--- title: Tracy Morgan Vows He'll Be 'The Funniest' Once He Fully Recovers description: The comedian gave his first post-accident interviews on Monday canonical: https://time.com/3905418/tracy-morgan-accident-interview/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-02T15:37:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T07:49:56.302Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Tracy Morgan Vows He'll Be 'The Funniest' Once He Fully Recovers og:description: The comedian got emotional again on the set of 'Saturday Night Live' og:url: https://time.com/3905418/tracy-morgan-accident-interview/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2b1a60bcaf72e29/6988528e2dce01a6a09e3f98/475525586-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Tracy Morgan appears on NBC News' "Today" show on June 1, 2015. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tracy Morgan Vows He'll Be 'The Funniest' Once He Fully Recovers twitter:description: The comedian got emotional again on the set of 'Saturday Night Live' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2b1a60bcaf72e29/6988528e2dce01a6a09e3f98/475525586-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Tracy Morgan Vows He'll Be 'The Funniest' Once He Fully Recovers by [Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly Jun 2, 2015 3:37 PM UTC  Tracy Morgan appears on NBC News' "Today" show on June 1, 2015. Tracy Morgan appears on NBC News' "Today" show on June 1, 2015.Peter Kramer—NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images by [Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly Jun 2, 2015 3:37 PM UTC On Monday morning, Tracy Morgan spoke with Matt Lauer [on NBC’s _Today_ show](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/01/tracy-morgan-matt-lauer-interview-today-show) for his first televised interview after he was severely injured in a traffic accident in June 2014, one that claimed the life of his friend James McNair. Afterward, Morgan and his fiancée, Megan Wollover, spoke again with Lauer at the _Saturday Night Live_ studios for _NBC Nightly News_, where Morgan was a cast member for eight seasons. “You walk in this room, what do you think of?” Lauer asked. “Home,” Morgan replied. “Just being home. A lot of good memories.” Lauer mentioned that Wollover and Morgan were video chatting when the accident occurred, the call suddenly ending. “I didn’t know he was in an accident: I just thought reception dropped,” Wollover said. “Once I found out the time of the accident, I realized I haven’t heard from Tracy since that point.” Morgan was emotional throughout the conversation with Lauer, with tears overcoming him as he admitted to being afflicted with depression. When asked how he battles it, Morgan replied: “I love comedy, and I wonder how I’m gonna be funny again. Remembering my identity. What do I do?” Morgan got most choked up on his follow-up statement about the outpouring support he’s received from fans. “I can’t wait to make them laugh again,” he said. “I promise you,” he vowed, “one day, when I’m 100 percent, I’m going to grab that mic and I’m never going to let it go,” the 46-year-old said. “I’m gonna be the funniest I can be, ‘cause I ain’t never going to take life for granted no more.” _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/01/tracy-morgan-after-crash-i-wonder-how-im-gonna-be-funny-again) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com)_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3905418/tracy-morgan-accident-interview/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3905418/tracy-morgan-accident-interview/"},"headline":"Tracy Morgan Vows He'll Be 'The Funniest' Once He Fully Recovers","datePublished":"2015-06-02T15:37:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:49:56.302Z","description":"The comedian got emotional again on the set of Saturday Night Live","url":"https://time.com/3905418/tracy-morgan-accident-interview/","keywords":["celebrities","Accident","Tracy Morgan"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2b1a60bcaf72e29/6988528e2dce01a6a09e3f98/475525586-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2b1a60bcaf72e29/6988528e2dce01a6a09e3f98/475525586-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Tracy Morgan appears on NBC News' \"Today\" show on June 1, 2015.","caption":"Tracy Morgan appears on NBC News' \"Today\" show on June 1, 2015.","creditText":"Peter Kramer—NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3905418/tracy-morgan-accident-interview/","name":"Tracy Morgan Vows He'll Be 'The Funniest' Once He Fully Recovers"}}]}] ```