Ouch!! It sounds like Tracy Morgan might of gotten himself into some trouble due to a performance last week at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium where he made a slew of offensive jokes towards gays in what might stir some action from Jarrett Barrios, the President of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. Check out what Morgan said & the reaction from the crowd after the jump.
According to reports, Morgan took the stage at the Ryman Auditorium and went off about gays — saying, “Gays need to quit being p**sies and not be whining about something as insignificant as bullying.”
He added, “Gay is something that kids learn from the media and programming.”
When talking about the possibility of his son being gay — Tracy said he “better talk to me like a man and not in a gay voice or I’ll pull out a knife and stab that little n**ger to death.”
Afterward, Tracy told the crowd, “I don’t “f*cking care if I piss off some gays, because if they can take a f*cking d**k up their ass… they can take a f*cking joke.”
After the performance, the Ryman Auditorium issued a statement on the performance saying, “The Ryman Auditorium regrets that people were offended by statements made by Tracy Morgan during his June 3 appearance.”
The statement continues, “The Ryman does not control the content presented by people appearing on its stage, nor does it endorse any of the views of, or statements made by, such persons.”
It’s not the first time Morgan has ignited controversy over homphobic material — back in 2009, a bunch of people reportedly walked out of his show at Carnegie Hall after he said being gay was a “choice.”
So far, no comment from Morgan’s camp.
TMZ spoke with Jarrett Barrios — the President of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation — who tells us the organization is investigating the situation, and if the reports are true, “We call on him to remove these violently anti-gay remarks from his show and send a strong message that anti-gay violence is not something to joke about.”
The Human Rights Campaign is equally upset — telling us, “Hateful remarks that mock youth suicides and the very real emotional and sometimes physical bullying LGBT kids face on a daily basis have no place in a comedy routine.â€
The group adds, “If these allegations are true, Tracy Morgan must immediately accept responsibility and apologize.â€
– TMZ
