Tracy Morgan Homophobic Rant: Twitter Reacts (TWEETS)

Comedian and "30 Rock" star is in hot water today after attendees of his latest stand-up show reported that he went on a homophobic rant.

While @RealTracyMorgan has yet to respond, real real Tracy Morgan has issued a statement, both confirming that the reports are true and apologizing for his remarks. Still, Twitter is abuzz with reactions from everyone from Alec Baldwin to George Takei.

Here are some of the best reactions so far. Give us your reaction in the comments!

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[jusathot]

11:04 AM on 06/12/2011

Only white people think this unattractive brother is funny. He is an inconsiderate pig--getting a sister's kidney and taking someone else to his award show, while she recuperated from the donation.

[deusXmchna]

07:52 PM on 06/12/2011

I'm not sure who thinks Morgan is funny. I'm white, but I have a fairly diverse social group (in real life that is- I'm convinced FB is BigBrother and we're just running towards the slaughter... but that's another post) along racial, sexual/gender issue, and socioeconomic lines- and I can't remember ever discussing Morgan with anyone at any time over the last ~15yrs, except to passingly remark that he's not funny, and we wondered how he keeps getting work. I think he's doing well on the standup circuit, so someone gets him, I just havent met them.
It's like there's someone in showbiz that keeps casting (in fishing terms) Morgan out into the ocean of media, to see if the public will finally bite and make him a big star.
I stopped watching 30 Rock because of him (years ago, not because of this). I love Fey & Baldwin, but I just couldn't take the Morgan-in-the-mix.
To me he's like fingernails on a chalkboard- which is _fine_, different strokes for different folks. It's a wonderful, wide world of comedic entertainment out there, and I certainly don't expect all of it to cater to me.

[jusathot]

09:13 PM on 06/12/2011

Just as you think FB is Big Brother, I think the powers that be have a pity thing going for realy unattractive brothers like Jimmie Walker and Morgan, and actually make them rich.

[glace]

04:09 AM on 06/12/2011

Takei's joke was tasteless, why make such an insinuation about his dad and the name he chose for his son?

[KDMac]

09:36 AM on 06/13/2011

He's gay, he's allowed to.

[thatboyinva]

11:04 PM on 06/11/2011

Next season on 30 Rock his character comes out of the closet......

[Joseph Bandana]

04:54 PM on 06/11/2011

Yeah! Tyme Tew WakeTheFlockUp!! Nobody Wanna be BulliedAnymore!! GoFigure?!! When People STANDUP...well...The rest of us are DraggedKickingandScreaming to WAKEUP!!

[TheIndependentView]

03:01 PM on 06/11/2011

George Takei is hilarious.

[deusXmchna]

06:39 PM on 06/12/2011

agreed! Takei took the prize out of those tweets.

[Mairin Veith]

02:19 PM on 06/11/2011

In a time when attacks on the LGBT community are on the rise, such comments are NOT funny. The person who incites violence against others is as responsible as those who perpetrate it, period. Talking about killing your own child if he was gay is no funny in any context.

[sportsman885]

01:01 PM on 06/11/2011

Ehh...I'm not a politically correct person and it takes a lot for me to say somebody went too far, but reading his comments, it looks more like he's ranting about his problems with gays rather than telling a funny joke. And this is coming from somebody who likes Tracy Morgan.

[booshh]

01:31 PM on 06/11/2011

If there no limits, then there'd be no such place as "too far." Comedy is a rant of sorts.

I submit that whenever a joke--funny or not--feels offensive or exceeds some imaginary threshold, then the offended party is the problem. This is coming from a person who cares nothing for Tracy Morgan.

[Fletch17C]

08:58 AM on 06/11/2011

In just one little tweet George Takei is a millions times funnier than Tracy Morgan could ever dream to be in his entire life.

[GeneParmesanPI]

08:46 AM on 06/11/2011

it doesn't look like this is turning into the controversy that some hoped it would

[southernman]

08:13 AM on 06/11/2011

Tracy say Hi to Charlie Sheen as you pass him on the way down to the gutter.

[reviewingthesituation]

08:12 AM on 06/11/2011

His apology has about as much sincerity as Weiner's. Here's the rule: an apology only counts if it's issued before a public outcry threatens to do damage to your pocketbook.

I'm sorrier that I had that Cinnabon yesterday than Morgan is that he joked about violence against fellow human beings.

(I don't get the fixation some straight men apparently have with gay men. If you don't like the idea, aren't there other things to think about?)

[booshh]

09:42 AM on 06/11/2011

Maybe Tracy doesn't hate or even dislike homosexuals. There's nothing in his past performances and interviews that suggest he takes himself seriously nor maintains as sacred. Just as well, everything should be fair game in comedy. Everything.

[Walter Kovacs]

05:05 AM on 06/11/2011

Sulu is, and always will be, one of the coolest dudes ever.

[JrayTo]

09:07 PM on 06/10/2011

now your destined to be a dusty vhs tape on a 'dirty' machine owned by a three tooth swamp dweller.

[Fmal DeHyde]

08:43 PM on 06/10/2011

Why did Baldwin even bother commenting, that was completely inane.

[Joeltron]

02:42 AM on 06/11/2011

I was thinking the same thing.

[KDMac]

09:39 AM on 06/13/2011

Same with elon James (whoever that is) and his comment is currently #5.

[atexasdem]

07:41 PM on 06/10/2011

He's about as funny as a KKK member doing his routine at an NAACP meeting.

[booshh]

09:43 AM on 06/11/2011

You get it!

That would be hilarious! There's nothing better than making fun of ANY group that takes themselves or their cause way to seriously.