Tracy Morgan

Morgan was born on November 10, 1968, in Brooklyn{{cite web |url=https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxrNGtmE69P6_fsFZ_VJjaozWzhSiqsOaA |title=Tracy Morgan Born in Brooklyn |work=Youtube |publisher=Jimmy Kimmel Live |date=2022-09-27 |access-date=2022-09-28 |quote=Yeah, I was born in Brooklyn }} and raised in Brooklyn's Marlboro Houses and Tompkins Houses in its Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood. He is the second of five children of a homemaker, Alicia (née Warden), and James Morgan Jr IV, a musician who left the family when Morgan was six years old.{{cite web|last=Lipton|first=Michael A.|url=https://people.com/archive/bowling-em-over-vol-61-no-1/ |title=Bowling 'em Over|work=People|volume=61|issue=1|date=January 12, 2004|access-date=February 24, 2022|archive-date=November 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122131639/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0%2C%2C20149057%2C00.html|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|last=Fretts|first=Bruce|url=https://ew.com/article/2003/11/27/tracy-morgan-nbcs-next-breakout-star/|title=Is Tracy Morgan NBC's next breakout star?|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=November 27, 2003|access-date=April 12, 2010}} He is the third cousin of rapper Nas.

His father named him Tracy in honor of a platoon mate and friend who shipped off to Vietnam with him and was killed in action days later.{{Cite news|url=http://adamcarolla.com/tracy-morgan-and-jo-koy|title=Tracy Morgan and Jo Koy|date=April 7, 2014|work=The Adam Carolla Podcast|access-date=October 1, 2014}}

The target of bullies as a child,{{cite magazine|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/06/13/tracy-morgan-i-know-bullying-can-hurt/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|title=Tracy Morgan: 'I know bullying can hurt'|author=Lynette Rice|date=June 13, 2011|access-date=December 10, 2011}} Morgan attended DeWitt Clinton High School. In 1985, during his senior year, he learned that his father had contracted HIV from hypodermic needle use.The Star Ledger. section 1. pg 20. June 8, 2014 His father died in January 1987, aged 38.

Morgan married his girlfriend Sabina that year and dropped out of high school just four credits short of his diploma to care for his ailing father. Living on welfare, Morgan sold crack cocaine with limited success,{{cite episode|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114009203|airdate=October 22, 2009|series=Fresh Air|title=Tracy Morgan on Being 'The New Black'}} but began earning money performing comedy on the streets after his best friend was murdered. He said in 2009: "He would say to me, 'Yo, Tracy, man, you should be doing comedy.' A week later, he was murdered. And that for me, that was like my Vietnam. I had my survival guilt when I started to achieve success. Why I made it out and some guys didn't."

Morgan embarked on a stand-up comedy career, successfully enough that he "finally moved to a nice community in [The Bronx neighborhood of] Riverdale, from a run-down apartment next to Yankee Stadium in the Bronx."

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Morgan made his screen debut playing Hustle Man on the sitcom Martin. The character sold various items from the "hood", always greeting people with his trademark "What's happ'n, chief?," and had a pet dog he dressed as a rapper. (Later, in the 2003 Chris Rock film Head of State, Morgan appeared as a man watching television, often questioning why they are not watching Martin.)

Morgan was also a regular cast member on Uptown Comedy Club, a sketch-comedy show filmed in Harlem that aired for two seasons, from 1992 to 1994.

Morgan joined the cast of the comedy series Saturday Night Live in 1996, and performed as a regular until 2003. Producer Lorne Michaels chose him over Stephen Colbert in the final round of auditions. Morgan's regular characters included the kindly but deluded vagrant Woodrow; outspoken apartment maintenance man Dominican Lou; lusty Astronaut Jones whose shorts skits ended with blunt sexual propositions towards beautiful extraterrestrial ladies; and Safari Planet host Brian Fellow who was enthusiastic but deeply ignorant about animals. Morgan's celebrity impressions on SNL included Della Reese, Harry Belafonte, Maya Angelou and Little Richard. He returned to host on March 14, 2009, and reprised his roles as Brian Fellow and Astronaut Jones. He then made a guest appearance on the 2011 Christmas show, hosted by Jimmy Fallon, and hosted again on October 17, 2015.

