Former Penn State and Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson sparked backlash Tuesday after posting a lengthy Instagram video tied to Chris Johnson’s ALS diagnosis, in which he floated a “blood sacrifice” theory and made a series of sweeping claims about the former Tennessee Titans star’s appearance on “Good Morning America.”
Chris Johnson, who is 40, revealed the diagnosis Monday on “Good Morning America” alongside his wife. The news prompted an outpouring of support from many across the sports world. Larry Johnson, though, responded with a far different message.
In his video, he urged, “If I was Chris Johnson, spiritually I would be getting my house in order,” before launching into a string of references to other public figures and dates he said supported his theory.
He brought up Michael K. Williams, saying the actor appeared on “Good Morning America” to discuss drug addiction before later dying of an overdose.
He then pointed to Eric Dane, saying the actor discussed an ALS diagnosis on the show and later died on “February 19, 2026,” adding that the date of his death matched the first episode in which Dane appeared on “Grey’s Anatomy.” Larry Johnson said that if the numbers were added up, “it equals 67,” which he claimed “equals blood sacrifice and human sacrifice,” and also “6-11.”
Turning to Chris Johnson, he said the Titans legend appeared on “Good Morning America” on 6-29 and said, “Six, two plus nine is 11.”
Larry Johnson also fixated on the images used in the segment, saying, “If you see the pictures that they used in that segment, the wife is the focal point of the family which means she is centered or he is off-centered,” and added that he believed that was intentional. He said Chris Johnson’s birthday is 86 days from his public announcement and argued that “Eighty-six” means “To be removed.
To be sacrificed. To be taken out.”
He also told viewers, “Now, I’m not saying that any of the information that I’m telling you is going to save his life or if he hears this information that it is going to save his life, I’m just telling y’all that y’all better be aware.”
From there, Larry Johnson widened the claim beyond Chris Johnson, saying, “Look at the span of NFL running backs that have been sick or taken out in the span of the last three or four years. If you really go back, it’s a lot,” and, “when they want to take you out, they will exalt you.”
He then said he had been targeted himself after appearing on “Good Morning America.”
“They will put anything you suffer from on public display and then they take you out after. And the reason I’m saying that is because I was on ‘Good Morning America’ and I’m telling you from experience that they came after me right after that segment was over,” he said. He added that he was not talking about anyone “knocking on my door or, you know, they were shooting at me or trying to run me off the road,” but instead described what he called a specific effort to lure him into a situation during the time the Kansas City Chiefs went to the Super Bowl in Miami, where he lives near the stadium.
Larry Johnson said the pattern, in his view, was especially aimed at Black athletes. He also criticized the images used in Chris Johnson’s segment, saying they showed him at a daughter’s birthday party with an L.O.L Surprise!
doll theme, and claimed the dolls were shown to have “G-strings and lingerie on” when dunked in water. He said, “They are saying that we taking these people out because the life that they lived.”
He closed by saying, “So, the truth and telling the truth is really causing us to be behind a hedge that they can’t touch if that makes sense to the rest of you former athletes.”
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