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SociaLight: Ravens Fan Goes Viral for Looking Like Martin Luther King Jr.

Jan 22, 2024 at 01:19 PM

Cassie Cherigo

Social Media Manager/Digital Host

The celebrities came out for the Ravens' divisional playoff game against the Houston Texans, but the biggest reaction came on social media to a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lookalike.

A Ravens fan at the game went viral Saturday night after being shown on ESPN's broadcast

MLK done resurrected to witness a Lamar playoff masterpiece pic.twitter.com/SLwOYfS1rp
— Daniel (@FlockEnthusiast) January 21, 2024

King's daughter and CEO of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Bernice King, took note and added her stamp of approval.

I have a great sense of humor, ya’ll. This post is funny. Some posts about/uses of my father’s image are not. This man resembles Daddy, tho. 😂 pic.twitter.com/BM8ZrrIZQ9
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) January 21, 2024

The Baltimore Banner's Chris Korman tracked down the man – Wardell Roberts. Roberts is a lifelong Ravens fan and Frederick, Md., native who said a few friends in college mentioned to him that he resembled King, but that's about it.

He was at the game with his 8-year-old son, Karson, and wife, Karla, when his phone started blowing up with people who saw him on TV and telling him that he was going viral on social media.

Major scoop: @ChrisKorman talked to this man. His name is Wardell Roberts. He's a Ravens fan from Frederick. He's seen your MLK tweets.

"Everybody started sending it. They're all saying, 'You’re trending right now.'"

More: https://t.co/38i0OioK2S pic.twitter.com/a2QsJcxCYR
— Jonas Shaffer (@jonas_shaffer) January 22, 2024

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