Morgan had his own sitcom, The Tracy Morgan Show, in 2003, which was canceled after one season.{{cite book |last1=Fearn-Banks |first1=Kathleen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wxa7BAAAQBAJ |title=Historical Dictionary of African American Television |last2=Burford-Johnson |first2=Anne |date=2014 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9780810879171 |page=309 |language=en}} Also in 2003, he was on an episode of Punk'd in which his car was towed from the valet parking.

From 2006 to 2013, Morgan was a cast member of the television series 30 Rock. He played the character Tracy Jordan, a caricature of himself. His work on 30 Rock was well-received, and he was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series at the 2009 Emmy Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/tracy-morgan|title=Tracy Morgan Emmy Award Nominee|publisher=emmys.com|access-date=September 10, 2012}} He returned to the role in July 2020 for a reunion episode during the COVID-19 pandemic that was an upfront special for NBCUniversal.{{Cite magazine |last=Rosen |first=Christopher |title=A 30 Rock Reunion Is Happening, in a Very 30 Rock Sort of Way |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/06/30-rock-reunion-tina-fey |access-date=2020-07-23 |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=June 16, 2020 |language=en-us}}

In 2018, Morgan began starring in the TBS series The Last O.G.{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2018/04/03/last-o-g-review-tracy-morgan-comedy-wastes-tiffany-haddish/469962002/|title=Review: Tracy Morgan's 'The Last O.G.' is a waste of Tiffany Haddish|website=USA Today|language=en|access-date=2019-02-22}} It ran for four seasons until 2021.{{cite web |last=Mitovich |first=Matt Webb |title=Tracy Morgan's The Last O.G. Not Returning for Season 5 at TBS |url=https://tvline.com/2022/04/27/the-last-og-ending-no-season-5/ |website=TVLine |access-date=April 27, 2022 |date=April 27, 2022 |archive-date=April 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427143910/https://tvline.com/2022/04/27/the-last-og-ending-no-season-5/ |url-status=live }}

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Morgan appeared in a stand-up special, One Mic, on Comedy Central. He also hosted the first Spike Guys' Choice Awards, which aired on June 13, 2007. He can be heard as Spoonie Luv on the Comedy Central program Crank Yankers and as Woof in the animated series Where My Dogs At?. He also was the voice of Luis in the animated film Rio.

Morgan acted in commercials for NFL 2K, NBA 2K, and NHL 2K, co-starring with Warren Sapp, Ben Wallace and Jeremy Roenick. He appeared in Adam Sandler's film The Longest Yard as a transgender inmate.{{cite news|first=Dave|last=Itzkoff|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/arts/television/02itzk.html |title=For Tracy Morgan, Every Day Is a Show |work=The New York Times|date=October 28, 2008 |access-date=September 26, 2011}}

In July 2019, he hosted the ESPYs in Los Angeles.{{Cite web |last=Conway |first=Tyler |title=Video: Tracy Morgan Reveals Role as 2019 ESPYs Host, Makes Kevin Durant Joke |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2839257-video-tracy-morgan-reveals-role-as-2019-espys-host-makes-kevin-durant-joke |access-date=2020-07-23 |website=Bleacher Report |language=en}}

In 2022, the New York Friars Club bestowed the Entertainment Icon Award on Morgan at the club's spring gala. Morgan is the ninth recipient of the prestigious comedy award, and the first Black recipient.{{cite web |last1=O'Connell |first1=Mikey |title=Tracy Morgan to Be Feted With Friars Club Entertainment Icon Award |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tracy-morgan-30-rock-snl-friars-club-award-1235095581/ |website=Hollywood Reporter |access-date=23 February 2022 |date=17 February 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Genai-Friday |first1=Shanelle |title=Tracy Morgan Makes History as First Black Recipient of Friar's Club Entertainment Icon Award |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/tracy-morgan-makes-history-as-first-black-recipient-of-friars-club-entertainment-icon-award/ar-AAU2ePY |website=Microsoft News |publisher=MSN.com |access-date=23 February 2022}}

