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Tracy Morgan spiced up the Cowboys-Giants game on Monday with the daft declaration that Cowboys Hall of Famer Tony Dorsett is his real father. (Watch the videos below.)
Morgan, appearing on ESPN’s “Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli,” aka the “ManningCast,” bragged about his speed as a young athlete.
“I get that from my father, Tony Dorsett,” he said of the fleet running back who starred in the 1970s and ’80s. “I know he’s my biological father, Tony Dorsett.”
When retired QB brothers Eli and Peyton Manning flashed highlights of Dorsett, Morgan cried: “There you are daddy. Daddy! Daddy!”
Asked if Dorsett knows, the former “SNL” star answered in the affirmative.
“He was dating my mother and he used to drive a white van,” Morgan said. “He sold fish out the back of that van.”
.@TracyMorgan got his speed from his dad ... Cowboys legendary RB Tony Dorsett⁉️ 😭 pic.twitter.com/nA5SnPfaOY
— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) September 27, 2022
Dorsett, now 68, was clearly amused by the twisted shoutout.
Say what now @TracyMorgan
😂— Tony Dorsett (@Tony_Dorsett) September 27, 2022
Morgan also noted that Herschel Walker is his third cousin and took a swipe at Peyton Manning. He asked the quarterback great what it was like to play against the Giants’ star linebacker Lawrence Taylor.
Answered Peyton: “LT’s rookie year was ’82. I was 6.” (It was actually ’81, but you get the point.)
Tracy Morgan thinks Peyton Manning is pushing 60. pic.twitter.com/Elptslx5SH
— Daily Country Videos (@DailyCountryVid) September 27, 2022
USA Today called Morgan’s appearance “unforgettable.”
Tony Dorsett can’t argue with that.
This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.
