There's a questionable video of Lamar Jackson picking up food that has been going viral over the past day or two.
It shows the Baltimore Ravens' two-time MVP quarterback getting food from some sort of food truck, with the implication that he was under the influence of alcohol while being filmed. To a casual observer, Jackson's likeness in the video is unmistakable. Never mind how questionable it would be to see the superstar signal-caller in this sort of setting as he contends with a hamstring injury in the middle of a spiraling Baltimore season.
As far as we can tell, according to social media, the video is entirely fake and has been disseminated by shameless aggregators angling for the worst kind of online engagement. Jackson himself addressed the fake video in a post on his X profile, making a similar observation about lying for engagement:
There you have it, folks. Remember, especially in this day and age, not everything you see online is real.
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Reporting by Robert Zeglinski, For The Win / For The Win
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