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Tracy Morgan Hospitalized

Matt Cantor — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:07:05 CST

Tracy Morgan was hospitalized last night after he passed out at the Sundance Film Festival. The 30 Rock star seemed intoxicated as he accepted an award in Utah; afterward, he was escorted from the building, where he fainted, TMZ reports. An ambulance took him to a local hospital. A hospital...

Tracy Morgan: Retarded Boys 'Strong Like Chimps'

Tim Karan — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:24:42 CDT

Maybe Tracy Morgan is pranking his publicist for a new bit on Scare Tactics . In his first live performance since his infamous anti-gay rant earlier this month, the comedian smoothed over the scandal, but instead took aim at the mentally disabled. "Don't ever mess with women who have retarded kids,...

Tracy Morgan to Apologize in Nashville

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 08:55:51 CDT

Comedian Tracy Morgan returned to the scene of the crime in Nashville today to issue yet another apology to the lesbian and gay community after an anti-gay rant during his June 3 show there drew fire. Morgan was scheduled to address reporters this morning at the Nashville Convention Center after...

Tracy Morgan: My Dad Died of AIDS

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:52:05 CDT

After his homophobic stand-up rant made headlines, Tracy Morgan is taking things a step or two further than his original apology . He’ll work with GLAAD in Tennessee next week to protest the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill , will film a PSA, and will meet with gay youth whose families have...

Rep. Allen West Intern Fired for Pro-Gay Tweet

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:30:53 CDT

Another day, another Congressional Twitter controversy. An intern for Rep. Allen West, a Florida Republican who believes “gay marriage is an oxymoron,” was fired after retweeting an unauthorized, pro-gay message on West’s official feed on Friday, Roll Call reports. The intern retweeted an anti-Tracy Morgan comment from the band Scissor...

Chris Rock Backpedals on Morgan's Anti-Gay Rant

Mark Russell — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 03:30:00 CDT

Chris Rock is backpedaling after tweeting support for comedian Tracy Morgan, reports the New York Daily News . After Morgan got in trouble for joking that he would stab his son to death if his son were gay last week, Rock initially wrote that he would not "want to live in...

Tracy Morgan Apologizes for Gay Jokes

John Johnson — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:57:54 CDT

Tracy Morgan is up with a quick apology after reports surfaced of a string of nasty anti-gay jokes he made on stage. "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," he said in...

Tracy Morgan Blasted for Anti-Gay Rant

Matt Cantor — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 05:45:38 CDT

Tracy Morgan is facing serious heat for a violently homophobic diatribe he allegedly made at a stand-up show last Friday. According to an audience member’s account of the rant, the comedian said that if his son was gay, he’d stab him to death. For years, Morgan has said sexuality is...

Tracy Morgan Zings Palin Again

Mark Russell — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 05:38:28 CST

Just days after making a crude joke about Sarah Palin that had TNT executives apologizing , Tracy Morgan was right back at it. This time, he called the former governor a "MILF" while on E!'s red carpet special for the SAG awards yesterday. Actually, he said, "Sarah Palin, you'e the...