Tracy Morgan Says He’s ‘Doing Ok’ After Illness On Court At Knicks Game

Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan is “doing ok” after throwing up while sitting courtside at a New York Knicks game Monday night at Madison Square Garden, he said in a post on social media Tuesday morning, after drawing concern from fans over the incident.

Actor-comedian Tracy Morgan sits in a wheelchair as he is tended to after he became ill and had to … [+] leave an NBA basketball game between the New York Knicks and Miami Heat in a wheelchair due to illness, on March 17, in New York.

Key Facts

Morgan, 56, said in the Instagram post Tuesday—which appeared to show him in a hospital bed—his “doctors say it was food poisoning” and he thanked his “MSG family for taking such good care of me.”

Morgan threw up courtside during the third quarter of the game between the Knicks and the Miami Heat at the Garden and the game was delayed for about 10 minutes while the court was cleaned.

Videos of Morgan getting sick then being escorted off the court in a wheelchair circulated on social media and some celebrities expressed concern for the comedian, with Ben Stiller saying on X “sending good thoughts to Tracy Morgan.”

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Key Background

Morgan has struggled with his health in the past, leading some fans to be concerned after he was seen throwing up courtside Monday. Morgan has diabetes, had a kidney transplant in 2010 and was hit by a truck in 2014. The car accident—in which a Walmart truck hit a limousine van Morgan was in—killed one comedian, gave serious injuries to three other passengers and put Morgan in a two week coma with a traumatic brain injury and multiple broken bones, ABC News reported at the time.

Tangent

The Knicks beat the Heat 116-95. Morgan ended the post where he revealed he had food poisoning with: “More importantly, the Knicks are now 1-0 when I throw up on the court so maybe I’ll have to break it out again in the playoffs.” Morgan is a longtime Knicks fan and is often seen courtside at their games.