Marlon Humphrey doubles down on Simone Biles-Jordan Chiles comment

Marlon Humphrey has not retracted a tweet in which he criticized American gymnasts Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles for bowing to Brazilian gold medalist Rebecca Andrade at last month's Paris Olympics, and maintains he did not mean any disrespect to Brazil with his controversial remarks.

After photos of Biles and Chiles bowing to Andrade in a display of unsportsmanlike behavior went viral, Humphrey tweeted, “This is really awful,” sparking an intense debate that also drew the attention of Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti and general manager Eric DeCosta.

“Hey, I'm gonna tell you what I think. On Twitter, I was like, what the hell? Why are we bowing down to somebody? This is America, why are we bowing down to another country? Honestly, I don't even know what country that is,” Humphrey said in the latest episode. His “Punch Lines” podcast.

“When I saw them bowing, I said, 'This is crazy,' because as a human being, ethically, we shouldn't bow to anyone but God. So I said, 'Oh my God, this is crazy.'”

“I tweeted it and said, 'Oh man, that's Simone Biles. I could get the Biles corps.' Obviously, I'm not a gymnast. I didn't know if she had a corps.”

Asked about the tweet during training, Humphrey, 28, claimed he was unaware of the backlash until his social media pages were inundated with comments featuring the Brazilian flag and his follower numbers soared.

The Pro Bowl cornerback said his sister told him after a Ravens practice that people were upset, but he initially didn't have a problem with the reaction.

“I believe there is no such thing as bad media,” Humphrey said.

Humphrey then addressed Michelle Obama's reaction to her bow.

“About three days later, she was like, 'I think this is really good,'” Humphrey said, before co-star Jack Settleman interjected and said that it was all because of Humphrey.

“Yeah, I was like, 'Does Michelle Obama know me?' I was kind of excited,” Humphrey replied.

“I was in the White House. [Barack] “She was a big Obama fan, so maybe she opened her eyes to me in college. I mean, she was at my house.' She invited me over to her house.”