Morgan has listed Carol Burnett, Lucille Ball, Jackie Gleason, Martin Lawrence, Eddie Murphy, and Richard Pryor as among his primary comedic influences.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2013/05/eddie-murphy-richard-pryor-carol-burnett-tracy-morgan-on-his-influences/ |title=Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor ... Carol Burnett? Tracy Morgan on His Influences |work=20/20 |publisher=ABC News |date=May 18, 2013 |access-date=December 6, 2015 |archive-date=January 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131230213/http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2013/05/eddie-murphy-richard-pryor-carol-burnett-tracy-morgan-on-his-influences/ |url-status=live }}

In 1987, while in high school, Morgan married his girlfriend Sabina. The pair have three sons together. Morgan filed for divorce in August 2009, after having been separated for approximately eight years.{{cite news | first1=Joyce |last1=Eng | title='30 Rock' star, 'Saturday Night Live' regular Tracy Morgan files for divorce from wife Sabina | url= http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/30-rock-star-saturday-night-live-regular-tracy-morgan-files-divorce-wife-sabina-article-1.397772| first2= Laura |last2=Schreffler| first3=Dorian |last3=Block | work= Daily News | location= New York City | date = August 8, 2009 | access-date=August 24, 2015}} Morgan credits one of his sons with having saved him from his alcoholism.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMfRuIAGfNQ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625042359/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMfRuIAGfNQ&feature=related| archive-date=2014-06-25|title=Guest: Tracy Morgan | PBS |publisher=Tavis Smiley via YouTube |date=February 17, 2010 |access-date=September 26, 2011}} Of his extended family, Morgan said in 2009, "I'm estranged from my own mother and most of my family, and I'm not sure that's going to change much".

Morgan dated Tanisha Hall. She donated one of her kidneys to Morgan in December 2010.{{cite news |last1=Moyer |first1=Justin |author1-link=Justin Moyer |title=Tracy Morgan weds fiancee after turbulent year |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/08/24/tracy-morgan-weds-fiance-after-turbulent-year/ |access-date=11 January 2025 |work=The Washington Post |date=24 August 2015}}{{cite web | url=https://archive.today/20250111043331/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/08/24/tracy-morgan-weds-fiance-after-turbulent-year/ | title=Tracy Morgan weds fiancee after turbulent year - the Washington Post }}

In September 2011, on the red carpet at the Emmy Awards, Morgan announced he and model Megan Wollover had become engaged six months earlier in San Francisco.{{cite web | url = http://www.eonline.com/news/264606/no-joke-funnyman-tracy-morgan-announces-engagement-on-the-emmy-red-carpet | title=No Joke! Funnyman Tracy Morgan Announces Engagement on the Emmy Red Carpet | first=Peter |last=Gicas |date=September 19, 2011| publisher= E! News | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140115182359/http://www.eonline.com/news/264606/no-joke-funnyman-tracy-morgan-announces-engagement-on-the-emmy-red-carpet | archive-date =January 15, 2014 | url-status=live}} Their first child, a daughter, was born in New York City on July 2, 2013.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/parents/tracy-morgan-welcomes-daughter-maven-sonae/ |title=Tracy Morgan Welcomes Daughter Maven Sonae|last=Nudd|first=Tim |access-date=February 24, 2022 |date=July 2, 2013|work=People | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150905170926/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2013/07/02/tracy-morgan-welcomes-daughter-maven-sonae/ | archive-date= September 5, 2015| url-status=live}} Morgan and Wollover married on August 23, 2015.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/tracy-morgan-marries-megan-wollover/ |title=Tracy Morgan Marries Megan Wollover During Emotional Ceremony |work=People |date=August 23, 2015 | access-date = February 24, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905180532/http://www.people.com/article/tracy-morgan-marries-megan-wollover | archive-date=September 5, 2015 | url-status=live }} Morgan filed for divorce July 2020.{{cite web | url=https://www.essence.com/love/tracy-morgan-wife-megan-wollover-divorce | title=Tracy Morgan and Wife Megan Morgan File for Divorce | date=November 4, 2020 }}

In 2023, on an episode of Finding Your Roots, Morgan discovered he is third cousins with American rapper Nas.{{cite magazine|author=Jessica Wang|url=https://ew.com/tracy-morgan-discovered-related-nas-crying-8414277 |title=Tracy Morgan discovered he's related to longtime friend Nas: 'He started crying, I started crying' |magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=December 11, 2023|access-date=March 28, 2024}}

