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With his trademark wide, mischievous grin,
Morgan, 49, bent over and kissed the emblematic terrazzo and
brass star along Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, now one of
the city's most-visited sites but for decades was a home to
L.A.'s underbelly.
"When I was a poor kid growing up in the projects in Brooklyn, I
would never dream of having a star on the Walk of Fame," the
comic known for his cringe-inducing style said.
"But now that I'm here, I have to tell you I feel pretty
comfortable," the "30 Rock" star added. "I'll tell you why!
Because of the smell of weed and stale urine - it's just like
being in the projects. What would really make me feel at home,
if somebody spray painted graffiti on my star."
Morgan, who stars in the new Time Warner Inc-owned TBS comedy
"The Last O.G." with Tiffany Haddish, was introduced by Oscar
winner Jordan Peele and comedian Martin Lawrence, who gave
Morgan his first break in 1994 on his TV comedy series "Martin"
"The Last O.G." is Morgan's first big step back into Hollywood
after he was seriously injured in 2014 when a Wal-Mart truck
crashed into his limousine on the New Jersey Turnpike killing
his friend, the comedian James McNair.
"He's been through so many things and he's come out with an
outlook on life that is absolutely beautiful," Peele told the
assembled crowd.
"He'll take you all over the map in a conversation with him,"
Peele added. "You'll be laughing one second, you'll be crying
the next second. He'll have you thinking one second and then
he'll say something so stupid it's just funny the next second."
The Hollywood Walk of Fame is administered by the Hollywood
Chamber of Commerce.
(Reporting by Alan Devall; writing by Eric Kelsey; editing by
Diane Craft)
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