Brooklyn-born, controversy-rich comic Tracy Morgan brings his Excuse My French standup tour to the Neptune Theater Friday, June 14. Before we spoke, his PR agent came on the line:

“Tracy is almost ready, thanks for holding. Can we just not talk about 30 Rock, Alec Baldwin, or Tina Fey? He really does not want to talk about that. He’ll probably say something if you ask. So can we take that off and just focus on the Excuse My French tour?”

Okay. Can I ask him why he said he’d stab his son to death if his son were gay? And can I ask him about his stance on same-sex marriage?

Why? What’s the same-sex marriage question in relation to?

What’s it in relation to? To gay people being able to have equality. And since Tracy was under fire for his remarks before, I thought it would be interesting to hear his thoughts on it. I know he apologized and all, but I still think it would be interesting to hear. And my editor will flog me with a yardstick if I don’t ask.

Actually, let’s not do that. Let’s focus on talking about the tour.

Can I talk about my editor’s yardstick?

Let’s keep it to the tour.

[Tracy comes on, with a deep and gleeful “Hello!”]

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