In 1996, Morgan was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus and for years has been an alcoholic. Morgan has conceded that many of his own troubles were incorporated within 30 Rock episodes.{{cite news |first=Dave |last=Itzkoff |title=For Tracy Morgan, Every Day Is a Show |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/arts/television/02itzk.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 28, 2008 |access-date=March 5, 2009}} In early December 2010, Morgan received a kidney transplant necessitated by his diabetes and alcohol use.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}} Morgan admitted that he initially did not take his diabetes seriously but later realized the care for it would end up being a matter of life and death.{{cite magazine|url= http://www.ew.com/article/2010/12/20/tracy-morgan-surgery-30-rock| title=Exclusive: Tracy Morgan recovering from surgery, will miss several episodes of '30 Rock'| first=Lynette|last= Rice|magazine=Entertainment Weekly | date= December 20, 2010| access-date= December 6, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151119171722/http://www.ew.com/article/2010/12/20/tracy-morgan-surgery-30-rock| archive-date= November 19, 2015| url-status=live}}

In August 2023, Morgan responded to a comment about his healthy appearance during an episode of Today with Hoda & Jenna by disclosing that he was using semaglutide.{{cite news |last1=Etienne |first1=Vanessa |title=Tracy Morgan Clarifies Comment About Gaining 40 Lbs. on Ozempic: 'That Was Just a Joke' |url=https://people.com/tracy-morgan-says-comment-about-gaining-40-lbs-on-ozempic-was-just-a-joke-8622155 |access-date=11 September 2024 |work=People magazine |date=March 29, 2024}} In March 2024, he told Jimmy Fallon that he had "learned to out-eat Ozempic" and "gained 40 lbs," but later clarified that he was joking, saying "Ozempic did great by me and I was glad to use it."

On March 17, 2025, while sitting courtside at an NBA basketball game at Madison Square Garden between the New York Knicks and Miami Heat, Morgan experienced an episode of food poisoning, which caused him to vomit onto the basketball court sideline and suffer a bloody nose. He joked on his Instagram post from the hospital saying, "More importantly, the Knicks are now 1-0 when I throw up on the court so maybe I'll have to break it out again in the playoffs."{{Cite web |date=2025-03-18 |title=Tracy Morgan: Food poisoning caused MSG illness |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/44303334/food-poisoning-caused-vomiting-knicks-game |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}

On October 20, 2009, Morgan's autobiography, I Am the New Black, was released. The book includes stories about living in Tompkins Projects in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, to becoming a cast member on Saturday Night Live. Morgan appeared on National Public Radio's Fresh Air hosted by Terry Gross, at times becoming very emotional about his former life in a New York ghetto.

On June 7, 2014, Morgan was a passenger in a Mercedes Sprinter minibus involved in a six-vehicle crash in New Jersey. Just after 1:00 am the vehicle was traveling northbound on the New Jersey Turnpike near Cranbury, when it was struck from behind by a Walmart tractor-trailer,{{cite web|title=Georgia truck driver charged in crash that injured Tracy Morgan|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-tracy-morgan-car-crash-20140607,0,1945423.story|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=June 7, 2014|date=June 7, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607215929/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-tracy-morgan-car-crash-20140607,0,1945423.story|archive-date=June 7, 2014|df=mdy-all}} causing a chain reaction crash.{{cite news|author1=Joe Sutton|author2=Faith Karimi|title=Actor Tracy Morgan in critical condition after six-vehicle accident in New Jersey|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/07/showbiz/tracy-morgan-hospitalized/index.html?hpt=hp_t1|publisher=CNN|access-date=June 7, 2014|date=June 7, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/default/files/custom/Aaron/untitled%20folder/https-ecf-njd-uscourts-gov-doc1-11918990489.pdf |title=Morgan lawsuit against Walmart |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=2014-08-08}} Morgan and three other comedians, including Harris Stanton, along with Morgan's assistant and two limousine company employees, were returning from an engagement at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino in Dover, Delaware, as part of Morgan's "Turn it Funny" stand-up comedy tour.{{cite web|title=Actor Tracy Morgan in ICU After Crash|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/actor-tracy-morgan-icu-after-crash-n125181|publisher=NBC|access-date=June 7, 2014|date=June 7, 2014}} The crash killed Morgan's friend and collaborator, 62-year-old comedian James McNair (Jimmy Mack).

