Tina Fey on Tracy Morgan: Not Hateful
by Hilton Hater at .There's no defending Tracy Morgan's recent homophobic rant, in which he referred to gays who commit suicide as "pussies" and said he'd stab his son if he were to come out of the closet.
Tina Fey, who works with Morgan on 30 Rock and has known him for years, isn't trying to. She said the "violent imagery" of the diatribe was "disturbing" to her and Morgan clearly "went too far."
But the actress also stood up for her co-star in general, telling TMZ yesterday that Morgan isn't a bad person.
Morgan's hate-filled speech "doesn't line up with the Tracy Morgan I know, who is not a hateful man and is generally much too sleepy and self-centered to ever hurt another person," said Fey.
She added, referring to Morgan's follow-up statement: "I hope for his sake that Tracy's apology will be accepted as sincere by his gay and lesbian coworkers at 30 Rock, without whom Tracy would not have lines to say, clothes to wear, sets to stand on, scene partners to act with, or a printed-out paycheck from accounting to put in his pocket."
Do you accept the actor's words of contrition?
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Comments (19 Total)
Tracy Morgan maker fun of himself and enjoys making fun of himself IF he can get someone to laugh.I expect this gay comment he made was taken out of context and yet he rolled with the punches by apologizing for the misunderstanding."Archie Bunker" was created to teach people how stupid racism and bigotry are.Why is it that when a black person shows a smidgin of that behavior as a comedian, he is publicly trampled on.Get real.Laughing is what makes life have color.
If I were blind and I found out my adopted son was black, I'd stab him to death.
You're a liar and a hypocrite. Nice try, though.
and yes I'm black since that seems to be an issue wit u ppl.
why all of a sudden its a black/white thing? He said he'll stab his SON. Hmmm....if u say ignorant stuff, u say ignorant stuff. Doesn't matter ur race. He said something ignorant. END OF STORY. Ppl dnt make it about race. That shows YOUR ignorance. SMH