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Tracy Man is back Nashville to make amends for his gay rant durg a standup appearance earlier this month as part of his marathon of after meetg wh gay teens

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TRACY MAN'S HOMOPHOBIC REMARKS IN ANTI-GAY STAND UP SET UPDATE: MAN APOLOGIZ

Comedian and "30 Rock" actor Tracy Man issued an apology today for his vic tira agast gay people durg a standup show Nashville. * tracy morgan gay *

UPDATE: Tracy Man issued a statement to The Huffgton Post through his reprentative:“I want to apologize to my fans and the gay & lbian muny for my choice of words at my recent stand-up act Nashville. ”_____PREVIOUSLY: Tracy Man's latt standup set is no lghg Rogers attend Man's standup show last Friday and reported on his Facebook page that Man let loose a vicly homophobic rant that, as far as he uld tell, was a ad ser attack on gay men and women. Rogers, who is gay, wrote: I figured at some pot the gay jok would fly and I'm well prepared for a good ribbg of straight gay humor.

Man took upon himself to mentn about how he feels all this gay s* was crazy and that women are a gift om God and that "Born this Way" is bulls*, gay is a choice, and the reason he knows this is exactly bee "God don't make no mistak" (referrg to God not makg someone gay e that would be a mistake).

TRACY MAN APOLOGIZ FOR GAY SLURS

Tracy Man says he’s sorry for tellg an dience at a June 3 edy show that he’d "pull out a knife and stab" his son if he were gay. "I want to apologize to my fans and the gay & lbian muny for my choice of words at my recent stand-up act Nashville," he tells The Hollywood Reporter a statement. "I'm not a hateful person and don’t ndone any kd of vlence agast others * tracy morgan gay *

Perhaps most strikgly, Rogers wrote that Man said:He said if his son that was gay he better e home and talk to him like a man and not [he mimicked a gay, high pched voice] or he would pull out a knife and stab that ltle N (one word I refe to e) to ntued to scribe the rant, which we've excerpted:He took time to vis the bulls* of this bullyg stuff and rmed that the gays need to qu beg psi and not be whg about somethg as signifint as bullyg. He mentned that gay was somethg kids learn om the media and programmg, and that bullied kids should jt bt some ass and beat those other ltle f*ckers that bully them, not whe about . After makg ments about Print Obama, Rogers wrote that Man fished his rant fiantly: Tracy then said he didn't f*ckg re if he pissed off some gays, bee if they n take a f*ckg dick up their ass...

As stands, Man's reps refed to ment to gay issu se, wrg, "There is no ment, thank you for your quiry.

TRACY MAN APOLOGIZ FOR ANTI-GAY TIRA

A rep for the theater apologiz after an dience member who attend the "30 Rock" star's June 3 show claims Man told the dience he would "pull out a knife and stab" his own son if he were gay. * tracy morgan gay *

"Man has a history of homophobic tiras on stage, sayg that beg gay was a choice, among other thgs, at a 2009 standup performance at New York's Carnegie his actg reer, however, Man has often played gay or at least sexually ambiguo. He played a transvte mate the Adam Sandler edy, "The Longt Yard, " and many of his "Saturday Night Live" characters were of qutnable sexualy, cludg the sophomoric zookeeper Brian Huffgton Post has reached out to his reprentative for ment, and will update if any statement is the CommunyYou May Like.

TRACY MAN GO ON ANTI-GAY TIRA AT NASHVILLE SHOW

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Comedian Tracy Man allegedly ma homophobic remarks durg standup 10, 2011— -- Comedian and "30 Rock" actor Tracy Man issued an apology today for his vic tira agast gay people durg a standup show Nashville. "I want to apologize to my fans and the gay & lbian muny for my choice of words at my recent stand-up act Nashville.

TRACY MAN RETURNS TO NASHVILLE TO APOLOGIZE FOR ANTI-GAY RANT

Tracy Man's headle-grabbg Damage Control Tour ntu. Four days after the 30 Rock star apologized for unleashg an anti-gay rant durg a edy act, Man once aga exprsed ep regret for his choice of words an terview wh hip-hop mogul Rsell Simmons (via ). * tracy morgan gay *

"Audience member Kev Rogers, who is gay, wrote on his Facebook page about Man's over-the-top ments at the show. The em, tled "Why I No Longer 'Like' Tracy Man, stated, "I figured at some pot the gay jok would fly and I'm well prepared for a good ribbg of straight gay humor. Man took upon himself to mentn about how he feels all this gay s**t was crazy and that women are a gift om God and that 'Born this Way' is bulls**t, gay is a choice, and the reason he knows this is exactly bee 'God don't make no mistak.

30 ROCK'S TRACY MAN DECLAR, 'IF I HAD A GAY SON I WOULD LOVE HIM'

Image by David Shankbone via Flickr CNN's Roland Mart wrote an tertg and thought provokg op-ed about the ntroversy regardg actor and edian Tracy Man's recent anti-gay remarks. Mart ma many good pots, and strsed the need for all of to be more ser and nsistent our posns agast [...] * tracy morgan gay *

' Man's rnchy lewd statements also clud how he'd stab his son to ath if he said he was gay. "Man's rep issued a statement to gay rights Web se Unirn Booty sayg, "There is no ment.

TRACY MAN APOLOGIZ NASHVILLE FOR ANTI-GAY REMARKS

"Calls to Man's rep by ABC News were not immediately is not the first time that Man has been acced of homophobic slurs.

In a 2009 Carnegie Hall standup show, dience members walked out wh the first 30 mut after Man aga stated that homosexualy was a choice.

