Fourteen years ago, Tracy
Morgan left Saturday
Night Live. Four years ago,
the fi nal episode of 30
Rock aired. Th ree years
ago, Morgan survived an
accident that killed one of
his best friends and left
him with the seemingly
impossible task of
rebuilding himself and
his life. And yet he’s still
here. Doing comedy. He’s
got a special coming on
Netfl ix and then a TV
show, executive-produced
by Jordan Peele, arriving
after that. He’s got a shark
tank in his house. He’s got
more hope than the rest
of us put together.
COMEDY
SPECIALLegendAfter surviving
a car accident
three years ago,
the SNL and
30 Rock alum is
back with a new
stand-up concert
on Netfl ix, a new
TV series and
some choice
words for
‘the trolls’
Words by Zach Baron
Th e
rebirth
of Tracy
Morgan
GQ: This is unfair,
but I’m hoping you
can make me feel
better about the fact
that it seems like
we’re all about to
die in a nuclear war.
Tracy Morgan: You fe el l i k e
we’re about to die? Let me
straighten you out, man.
Th e governments ain’t
running this shit. God is
still running it, man. Th is
world ain’t going to be over
until there’s no more love
left. You got love, I got love,
so we ain’t going nowhere.Do you think
comedians have
a special role to
play in dark times?
TM: Yeah! Why do you
think we’re here? We here
to make y’all laugh and
forget about the pain.What’s your stance on
political jokes?
TM: I don’t do political
jokes. I’m not into politics,
man. I never voted one day
in my life. I’m down with
the king. God is still on the
throne. I don’t care about
no fucking politics.Where do you get
your news from?
TM: From the streets! From
the people. I hear the
jungle drums. I’m listening.
Politicians always make
promises to the people that
they don’t keep. You come
see Tracy Morgan in
concert, you’re going to
laugh, I promise you.
Because I will tell the truth.Page Six recently
ran a story with the
headline ‘Tracy
Morgan Gushes About
His Kids to Random
Strangers.’ True?
TM: Page Six said what?
Th ey don’t matter to me.
If I want to talk good about
my children, then I’ll talk
good about them. So
fucking what? Th ose people
who said that shit need to
mind their own fucking
business. People who don’t
gush about their own
children should burn in
hell, that’s what I think.How long does it take
you to write a joke?
A second. It’s all
observation, man.Actor and star of SIV-ilized at
the Baxter Th eatre this monthSiv Ngesi
Star of Netfl ix’s Unbreakable
Kimmy SchmidtTituss
Burgess
What was the last thing
that made you laugh?
Defi nitely has to be the
young lady who was
supposed to get R1 400
in her student account,
and then they screwed
up the zeroes and ended
up giving her R14m.
She lived the dream for
a while. She should have
spent more; if it was
me it would have been
in overdraft.What was the last thing
that made you laugh?
One of those YouTube
videos where people
keep falling – they don’t
know it‘s coming and the
shock and look of horror
on their faces makes me
kiki. Another one with this
guy who goes around the
mall literally just lightly
touching people’s hands,
and some of them are so
livid and fi lled with rage.
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