Has Tracy Morgan 'Gone Overboard' With the Apologies?

By Rob Shuter Posted Jun 20th 2011 08:13AM

Ever since Tracy Morgan shocked fans with a homophobic rant during a stand-up show in Nashville earlier this month, the '30 Rock' star has been trying to make amends. Really trying to make amends.

He has partnered with the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) in its efforts to combat anti-gay bullying, visited homeless gay youth, and even met with Elke Kennedy, whose 20-year-old son Sean was killed in 2007 in an anti-gay hate crime, leading some in the joke-making community to wonder when is enough enough?

"Tracy Morgan's gone overboard," 'The View' and HLN host Joy Behar said on Twitter last week. "First he apologized and did a PSA. Now he supports gay marriage. What's next, a quiet weekend with Barney Frank?"

And Joy isn't alone in her thinking. "Tracy has been highjacked by the gay movement. He did a stupid thing and now has ended up as the poster child for gay rights. This isn't a position anyone ever thought he would end up in," one NBC insider tells me unwilling to go on the record fearing that GLAAD would target him.

And don't expect Tracy's apology-athon to end any time soon. Today the comedian is traveling to Tennessee with GLAAD to issue what a member calls a "big statement."

What do you think of Tracy's efforts? Should his apology be accepted or should he continue to prove himself everyday? Tune in today at 10:00 p.m. to 'The Joy Behar Show' on HLN, where I will be discussing all the hottest topics in entertainment with Joy.

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By chris

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is this mike vick all over again. when celebrities make mistakes they dont the public pounds of flesh. what's next, is weiner going to be doing a psa about exposing yourself on the internet?

By stu

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i'd like to push him "Over Board".

By Stacey

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As much as I disagree with his opinion, he has the right to have it, and people should not target him over discussing it during one of his own shows.

By Farouk

Morgan was talking about murdering his son thats a little bit too much. He should apologize to him, but he should have to apologize for being against gay marriage that is a controversial idea. He has the right to make a stand one way or the other.

By jantuoferm

Enough already. Too much makes him look insincere.

By will

I always thought he was a closet case to begin with.

By michael

you have got to be kidding me. now he's too apologetic? unbelievable.

By Bliss

he knows gay folks have some power about 90 percent of the entertainment world is homo. he is saving his career

By DaDa

Morgan's remarks suggesting murder aren't funny.
He can't apologize enough.

By tazshanghi1

No one asked him to do all that. He knew he crossed the line and a apology was good enough. He's trying to save face with his employer and future endorsers.

By Ed

Tracy is the Man Apologize for Nothing

By Diane

I think Tracy has visions of Michael Richards deja vu happening to his career.

By kalmar2

This some bulls**t! They got this dude acting like a straight puppet "biotch" apologize for what!!!If a man can't speak his mind then what does he have left.

By Rebecca

The worst part about it is that he doesn't mean it at all, he's only doing it to save his 30 Rock job and what's left of his career. Be a man and stand behind what you think and say. I think what he said was awful, but he can say what he wants, i just change the channel, everyone is entitled to his/her own opinion. It's kind of funny how the tables have turned, though!!

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