Morgan was taken by helicopter to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey, with a broken femur, broken nose, a traumatic brain injury, and several broken ribs, and underwent surgery on his leg on June 8.{{cite web |title=Tracy Morgan 'More Responsive' Day After Crash, Rep Says |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/tracy-morgan-responsive-day-crash/story?id=24045450 |website=ABC News |access-date=June 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611040359/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/tracy-morgan-responsive-day-crash/story?id=24045450 |archive-date=June 11, 2014 |url-status=live |date=June 8, 2014 }} On June 20, 2014, Morgan was released from the hospital and was transferred to a rehabilitation facility to continue recovering from the injuries sustained during the crash. He was released from the rehab center on July 12, 2014.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/07/12/tracy-morgan-lawsuit-walmart/12564059|title=Tracy Morgan released from rehab hospital|last=Deerwester|first=Jayne|date=July 13, 2014}}

The driver of the Walmart transport-truck, Kevin Roper of Jonesboro, Georgia, pleaded not guilty to one count of death by auto and four counts of assault by auto. The complaint alleges Roper dozed off and hit Morgan's limousine after swerving to avoid slowed traffic ahead of him.{{cite web|title=Tracy Morgan's condition improves|publisher=CBS News|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/tracy-morgans-condition-improves|access-date=June 16, 2014|date=June 16, 2014}} A preliminary investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board revealed that Roper had been on the clock since 11:20 the previous morning and was very close to the federal limits of 14 hours per day and 11 hours behind the wheel.{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/tracy-morgan-crash-driver-kevin-roper-ntsb-108061.html|title=NTSB: Driver in Tracy Morgan crash had been working for 13 hours|last=Robillard|first=Kevin|newspaper=Politico|date=June 6, 2014}}

On July 10, 2014, Morgan sued Walmart for negligence. The suit alleged that Walmart either knew or should have known that Roper had not slept for more than 24 hours. The complaint alleged that before his shift, Walmart forced Roper to drive from his home in Jonesboro to a Walmart distribution center in Smyrna, Delaware—a distance of some {{convert|750|mi|km}} over 11 hours—even though there were several other distribution centers within a much more reasonable driving distance. Morgan filed the suit on behalf of himself, comedian Ardie Fuqua, Morgan's personal assistant Jeffrey Millea, and Millea's wife Krista. Fuqua and Millea were both on the bus with Morgan and injured in the crash, while at the time of the crash, Krista Millea was eight months pregnant, and the suit charges that she suffered loss of consortium due to the injuries suffered by her husband.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/12/showbiz/tracy-morgan-crash-lawsuit/index.html|title=Tracy Morgan sues Walmart over deadly crash|publisher=CNN|date=July 12, 2014}}{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/tracy-morgan-sues-walmart-deadly-718146|title=Tracy Morgan Sues Walmart Over Deadly Crash|last=Couch|first=Aaron|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 12, 2014}} In September 2014, Walmart in court papers cast partial blame on Morgan and the other victims for not wearing seat belts, a claim both Morgan and his counsel denied, noting that the driver who caused the crash had been charged with vehicular homicide and that the police report stated that seat belts were not an issue in the case.{{Cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/tracy-morgan-wal-mart-blaming-injuries-article-1.1958406|title=Tracy Morgan: 'I can't believe Wal-Mart is blaming me for an accident that they caused'|first=Dareh|last=Gregorian|newspaper=Daily News | location = New York City| date=September 30, 2014|access-date=September 30, 2014}}

