Reason Number 942 why Tracy Morgan is an Asshole

[joeybee12]

Tracy Morgan's mom claims he won't help her avoid foreclosure

http://todayentertainment.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/01/10288222-tracy-morgans-mom-claims-he-wont-help-her-avoid-foreclosure

It's only February, and thus far 2012 is not looking like Tracy Morgan's year.

First, the comedian/actor was hospitalized at the Sundance Film Festival (altitude sickness, perhaps?). (He's since returned to work at "30 Rock.&quot

Today's issue? He's being dunned by his family for being unwilling to help his mother stave off foreclosure, according to the New York Daily News.

Morgan's mother Alicia Warden lives in Ohio, and she and Tracy are considered estranged -- the Daily News reported last week that she learned of her son's recent hospitalization from the Internet. Warden, 61, lost her job a year ago and according to her daughter Asia Morgan (Tracy's younger sister), "Her health is failing. She has diabetes, and her legs are giving out on her. This would be a drop in the bucket for Tracy. She has a son that can do, and she's done everything that she possibly could for her family."

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His own mother...honestly...did she murder someone, Tracy? Is she that bad? If you can't stand her, just send her the money and be done with it. What a p**ck.

[Skittles]

1. no matter what has gone on between them

he should help, if not as a son then as a human being

[surfdog]

9. I disagree

There are some things that are unforgivable

[roguevalley]

20. when she dies he will regret it

Unless she sold him as a sex worker nothing is unforgiveable

This guy is an asshat

[CurtEastPoint]

2. If his Mom were gay he'd stab her...

"On June 3, 2011, during a standup performance in Nashville, Tennessee, Morgan made inflammatory comments about gay people, reportedly including that, if his son were gay, he would "pull out a knife and stab" him."

[joeybee12]

5. Maybe she is...or maybe she's just not a homophobe

like he is and that pisses him off.

[sharp_stick]

3. I guess that would depend on

why they are estranged.

[GodlessBiker]

4. I agree.

[WingDinger]

6. While he is a dick, that family is the rightful cure for any downturn, is a rethug talking point.

Churches only, should help the poor. The ER is the place that rightfully provides health care. What if you are an orphan?

What if your family are rethugs? Hoping you learn your liberal lesson? I have a rich grandfather, and he would not piss on you if you were on fire. He talks openly about the family being sponges, although he doesnt pay a red cent. Lords his toys over all of us.
Has a son who needs health care. Badly. And he was his shop foreman/manager for many years. When he sold the business, he gave the company truck to him, then, took the truck, and gave it to the new owners.

Having to depend of family is a route that includes stigma, hassle, hard feelings on both sides. Fuck the society that leaves all charity to charities, or family.

[provis99]

7. just like Madonna abandoning her homeless brother.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/10/madonnas-brother-homeless-anthony-ciccone-madonnas-brother.html

[RockaFowler]

11. I know that story well

Her younger brother was a friend of my sister-in-law in Michigan. They talked about Anthony a lot. He refused their help many times before. There was an interview with Anthony a few years back. He even said he doesn't want their help.

Some people just don't want help - their pride gets in the way.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

8. Maybe he has the kind of mother --

who beat the crap out of him when he was a kid. I know adults who will have NOTHING to do with their families -- this is usually from ugly circumstances growing up.

[joeybee12]

10. We could speculate...then again, I do know Tracy is an asshole...

So I'll take the mother's side until I find out something different about her.

[cbdo2007]

12. Who cares. It's his money and we don't know the back story here.

For all we know he sent her $500,000 last month for these problems and she went out and bought a new Mercedes and some new clothes and jewelry with it.

Don't believe everything you read.....especially if it's about a celebrity.

[ZombieHorde]

13. We have no idea what happened between them.

If she looked the other way when he was being sexually molested, would you still feel he should help her out?

[Skittles]

14. you should try to be a better person

otherwise, nothing changes and the legacy gets passed on

[redqueen]

15. Unless you were sexually molested or physically abused,

I'm not sure that you understand what you're asking for.

To say that someone who was treated that way as a child should just 'be a better person' is the ideal situation, but in reality the emotional scars that are left by growing up in that kind of environment sometimes never heal, and the willingness to have the abuser in your life is in no way related to passing on a legacy.

[Skittles]

16. I speak from experience, so let me tell you again

STRIVE TO BE A BETTER PERSON

[redqueen]

17. Not everyone has the same experience.

Thanks for shouting. Your advice is noted.

[ZombieHorde]

18. OK, I will try to be a better person.

Part of me being a better person includes not rushing to judgement when I don't have many of the facts of a complicated situation.

[Major Nikon]

19. I have a different way of looking at it

I don't believe family members are automatically granted respect simply because of a blood or marriage arrangement. If you treat your kids like shit and they don't want to have anything to do with you when they grow up, that in no way reflects poorly on the son or daughter.