Tracy Morgan had to be wheelchaired out of Madison Square Garden during a New York Knicks game Monday night after the comedian appeared to vomit on the floor while sitting courtside, multiple outlets have reported.
During the third quarter of the game between the Knicks and the Miami Heat, a 10-minute pause was taken in order to clean something off the floor. The cause of the delay was Morgan, a New York native and one of the Knicks’ biggest celebrity fans, who reportedly vomited on the hardwood.
In a video captured by a fan in attendance, Morgan was seen being wheelchaired out of the arena trying to stop a nosebleed with a towel.
“We hope Tracy feels better soon and look forward to seeing him back courtside,” a Madison Square Garden representative told People following the incident.
While the cause of the incident is currently unknown, this is not the comedian’s first major health scare. In 2010, Morgan underwent a life-saving kidney transplant, and in 2014, his limo was hit by a tractor-trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike.
“The accident was when everybody realized how much they care about him,” said “Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne Michaels in 2018, when Morgan received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. “It was somebody we didn’t want to lose. When he came back [to host ‘Saturday Night Live’] after, if he hadn’t stopped it, the audience would have just kept on applauding when he walked out. They were just happy he was back.”
Tracy Morgan would post on his Instagram page early Tuesday morning that it was food poisoning and that he was okay after a brief stay in the hospitial.
