Tracy Morgan "Doing Well" After Kidney Surgery
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30 Rock will be missing a bit of funny come March.
Tracy Morgan -- who plays Tracy Jordan, the star of the NBC comedy's show within a show, TGS -- will be absent from at least two episodes this spring as he's currently resting from a recent kidney transplant.
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"Tracy is doing well and taking some much needed time to recover after the surgery," a rep for the funnyman, 42, tells UsMagazine.com. "He is looking forward to going back to work after the holidays."
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Tina Fey and the rest of the writing staff reportedly plan to explain his absence by saying his character has some sort of meltdown after a good thing happens to him.
Morgan, who was spotted at a Knicks game Friday, told Us in June that he dropped 10 pounds by following NutriSystem.
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"I'm not obese or anything, but I wanted to come down off the weight and lower my blood pressure," he explains. "And I'm diabetic -- it's great for that."
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4God Bless you Tracy and everyone else out there on dialysis and waiting for a kidney. My brother gave me a kidney earlier this year so I knopw that I am blessed.
I used to like his skits as Brian Fellows on SNL. I thought those were hilarious.
I'm soo glad he's doing well..I myself am waiting on a transplant..hve been on dialysis 3 yrs now..GOOD LUCK & GOD BLESS YOU!!
Glad to know he's doing ok. My thoughts & prayers are with him. He's so funny !