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Tracy Morgan proud to give back after feeding 19,000 families
Through Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation, donated over $200,000 — raising his kids with empathy
During the interview, Tracy Morgan, 57, shared with PEOPLE that as a result of his work with the Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation, he has been instrumental in feeding 19,000 families and has made a donation of over $200,000 to help vulnerable households. The comedian made these remarks while promoting his new Paramount+ sitcom Crutch.
“Receiving the love and support is nice, but it’s more rewarding when you give it back,” Morgan talked about his career and philanthropy. Also, he mentions that giving is a great way of learning which he would like to see in his kids: “This is the thing I want to teach my children. I just want [Maven] and her brothers to be empathic, more than getting a good education.”
Tracy Morgan says giving back and family are his top priorities
Feeding 19,000 families, surviving a near-fatal crash, and now focusing on children and charity
Giving back and family are the main things that Tracy Morgan, the Saturday Night Live alum, is thinking about these days. “At this point in my life, the most important thing is being with my children. I really don’t care about anything else in this world,” he states while talking about his 12-year-old daughter Maven Sonae (from his former wife Megan Wollover), and sons Gitrid, 39, Malcolm, 38, and Tracy Jr., 34 (from his late ex-wife Sabina Morgan, who died of cancer in 2016).
His viewpoint, among other things, was altered by a tragic accident on the highway in 2014 when he was severely injured and his friend James McNair was killed. Upon waking from the hospital, he recalls hearing his grandmother’s voice: “Just when you think you are having a rough time, there are people out there who have it worse,” Morgan says. “Therefore, I consider myself lucky.”
Tracy Morgan is all about roles ‘with a heart’ and how that led to his Crutch role and reunion with Tina Fey
Prefers meaningful projects; plays a brash Harlem shop owner in Paramount+ spinoff and will team with Tina Fey next.
In an interview, Morgan revealed that he only chooses jobs that have ‘a heart.’ He is currently leading the cast in Crutch, a Paramount+ spinoff of The Neighborhood, where he is playing Francois “Frank” Crutchfield — a brash but lovable Harlem bodega owner whose world changes when his intellectual son and free-spirited daughter come back home; the show is also starring Cedric the Entertainer. Next, Morgan is going to work with Tina Fey again on NBC’s The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, playing a disgraced former football player opposite Daniel Radcliffe.
“It’s gotta be fun,” is another point he makes when talking about how he decides on his next project.
Morgan says the job is only getting more interesting with time
“Now I see how big this mountain is” — coming to terms with experience and the next climb
During the interview, he could hardly contain his enthusiasm. Looking back over his career which has spanned several decades, Morgan confesses that he has loved everything he has done, and now, with more maturity and insight, he finds even more joy in it. He compares his path to a mountain: if you look at it closely you can’t really tell how big it is but when you take a step back you can see its size — and now that he sees it, he is going to ascend it just because it is there.
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Morgan prioritizes wellness: “I’m just trying to live good”
Daily routine, a medication change and simple advice to his younger self
Currently, Morgan is walking close to 2.5 miles each day, working out regularly and has made a switch from Ozempic to Mounjaro. “I am just trying to live good,” he says. “I am not thinking about the way I am going to die. I am only thinking about the way I live. I am living good.”
When asked what he would tell his younger self, Morgan responded with a short and positive statement: “Keep doing what you’re doing. You’re doing fine.”
