Marlon Humphrey learns his lesson about the Titanic

Marlon Humphrey learns his lesson about the Titanic

Baltimore Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey has confronted coffee and belittled macaroni and cheese (or “cheese noodles”) – both of which have a “chokehold” on their adherents – on his Twitter account, provoking a reaction among his more than 200,000 followers and beyond.

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But on Monday, when “The Rich Eisen Show” asked Humphrey to discuss his Twitter habits, the nationally syndicated sports-talk radio program bypassed those topics for three other Humphrey tweets that caught the attention of social-media users:

· “100 Humans vs. one gorilla. Who wins?

· “Aaron Rodgers seem like he would just wake up one day and decide he going to drop everything and be a astronaut.

· “Was today year old when I found out the Titanic was real. That’s wild lowkey.

The latter tweet on May 12 drew an outpouring of reaction from social-media users.

Humphrey said he must have missed “the true-story slide” in the movie “Titanic.”

“I thought it was a movie,” Humphrey said. “But then they’re like: No, it was based on a true story. Not like a fake true story. It was a real true story. And then I was like, ‘Wow.’ And then it seemed sort of messed up that you’re making that movie about people, like, dying, which, obviously, decent movie.”

The largest ocean liner in use at the time, the RMS Titantic struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage from England to New York City on April 14, 1912. Less than three hours later, the ship had sunk into the waters of the north Atlantic, taking more than 1,500 people to their deaths.

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“Titanic,” the movie, was released in 1997. Written and directed by James Cameron and starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, “Titanic” became the highest-grossing movie in history and was nominated for a record-tying 14 Academy Awards — winning 11, including for Best Picture.

“Usually when I tweet, it just comes to mind, and I just tweet something,” Humphrey said. “I don’t really look at the replies. But I know I tweeted something either that was somewhat dumb or somewhat wild when someone personally texts me. It’s like: ‘Bro, you didn’t’ or ‘What are you talking about?’ Sometimes I tweet something and forget I tweeted it.

“This one actually like was almost causing harm to myself. I’m like, ‘Crap, I guess I’m the only one that didn’t know this.’”

Humphrey is preparing for his seventh NFL season with the Ravens. He earned Pro Bowl recognition in 2019, 2020 and 2022 and was a first-team All-Pro selection in 2019.

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Before the NFL, Humphrey was a three-time All-State football player at Hoover High School, and the Buccaneers captured the AHSAA Class 6A football titles in 2012 and 2013. Humphrey also won six individual state track championships with the Buccaneers.

Humphrey played on Alabama’s CFP national championship team for the 2015 season and was a first-team All-American selection by the Football Writers Association of America for the 2016 season before he entered the NFL as the 16th player picked in the 2017 draft.

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The RMS Titanic leaves Southampton, England, on its maiden voyage on April 10, 1912.(AP Photo)

Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.