Tracy Morgan Makes SPecial Appearance at 2015 Emmy Awards

Comedian/Actor Tracy Morgan made his long-awaited and much anticipated return at the 2015 Emmy Awards to where he presented the nominees for Best Drama Series.

The 46-year-old Morgan thanked his peers, family, friends and doctors for their help in his recovery after suffering traumatic head injuries when the vehicle he was in was hit by a Walmart truck.

“Hello, thank you so much. I miss you guys so much. Last year Jimmy Kimmel sat on the stage and said, ‘We’ll see you back here next year, Tracy Morgan.’ Well, Jimmy, And God bless all of you for all your love, prayers and positive thoughts over the last 15 months. Thank you.

I’m honored to be at the Emmys. I always have been honored to be here. It’s been a long road back. I suffered a traumatic brain injury [that] put me in a coma for eight days. When I finally regained consciousness, I was ecstatic to learn I wasn’t the one who messed up. Only recently I’ve started to feel like myself again, which means a whole lotta young women gonna get pregnant at the after party. So, on that note, the nominees for best drama are…”

According to ET Online, Following his appearance, Morgan got incredibly candid with reporters backstage in the press room about his difficult road to recovery.

“When you have traumatic brain damage — as you can see the scars on my head — at that moment it first happened, when I didn’t see any hope and I couldn’t walk, before they taught me how to stand up and sit down again, you don’t feel [like you’ll recover],” he said. “But as the months and the months and the months went by, part of my therapy was seeing TV and seeing my friends and saying that I’m coming back one day. My wife made sure of that.”

As Morgan began to tear up, he continued. “It was bigger than TV for me at that moment. I wanted to walk my wife down the aisle with no cane. And as I would work [in physical therapy], I would just say, ‘I want to go back, I’m going back.’ And then my publicist, Lou Kay, he said, ‘Well, maybe you should let Hollywood welcome you back home,’ and that’s what happened.”

On Oct. 17, Morgan will return to the Saturday Night Live to host the show.

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