Tracy Morgan Remembers the Time Prince Kicked Him Out of His House
Tracy Morgan remembers Prince — and his purple pajamas. (Photos: Getty Images)
There have been some incredible Prince stories that celebs have shared over the last week, including Kesha sneaking into Paisley Park, Tracee Ellis Ross learning about assless pants at age 11, and Jimmy Fallon’s ping-pong showdown with the “Purple Rain” singer. Tracy Morgan’s is up there too because not just anybody can say that Prince told them to “get the f**k out” of his house.
In an essay for Billboard, the comedian recalled the time, about 7 years ago, when he was partying at Prince’s L.A. home and he was shown the door.
We had to take a bus there — Jennifer Lopez, everybody was on this bus — and Prince performed with his band in the living room. The liquor was flowing and everybody was getting nice. At the end of the night, me and my boy Bradley were drunk. We had these two girls on the sofa and we were talking, joking, laughing. Prince and his wife came downstairs and they had on purple pajamas. He said, “Tracy, get the f– out!” As I walked out the door, I grabbed him by the back of the neck and I pulled him close to me. I noticed that mole on his face — he was so pretty, I turned gay for about five seconds — and I said, “My father loved ‘When Doves Cry.’” And he said, “Yeah, yeah. Just get the f– out.”
Even though he got the boot from Prince and His Purple PJs, Tracy hung out with him on another occasion. He described the superstar, only as Tracy could, by saying, “He was down to earth: regular, no extra cheese, no pepperoni — just a slice and a Coke! He was shining like new money.”
And it wouldn’t be a proper Tracy Morgan tribute if it didn’t end with at least one mildly inappropriate comment. The seasoned lovah, who always jokes that “somebody’s gonna get pregnant” when he’s in the room (though he’s a family man now), credited Prince’s tunes for helping with his seduction skills.
Prince’s music taught me how to suck t*tties! He taught me how to be gentle. Because of him, I once sucked a t*tty for an hour. At the end, it looked like a tater tot.
I love Prince.
He certainly wasn’t alone.
