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Tracy Morgan TMI: Kidney Donor Revealed! Sarah Palin Crush Continues!

Grateful comedian reveals on the red carpet the identity of the woman who donated a kidney to him recently

By Josh Grossberg Jan 31, 2011 6:50 PMTags

Tracy Morgan is feeling better than ever thanks to one very special lady—and it's not Sarah Palin. At least not in the way you think.

Hitting the red carpet for last night's Screen Actors Guild Awards, the 30 Rock star revealed just who exactly donated a kidney for his life-saving transplant.

So who was it?

"I'd also like to thank Tanisha for donating my kidney to me," Morgan told E!'s Giuliana Rancic. "We were together but then we separated, but she also gave me a kidney...I'm doing fine and happy to be here."

Tanisha is Tanisha Hall, whom the funnyman dated the past couple of years and who had accompanied him to numerous red carpet events.

After saying he was glad to be back on his hit NBC comedy, Morgan gave a shout-out to his favorite celeb, failed veep wannabe-turned-tube personality Sarah Palin—aka the woman he labeled "good masturbation material" during an appearance on TNT's Inside the NBA, prompting the cable net to issue an apology.

"Sarah Palin, you're the hottest MILF in the world!" cracked Morgan. "She's a MILF!"

Now if they could only get her on 30 Rock...