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Tracy Morgan makes emotional return at the Emmys

TRACY Morgan has made a triumphant appearance on the Emmy Awards stage fifteen months after he suffered a traumatic brain injury.

67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards - Show
67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards - Show

TRACY Morgan has made a triumphant appearance on the Emmy Awards stage fifteen months after he suffered a traumatic brain injury after his limousine was struck by a Wal-Mart truck.

Morgan stepped onstage to present the evening’s most prestigious award, and told the cheering crowd, “Thank you so much. I miss you guys so much.

Tracy Morgan and wife Megan Wollover with their daughter Maven Sonae Morgan in the press room at the 67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
Tracy Morgan and wife Megan Wollover with their daughter Maven Sonae Morgan in the press room at the 67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

“Last year, Jimmy Kimmel stood on this stage and said, ‘We’ll see you back here next year, Tracy Morgan.’ Well, Jimmy, thanks to my amazing doctors and the support of my family and my beautiful new wife, I’m here. Standing on my own two feet.”

After the serious moments in which he thanked everyone who had helped him since his accident in June 2014, Morgan began cracking jokes again.

Morgan said he owed his recovery to the love of his family.
Morgan said he owed his recovery to the love of his family.

He said after waking up from a coma, he was ecstatic to find out, “I wasn’t the one who messed up.”

Before adding: “Only recently I’ve started to feel like myself again ... which means a whole lot of women are gonna get pregnant at the afterparty.”

Morgan concluded his presentation by announcing the best drama series award for HBO’s “Game of Thrones.”

Tracy Morgan hams it up in the press room with wife Megan Wollover.
Tracy Morgan hams it up in the press room with wife Megan Wollover.

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