Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan is “doing OK” after falling ill during Monday’s New York Knicks win over the Miami Heat at Madison Square Garden, saying that food poisoning was the reason he threw up while sitting courtside.

“Appreciate my MSG family for taking such good care of me and I need to shout out the crew that had to clean that up,” Morgan wrote in an Instagram post with a picture of him in his hospital bed. “Appreciate you!”

“More importantly, the Knicks are now 1-0 when I throw up on the court so maybe I’ll have to break it out again in the playoffs.”

Morgan fell ill roughly halfway through the third quarter of Monday’s game, vomiting on the court. That caused the game to be paused and delayed for over 10 minutes as Madison Square Garden workers cleaned up the situation.

After a few minutes, Morgan was escorted out of his seat in a wheelchair and seen placing his head in a towel. 

A spokesperson for Madison Square Garden said they hoped Morgan feels better soon, and they were looking forward to seeing him back in his courtside seat. 

The 56-year-old Morgan, a longtime Knicks fan, was featured prominently during the “Saturday Night Live” 50th anniversary weekend events, at both the “SNL50: The Homecoming Concert” and the live “SNL50: The Anniversary Celebration” special.

He also has a forthcoming, untitled comedy pilot on NBC, in which he plays a disgraced former football player looking to remake his image, opposite Daniel Radcliffe.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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