Tracy Man says he’s sorry for tellg an dience at a June 3 edy show that he’d "pull out a knife and stab" his son if he were gay. "I want to apologize to my fans and the gay & lbian muny for my choice of words at my recent stand-up act Nashville, " he tells The Hollywood Reporter a statement. " Rogers, who is gay, wrote that he was prepared for "a good ribbg of straight gay humor" but was surprised at what he claims the "30 Rock" star said onstage.

TRACY MAN'S ANTI-GAY JOK AND WHAT'S BEHD IT ALL, PART I

Acrdg to Rogers, Man, "said if his son that was gay he better e home and talk to him like a man and not [he mimicked a gay, high pched voice] or he would pull out a knife and stab that ltle N (one word I refe to e) to ath.... Tracy then said he didn't [expletive] re if he [angered] some gays.

" Man's tira was full of homophobic referenc and expletiv, acrdg to Rogers' Facebook acunt. " More om THR: GLAAD rponds to Man's anti-gay jokA rep for Ryman Audorium tells The Hollywood Reporter a statement: "The Ryman Audorium regrets that people were offend by statements ma by Tracy Man durg his June 3 appearance. ” GLAAD print Jarrett Barrs told THR, "Tracy Man's management needs to vtigate the allegatns and should they prove te, we ll on him to remove the vlently anti-gay remarks om his show and send a strong msage that anti-gay vlence is not somethg to joke about.

At a New York show two years ago, Man reportedly ma a ment that beg gay is a "choice, " promptg several people to walk out, acrdg to the Advote.

TRACY MAN APOLOGIZ FOR GAY JOK, BUT IS IT ENOUGH?

A man who attend Tracy Man’s recent show Nashville claims the edian lnched an anti-gay tira durg which he said he’d “pull out a knife and stab” his son if he were gay. Rogers, who is gay, wrote that he was prepared for “a good ribbg of straight gay humor” but was surprised at what he claims the 30 Rock star said onstage.

GLAAD rponds to Man’s anti-gay jok. Man took upon himself to mentn about how he feels all this gay sh was crazy and that women are a gift om God and that ‘Born this Way’ is bulls-, gay is a choice, and the reason he knows this is exactly bee ‘God don’t make no mistak’ (referrg to God not makg someone gay e that would be a mistake).

TRACY MAN SAYS HE'D SUPPORT HIS GAY SONTHE EDIAN RETRACTS NTROVERSIAL {FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY MICHAEL ARCENEXJUNE 13, 2011/10:46 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:1997PX;WIDTH:3000PX;}TRACY MAN ON HOW HE'D REACT IF HIS SON WAS GAY\R \R  - “IF MY SON WERE GAY, HE BETTER E HOME AND TALK TO ME LIKE A MAN AND NOT [MIMICKS A FEME VOICE] OR I’D PULL OUT A KNIFE AND STAB THAT LTLE N***** TO ATH.”\R (PHOTO: BRAD BARKET/PICTUREGROUP)BY MICHAEL ARCENEXJUNE 13, 2011 / 10:46 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TRACY MAN SAYS HE'D SUPPORT HIS GAY SON","SCRIPTN":"THE EDIAN RETRACTS NTROVERSIAL MENTS.","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2011-06-14T02:46:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2011-06-14T02:46:00.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"BET"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"BET","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL ARCENEX","KEYWORDS":"TRACY MAN, CELEBRY SNDAL","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TRACY MAN IS NTUG TO DO DAMAGE NTROL FOLLOWG HIS HIGHLY NTROVERSIAL MENTS ABOUT GAY PEOPLE DURG A EDY SHOW TENNSEE. IN AN TERVIEW WH RSELL SIMMONS FOR GLOBAL GRD, MAN EXPLAED HIS TIRA. "THE REASON I AM SUCCSFUL IS BEE I AM SO UNFILTERED," HE SAID. "AND SOMETIM AS A RULT I SAY REALLY STUPID S***."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE SAYS THAT IF HIS SON WAS ACTUALLY GAY HE WOULD NOT PULL OUT A KNIFE AND ATTACK HIM AS OUTLED DURG HIS B. "THE TTH IS IF I HAD A GAY SON, I WOULD LOVE HIM JT AS MUCH AS IF HE WAS STRAIGHT," MAN SAID. "I MIGHT HAVE TO TRY TO LOVE EVEN MORE BEE I KNOW OF THE DIFFICULTY THAT HE WOULD HAVE SOCIETY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TRACY APOLOGIZED AGA FOR HIS MENTS SAYG, "WHAT I AM MOST SAD ABOUT IS THE MENTS I MA ABOUT KIDS AND BULLYG. I WOULD NEVER WANT ANY YOUNG PERSON TO THK THAT I WASN'T ON THEIR SI." ALONG WH HIS APOLOGY, TRACY WILL BE MEETG WH GAY TEENS NEW YORK. NEXT WEEK HE WILL RETURN TO TENNSEE WH RSELL SIMMONS AND GLAAD TO MEET WH THOSE OFFEND BY HIS WORDS. 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He took time to vis the bullsh of this bullyg stuff and rmed that the gays need to qu beg psi and not be whg about somethg as signifint as bullyg.

Man allegedly add that “gay was somethg kids learn om the media and programmg” (Rogers’ words). Contued Rogers: “He said if his son that was gay he better e home and talk to him like a man and not [he mimicked a gay, high pched voice] or he would pull out a knife and stab that ltle N (one word I refe to e) to ath.

… Tracy then said he didn’t f–kg re if he pissed off some gays, bee if they n take a f–kg d-ck up their a–… they n take a f–kg joke. “I want to apologize to my fans and the gay & lbian muny for my choice of words at my recent stand-up act Nashville, ” he said.

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Tracy Man apologiz for anti-gay tira .

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