Marlon Wayans Responds To Criticism Over Alabama Brawl

Marlon Wayans is in the hot seat. It all started when the comedian decided to chime into the conversation about the Alabama riverboat brawl that took place on Saturday (Aug 5). Wayans uploaded a part of the brawl on his Instagram captioning the video, “How ‘bout we NOT ‘try that in a small town,'” he said referencing Jason Aldean’s controversial song “Try That In A Small Town.” “S— silly bro… Let’s all just be love NOT war.”

The brawl which was captured on

This video shows how the whole Alabama ferry brawl started.

Brother man was doing his job telling these folks to move their boat so the ferry could dock.

Privileged ass white people refused to move and then jumped him pic.twitter.com/6fPnjBDGsH

— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) August 6, 2023?" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video, occurred when a Black man who worked at the dock asked a white man to move his boat. After a short verbal exchange, the white man attacked the Black man and other white people nearby began to join in. This prompted Black people who were nearby to aid the Black man with one even swimming over to the dock to assist.

On Tuesday, he hopped on social media to clarify his comments after he called out media outlets and people on social media for misinterpreting his message.

“That’s the thing about social media man, it’s not for interpretation. Ya’ll tripping, it makes no f—ing sense, none at all,” he said in a video. “I shouldn’t even address it, it’s that stupid. But you know, people want to make articles… interpretations. Do it. I don’t care. Black people know I love Black people, I’m Black,” he ended.

The comment section under his video got heated when a person suggested that he was trying to condemn Black people in the viral moment.

“You tried to make it seem like both sides were out of line! Nothing that you posted was in defense of those Black people,” one person wrote under his post. “Don’t try to straddle the fence! Self-defense is NEVER silly!”

Wayans fired back, “You f— off! There was No fence straddled. It’s irony and sarcasm. Next time I’ll spell it out for ignorant f—heads like you. How’s that? Better? Bet your stupid a– understands this.”

Take a look at the clip here.

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