Tracy Morgan will return to Nashville to apologize in person to the audience members he offended when he went on a homophobic tirade during his stand-up routine, US Weekly is reporting. The 42-year-old comedian and ’30 Rock’ actor will also meet with LGBT teens from the Ali Forney Center in New York City who have been hurt or left homeless after parental rejection.

The news comes after Morgan was criticized by his ’30 Rock’ co-stars and the media. He then issued a statement to GLAAD to apologize, saying “I’m not a hateful person and don’t condone any kind of violence against others.”

“Parents should support and love their children no matter what. Gay people deserve the same right to be happy in this country as everyone else…I hope that my fans…forgive,” Morgan also said in the statement.

Morgan also said his issues come from his own childhood; he added that he knows what it’s like to be bullied, as he was bullied as a child. “My brother was disabled, and I lost my father to AIDS in 1987. My dad wasn’t gay but I also learned about homophobia then because how people treated people who were sick with that,” he added.

Besides returning to Nashville and meeting with LGBT teens from the Ali Forney Center, Morgan will also appear in GLAAD’s ‘Amplify Your Voice PSA.’ The PSA is aimed at fighting anti-LGBT bullying.

Written by: Karen Benardello

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