By October 2014, the actor was still undergoing rehab and required a wheelchair when taking more than "some steps."{{cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment-news/tracy-morgan-struggling-walk-again-after-crash-6103945|title=Tracy Morgan 'struggling' to walk again after crash|work=One News Now|access-date=August 24, 2015}}{{cite news| last=Siemaszko|first= Corky|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/tracy-morgan-walks-home-news-pix-article-1.1959549 |title=Tracy Morgan pictured still recovering from crash as he slowly makes his way around home| newspaper=Daily News | location = New York City| date= October 2, 2014| access-date= November 30, 2014| quote=Earlier in the day, a News photographer captured shots of Morgan outside his Cresskill, N.J., home.}} On May 27, 2015,{{cite news | url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-tracy-morgan-crash-idUSKBN0OC2M220150527 |title=Tracy Morgan settles lawsuit with Wal-Mart for undisclosed sum | first=Patricia |last=Reaney |work= Reuters | date= May 27, 2015| archive-date= May 29, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150529043552/https://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/28/us-people-tracy-morgan-crash-idUSKBN0OC2M220150528 | url-status=live}} Walmart settled the lawsuit for a multi-million-dollar amount.{{cite news| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-tracy-morgan-crash-idUSKBN0OC2M220150527| title=Wal-Mart, insurers settle lawsuits over 2014 Tracy Morgan crash| first=Jonathan| last=Stempel| work=Reuters| date=August 7, 2017| access-date=November 29, 2021}} It is estimated that the sum settled for was approximately $90 million US.{{cite web | url=https://wilsonlaw.com/blog/walmart-settles-with-comedian-tracy-morgan-for-estimated-90-million/#:~:text=Walmart%20Settles%20with%20Comedian%20Tracy%20Morgan%20for%20Estimated%20%2490%20Million,-Sep18&text=The%20long%2Dwinded%20case%20between,with%20a%20Walmart%20truck%20driver | title=Tracy Morgan Medical Malpractice Law Suit | date=September 18, 2017 }}

On June 1, 2015, Morgan made his first public appearance since the crash, in an interview with Matt Lauer on Today. In that interview, he appeared lucid but said that "I have my good days and my bad days, where I forgot things," and that he also gets recurring headaches. He also stated that he had no memory of the crash. Morgan made a surprise appearance at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards on September 20, and was greeted with a standing ovation. He then hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live on October 17, 2015.{{cite news |title=Tracy Morgan Hilariously Pokes Fun at His Brain Damage in First 'SNL' Promos |url=http://www.etonline.com/news/173972_tracy_morgan_is_hilarious_pokes_fun_at_his_brain_damage_first_promos_for_saturday_night_live/ |newspaper=Entertainment Tonight |first=Antoinette |last=Buono|date=October 14, 2015}} On the November 3, 2016 episode of Conan, Morgan said that he was no longer angry about the collision and had forgiven Roper.{{cite web |url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/tracy-morgan-says-he-forgives-truck-driver-who-hit-him-news.25220.html |title=Tracy Morgan says he forgives driver |last=Feig |first=Zakk |date=4 November 2016 |website=Hotnewhiphop |access-date=4 November 2016}} The driver of the Walmart truck, Roper, accepted a plea deal in which he pleaded guilty but would serve no jail time.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/middlesex/2016/11/do_not_publish_--_driver_in_tracy_morgan_crash_app.html|title=Driver in Tracy Morgan crash pleads guilty, avoids prison time|first=Alex|last= Napoliello |date=November 29, 2016|website=nj}} Roper was sentenced to pay undisclosed amounts of fines, serve 300 hours of community service, and serve probation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/middlesex/2016/11/do_not_publish_--_driver_in_tracy_morgan_crash_app.html|title = Driver in Tracy Morgan crash pleads guilty, avoids prison time|date = November 29, 2016}} Morgan's 2017 Netflix standup special Staying Alive joked about Walmart and the lawsuit, while detailing his hospitalization, rehab and recovery.{{Cite web |last=Jung |first=E. Alex |title=Tracy Morgan Reflects on Life, Death, and Why He Doesn't Care for Politics |url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/05/tracy-morgan-staying-alive-netflix-politics.html |access-date=2020-07-23 |website=Vulture |date=May 11, 2017 |language=en-us}}

