30 Rock star Tracy Morgan has delivered a personal apology today in Nashville, the site of his now infamous stand-up routine where he said that he would stab his son if he were gay, reports the AP.
Comedian Tracy Morgan has delivered a personal apology to gay advocacy groups and audience members in Nashville, Tenn., who were offended by an anti-gay rant during his June 3 show there. Morgan met with them Tuesday morning and later addressed reporters at the Nashville Convention Center. He did not take questions.
Morgan said: "I just wanted to take this opportunity to help and not hurt."
This is the second stop in Mogan's mea culpa tour after his offensive and violent rant. On Friday, the comedian visted the Ali Forney Center in Brooklyn to hear the stories of homeless LGBT teens rejected by their families.
I accept his apology.
Posted by: Mel Smith | 21 June 2011 at 11:57
Ditto. Moving on...
Posted by: soulbrotha | 21 June 2011 at 12:07
Blah, whatever. What's been done is done.
Posted by: Account Deleted | 21 June 2011 at 13:43
Apologies like this are meaningless. He has been making anti-gay remarks for years. For once, I would like to see one of these fools stand by what they say. Even if I don't like a man's view, I can respect him when he owns it. I hate this sort of thing. He is not sorry for what he said, he is sorry he got sucked into the fallout.
Posted by: The other guy | 21 June 2011 at 14:15
So, wait, Tracy is not the same person he was three weeks ago, before his career hit the fan? What changed? How do your values (or lack of) do a 180 in the span of a few weeks?
Posted by: seahawk | 21 June 2011 at 17:11
Doesn't matter, folks would rationalize his actions still even with the half-assed apologies. I think it's best to let go and hope the next person really does own up to their bigotry.
Posted by: Account Deleted | 21 June 2011 at 17:47
The question is....did he truly believe the hateful "comedy" routine he gave 3 weeks ago. Or did he just say it to get laughs?
If it's the former, then likely nothing has changed for him.
If it's the latter, then it's possible his eyes have been opened to how crass and hateful his routine is/was. He can apologize through actions and words and find new material.
Posted by: fff | 22 June 2011 at 09:59
People are capable of change. I accept his apology.
Posted by: UnequivocalDOB | 23 June 2011 at 07:07