out the evils that plague society? When does the next round of” let’s try to fuck a comedian up that says something offensive begins?” Why stop at Morgan let’s get Tina Fey if she doesn’t fire him. I mean after all if she doesn’t fire him it means that she condones his behavior. I know, let’s have a countdown; we’ll count the days until Tina Fey fires Tracy Morgan for being a homophobic scumbag. And if she doesn’t fire Tracy Morgan we can then try to ruin her? Ok who’s in? Hell, why stop at Tina Fey, let’s go after NBC. NBC supports Tina Fey, and by extension all the shows that are on NBC. And we should go after the Stars because they continue to work for a network that supports a person that supports a guy that's a homophobic scumbag.

Don't forget the parent company of GE, Pookie. Why, by default anyone who owns a GE product supports GE, who supports Fey, who supports Tracy Morgan - who hates the gays! *gasp* We're all tacitly supporting a bigot!

As a member of the LGBT community, What Tracy said was crossing the line. Advocating violence and intolerance to bullying is excatly whats wrong with it. Eddie never advocated violence, he just didn't want gays getting too good a look at his ass. Delirious is hilarious. You ain't got no ice cream cuz you on welfare. Splat.
Anyone who thinks I chose to be harassed and hated for who I am can do unspeakable things to themselves. I'd expect crazy comments on WorldNetDaily or Fox News but to see people on this website defending this trash blows my mind.

@Pookie

Why are you so intent on defending him? To sum, Morgan, a popular comedienne on a (relatively) popular show, goes on stage and delivers not a few off color jokes about "the gays", but a long and serious rant that includes sentiments such as stabbing his son if he's gay. Faced with a backlash he issues a paragraph long apology that I'm not even sure he personally wrote, let alone whether it's sincere.

I'm gay, and I can take a gay joke. Most gay people can. Tracy's rant didn't personally offend me, there are few things that could. What it and the reports of the audience cheering did do is make me sad and fill me with tremendous unease. Not that my approval matters much in the scheme of things, but it will take a lot more than some trite apology to make those feelings of unease and distrust go away.

I’m not defending Morgan, I’m just trying to stop the lynch mob mentality that says when you make an offensive joke you should have your career destroyed. But everyday on with site we say some of the most vile and vicious things about actors, and somehow that seems to be okay. But I guess it’s okay because we don’t really mean it, but Morgan really did mean it when he was making jokes about gay people. Most of all I’m sick of the self-righteous holier than thou that pick and choose when to get offended.

Yeah, actually I do get to chose when I get offended. And this offended me. Not everyone is calling for him to be demonized. But don't look me in the eye and tell me that I should just take a joke, because I don't have to do anything of the sort. I can remain offended and that's my right as a human, and in this case, a gay human. People don't get to tell me what does or does not offend me. And I don't have to accept his apology. Such is not required of me.

Bottom line- If you think Tracy Morgan is funny and this is all a joke, then by all means go ahead and give him your money and attention. Buy tickets to his live shows, watch his TV shows, get the DVD's, buy a t-shirt. If you don't think this is funny, and take it rather seriously, then erase him from your life. Don't buy his shit, don't go to his shows, don't watch him on TV.

Those are the only rational decisions we have.

And I think it's different if you or I are offensive, versus a famous comedian with a national voice talks about stabbing his gay son. I don't have a national voice, as much as I'd like one.

@The Gay

Make sure you get offended by any and everyone that makes a gay joke. I say that because I’m sure someone you’ve held in high esteem has made an off color joke that you’ve let slide. Don’t let anything slide, treat them all the same friend and foe alike, Mr. Absolute.

@el

Thank you for not being so absolute in your thinking.

@bluejayone

How about Morgan washing your car and when he finishes he gets down on one knee and says “my bad,” and then reaches out for one of those terrorist fist jabs?

I personally found what he said hilarious. You all need to quit being so self-righteous. Comedy is supposed to be confrontational and offensive. So what if it 'crossed a line', get over it.

@bluejayone

Do you like porn?

Hmmm, maybe I should consider a career in comedy. The standards for what constitutes a joke have changed since my day. I can see me on stage now:

"I don't like hypocrites"
Big laugh.
"I don't like muggers".
Big laugh and applause.
"I really don't like Al Quaeda".
Crowd falls all over itself in hysterical laughter, and I go off to count my money.

A big effin yawn from Sweden...
Pajiba is always politically correct.
Here in Sweden we have the f-ckin UTOPIA in some sense...and I´m bored...in so many ways

Yeah right...I see a bunch of intellectual words all over the place...
Face it!
Pajiba and US is NOT Sweden...
Carry on....

I think Supersente should be Morgans new comedy writer. Comedy is funny stuff based on truth, not someone's disgusting personal opinions. Pryor was brilliant. He took the truth about race relations and squeezed every drop of hilarity out of it that he could. It was confrontational and brutal, and white people laughed too. And it was FUNNY because it was TRUE. I have no doubt that he would have found the funny in homosexuality that would have had gay people laughing the hardest.

Morgan, on the other hand, said he would stab his son if he was gay, and that being gay is bascically an affront to mankind.

See the difference?

As for "apologies" these morons give them to save their careers, nothing else.

The only place where I have seen Tracy Morgan is that movie with Bruce Willis and I think it's quite fair to say that Morgan was pure crap. He pretty much destroyed the whole movie. So based on on this I consider him a horrible comedian and I can't imagine why anyone cares for him....however while I am as willing to bash some random celeb ass as much as the next guy when it concerns someone I really enjoy......

.....I don't know. I haven't seen been in such a situation yet but I am pretty sure that if the entire cast of Arrested Development was involved in a satanic sex orgy where they roasted kittens I would still keep loving them and laugh like a crazy man if any of them said " I made a huge mistake" in response to the satanic bbq kitty orgy issue

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