Actor-comedian Tracy Morgan revealed the cause of his medical emergency during the Knicks vs Heat game at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Videos and images uploaded to X (Twitter) showed Morgan vomiting at courtside during the third quarter on Monday night. He was carted off in a wheelchair while holding a towel to his face.
There was also a report that Morgan suffered a nosebleed.
Morgan, 56, took to Instagram on Tuesday morning to reveal doctors diagnosed him with a case of food poisoning.
Morgan shared an image of himself on a gurney in a hospital emergency room. He wrote: “Thank you for all your concern! I’m doing ok now and doctors say it was food poisoning. Appreciate my MSG family for taking such good care of me and I need to shout out the crew that had to clean that up. Appreciate you!”
He added: “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.”
Morgan was diagnosed with diabetes in 1996. He suffered kidney failure and was on a dialysis machine. He eventually received a kidney transplant in 2010. The combination of diabetes and kidney failure caused his weight to balloon.
During an August 2023 appearance on Today with Hoda & Jenna, the actor initially revealed that Ozempic helped him lose weight.
“That’s how this weight got lost,” he explained. “I went and got a prescription, and I got Ozempic.”
Morgan said, in addition to taking Ozempic he also worked out to maintain his lean physique.
“I get up at seven every morning, and I’m in the gym at 10,” he said. “Then I go back to sleep. And that’s my life.”
