30 Rock's Tracy Morgan has found himself in a bit of hot water after he made quite a controversial remark during a pre-game chat with the hosts of Inside the NBA on TNT.

Kenny Smith started things off by announcing that Morgan was the only person who could settle an arguement that he and Charles Barkley struggle with "all the time" -- who'd ya rather: Tina Fey or Sarah Palin?

The entire group laughed at the idea that "Morgan can't get fired" over his response. So, Barkley baited him, saying "Sarah Palin's good looking isn't she?"

Morgan's response shocked not only the hosts, but viewers as well. He said:

“Now let me tell you something about Sarah Palin man, she’s good masturbation material. The glasses and all that? Great masturbation material.”

Not unsurprisingly, emails and phone calls soon flooded TNT and within minutes the network issued a statement