Tina Fey Reacts to Tracy Morgan's Homophobic Rant

It's been less than a day since news broke that comedian Tracy Morgan went on a violent, homophobic rant during his stand-up act last night. Morgan has since apologized, but what does this mean for "30 Rock?" After all, Tina Fey is about as progressive as it gets, and she seems like the kind of person who won't tolerate this nonsense.

Fey released a statement post-haste, responsing to Morgan's rant and expressing her concerns about it. In the statement, she calls the rant "disturbing," but also notes that the incident "doesn't line up" with the Tracy Morgan that she has been working with these past years on "30 Rock" and "SNL."

NBC Chairman Bob Greenblatt released a statement as well, saying that Morgan's behavior will "not be tolerated," and noting that there is a line between expressing oneself artistically or comedically and saying "reckless things."

Read the entire statement from Tina Fey below. Do you think she went too easy on him?

"Tina Fey, Executive Producer, 30 Rock:

I'm glad to hear that Tracy apologized for his comments. Stand-up comics may have the right to "work out" their material in its ugliest and rawest form in front of an audience, but the violent imagery of Tracy's rant was disturbing to me at a time when homophobic hate crimes continue to be a life-threatening issue for the GLBT Community.

It also doesn't line up with the Tracy Morgan I know, who is not a hateful man and is generally much too sleepy and self-centered to ever hurt another person.

I hope for his sake that Tracy's apology will be accepted as sincere by his gay and lesbian coworkers at '30 Rock,' without whom Tracy would not have lines to say, clothes to wear, sets to stand on, scene partners to act with, or a printed-out paycheck from accounting to put in his pocket.

The other producers and I pride ourselves on '30 Rock' being a diverse, safe, and fair workplace."