( CNN ) -- Actor Tracy Morgan agreed to return to Nashville next week to apologize to people who heard his anti-gay rant during a recent stand-up comedy show , a pro-gay rights group said Monday . Morgan released a written apology last Friday , but he followed up Monday morning with a phone call to the president and staff of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD . ) By the end of the call , Morgan had agreed to go back to Nashville with GLAAD staffers to deliver a face-to-face apology to people who were in the Ryman Auditorium and to work with the Tennessee Equality Project , GLAAD said . `` By not only apologizing , but sending a message of support for gay and transgender people , Tracy will help many realize that no one should be treated differently or subjected to violence , '' GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios said . Morgan is a star of the hit NBC sitcom `` 30 Rock '' and a `` Saturday Night Live '' veteran . Details of Morgan 's anti-gay remarks , delivered during a June 3 show , emerged last week when an audience member posted them on a Facebook blog , which was picked up by Jezebel magazine . The blog , titled `` Why I No Longer 'Like ' Tracy Morgan , '' said the comic said gays should `` not be whining about something as insignificant as bullying . '' `` He mentioned that gay was something kids learn from the media and programming , and that bullied kids should just bust some ass and beat those other little f**kers that bully them , not whine about it , '' Kevin Rogers wrote . Morgan said that if his own son told him he was gay , he would `` pull out a knife and stab '' him , Rogers wrote . `` The sad thing is that none of this rant was a joke , '' Rogers wrote . `` His entire demeanor changed during that portion of the night . He was truly filled with some hate towards us . '' GLAAD released a portion of the transcript of their call with Morgan Monday . `` I know how bad bullying can hurt , '' Morgan told GLAAD . `` I was bullied when I was a kid . I 'm sorry for what I said . I did n't mean it . I never want to use my comedy to hurt anyone . '' Morgan said his family `` knew what it was like to feel different . '' `` My brother was disabled and I lost my father to AIDS in 1987 , '' he said . `` My Dad was n't gay , but I also learned about homophobia then because of how people treated people who were sick with that . '' `` Parents should support and love their kids no matter what , '' Morgan said . `` Gay people deserve the same right to be happy in this country as everyone else . Our laws should support that . I hope that my fans -- gay , straight , whatever -- forgive and I hope my family forgives me for this . '' Morgan will also deliver his new message in New York before his Nashville trip , GLAAD said . He will meet with gay , lesbian and transsexual teens `` who were shunned or left homeless by their parents , as well as parents who lost their children to anti-LGBT hate crimes , '' GLAAD said . He will also agreed to record a public service announcement for GLAAD 's upcoming `` Amplify Your Voice '' campaign , the group said . CNN 's Rachel Wells contributed to this report .
GLAAD talked to Tracy Morgan staffers by phone Monday . Tracy agreed to help GLAAD in its anti-bullying campaign , the group says . He will fly to GLAAD Monday to personally apologize to offended audience members .