Monday night’s Knicks game against the Miami Heat was delayed after a fan vomited on the court. That fan? Tracy Morgan. The comedian was sitting courtside at Madison Square Garden when he suddenly got sick and upchucked all over his feet, which, because he was sitting courtside, meant a little bit of the mess also got onto the court. Because while there may not be a rule saying dogs can’t play basketball, there certainly is a rule that says the players can’t play in puke. So the game was delayed for 10 minutes.
A photo shared on Twitter showed the comedian hunched over and being attended to by a friend. (Side note: maybe don’t take pictures of people vomiting to post on Twitter? Feels gross in more ways than one.) Morgan was then taken out of the stadium in a wheelchair, looking visibly distressed and holding a towel to his face. TMZ reports that some fans said he appeared to be suffering from a nosebleed on his way out.
“We hope everything’s good with Tracy Morgan,” Knicks shooting guard Josh Hart said after the game on Monday. “[An] avid, lifetime Knick fan so prayers go out to him and his health and safety.”
Luckily, on Tuesday, Morgan posted on Instagram that he was fine and it was just food poisoning.
“Thank you for all your concern! I’m doing ok now and doctors say it was food poisoning,” he wrote along with a photo of him in the hospital. “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.”
This is far from the beloved comedian’s first health scare. Morgan underwent a kidney transplant in 2010, and in 2014, was critically injured in a six-car pileup on the New Jersey Turnpike, suffering a broken leg, broken ribs, and a traumatic brain injury. In 2016, he was able to return to the stage and deliver this all-time Saturday Night Live monologue.
Some may also remember that just last week, another national treasure, Jennifer Hudson, was injured while sitting courtside at a Knicks game after getting hit in the face with a rogue basketball, which knocked off her glasses. Luckily, her partner of three years, Common, was there to help comfort her after the embarrassing incident. But this does beg the question…what can be done to protect our courtside celebs? If people like Hudson and Morgan aren’t safe while sitting courtside at a Knicks game, are any of us safe anywhere? Something to think about.
Ten-minute vomit delay aside, the game resumed and the Knicks beat the Heat 116-95, so Tracey Morgan getting food poisoning and puking courtside might just be their new good luck charm.
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