Marlon Williams is a roommate on The Real World: Portland. He is a military brat and only child who was sheltered by his religious family. His religious upbringing brought him to a struggle with his sexuality. Marlon is also an aspiring rapper, and while he is in Portland, he works on his career.
Quite literally the son of a preacher man, Marlon was raised with strong religious values and beliefs, which causes inner conflict when you love sex as much as he does. He doesn't want to disappoint his father, who raised him after his parents divorced when he was six months old. The first time Marlon laid eyes on his mother was in the coffin at her funeral when he was in the seventh grade. As a military brat, Marlon traveled the world with his father but never stayed in one place long enough to make lifelong friends. In high school, Marlon excelled at football and became something of a local celebrity when he was a linebacker for Texas Tech. He twice received Honorable mention in the All-Big 12 conference and was even trying to go pro, before being cut by the Canadian Football League. After his football career faded, Marlon went through a low point and in his depression, did some things that his roommates will be shocked to hear about. Marlon is in a better place now and is currently working towards a degree in Industrial Engineering. People in Lubbock still recognize him as Marlon the football star, but he hates that people judge him for no longer playing. Marlon sees coming to Portland as a chance to start fresh without having to deal with people's preconceived notions about who he is today.
After Real World[]
Marlon returned to Texas where he hopes to start a clothing line, record an album, and go back to fitness. Shortly after filming, he, Jordan, Jessica, and Anastasia went to Thailand to film for The Challenge. There, he hooked up with The Real World: Cancun alum Derek Chavez and came out as bisexual on camera.
In 2019, Marlon appeared on the MTV reality series Ex on the Beach: Peak of Love as a Single. Jemmye Carroll was one of his Exes.