During a performance in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 3, 2011, Morgan made remarks about homosexuals, reportedly stating that if his son were gay, his son better speak to him like a man or he would "pull out a knife and stab him." Morgan apologized, saying that he had "gone too far."{{cite web|last=Oldenburg |first=Ann |url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2011/06/tina-feytracy-morgan-is-not-a-hateful-man/1 |title=Tina Fey:Tracy Morgan is 'not a hateful man' |work=USA Today |date=June 12, 2011 |access-date=September 26, 2011 |archive-date=May 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527013927/http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2011/06/tina-feytracy-morgan-is-not-a-hateful-man/1 |url-status=live }} NBC Entertainment head Bob Greenblatt stated, "I speak for NBC and myself personally when I say we do not condone hate or violence of any kind, and I am pleased to see Tracy Morgan apologizing for recent homophobic remarks in his standup appearance... Unfortunately, Tracy's comments reflect negatively on both 30 Rock and NBC – two very all-inclusive and diverse organizations – and we have made it clear to him that this kind of behavior will not be tolerated." Tina Fey, Morgan's boss both in fiction and in real life, said, "I'm glad to hear that Tracy apologized .... but the violent imagery of Tracy's rant was disturbing to me at a time when homophobic hate crimes continue to be a life-threatening issue for the LGBT community...the Tracy Morgan I know, ...is not a hateful man and [would never] hurt another person. I hope for his sake that Tracy's apology will be accepted as sincere by his gay and lesbian co-workers 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."{{cite web | title='30 Rock's' Tina Fey and NBC honcho Bob Greenblatt respond to Tracy Morgan's homophobic comments |date=June 10, 2011 |work=Los Angeles Times |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2011/06/30-rocks-tina-fey-and-nbc-honcho-bob-greenblatt-respond-to-tracy-morgans-homophobic-comments.html |first=Yvonne|last= Villarreal}}

In 2012, Morgan's mother, Alicia Warden, said her Youngstown, Ohio, home was on the verge of foreclosure as a result of being laid off from her job the previous year. Her home value at the time was estimated to be $28,000, and her request for help from Morgan resulted in an offer of a one-time gift of $2,000, which she refused. Morgan responded in a statement: "I am saddened that these untrue stories about me have people questioning my commitment to my family. For reasons that are between us, I have not seen my mother in 11 years and outside of a random call here and there have had little to no contact with my sister. We all have personal family issues that we have to deal with in life, but I choose to deal with mine in private and not through the media."{{cite web |title= Tracy Morgan's mom: 'I'm trying to find the answer' |date=February 3, 2012 |url=http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/feb/03/tracy-morgans-mom-im-trying-to-find-the-/ |first=Guy|last= D'Alstolfo|work=The Vindicator| location = Youngstown, Ohio|access-date=December 6, 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120205045144/http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/feb/03/tracy-morgans-mom-im-trying-to-find-the-/ | archive-date=February 5, 2012 |url-status=live}} Warden also reportedly attempted to visit Morgan in the hospital shortly after his 2014 traffic accident, but was turned away by hospital security and Wollover (who became his wife in 2015). She said she returned the following day and was allowed five minutes with Morgan, who was still comatose at the time.Griffith, J. (June 11, 2014). Tracy Morgan's estranged mother: I was turned away at the hospital. [https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2014/06/tracy_morgan_crash_mother_turned_away_at_hospital.html nj.com], retrieved February 24, 2022.

In June 2019, Morgan was involved in a minor collision in his newly purchased Bugatti Veyron, and he was captured on video tapping on the other driver's window and yelling, "Bitch, get out of the car".{{Cite web|date=2019-06-05|title=Tracy Morgan cusses out other driver following collision involving comedian's $2M sports car|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/06/05/tracy-morgan-cusses-out-other-driver-immediately-following-collision-involving-comedians-2m-sports-car/|access-date=2021-12-24|website=The Mercury News|language=en-US}} According to Mercury News, the other driver was traumatized by Morgan's conduct. A CBS News reporter visited Morgan to get his side of the story and Morgan allowed the reporter through his gate, answered the door himself, but refused to talk.{{Cite web|date=2019-06-05|title='You Are Going To Jail': Woman Involved In Fender Bender With Tracy Morgan Describes Terrifying Ordeal|url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2019/06/05/tracy-morgan-bugatti-fender-bender-interview/|access-date=2021-12-26}}

• Emmy Awards
• 2009, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, 30 Rock, nominated
• 2016, Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, Saturday Night Live, nominated
• Image Awards
• 2007, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, 30 Rock, nominated
• 2008, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, 30 Rock, nominated

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