The comedian said he visited heaven while in a coma but was sent back down to Earth because his room was not ready.
- March 27, 2016
AceShowbiz -
Tracy Morgan was such in a bad place that he considered killing himself. The comedian admitted to being psychologically broken after his June 2014 accident that left him temporarily paralyzed.
"I said, 'If my funny ever went away, I'd die'," Morgan told Rolling Stone in a recent interview. "And I thought I was going to die for a long time. My thoughts - I was in a very dark place. I was sitting right here, contemplating suicide. I couldn't walk."
Morgan was in a coma for eight days after a Walmart truck struck onto his vehicle in New Jersey. His comedian friend James McNair was killed in the crash while fellow comedians Harris Stanton and Ardie Fuqua were critically injured. Morgan claimed that he went to heaven while in the hospital and met his father.
"He was the one who said, 'Go home, son. I ain't ready for you yet'. I don't think I cheated death. I think this was the plan. My room wasn't ready," Morgan told the magazine, adding "I still have s**t here to do. It's gonna take more than 18 wheels for me to get out of here. I have to raise my girl, raise my wife, raise my family ...Gotta keep my octopus alive. Gotta keep my sharks alive. Those are God's creatures! I'm needed!"
And he felt he was blessed by the experience. "Maybe when I was in heaven, Richard Pryor said something to me," he said. "I feel funnier than I ever felt."
