Dec 28, 2024; Inglewood, California, USA; The NFL shield logo is seen on the field at SoFi Stadium before a game between the Arizona Cardinals and Los Angeles Rams. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
Dec 28, 2024; Inglewood, California, USA; The NFL shield logo is seen on the field at SoFi Stadium before a game between the Arizona Cardinals and Los Angeles Rams. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
The NFL saw one of their former legends get personal this past weekend. A 3x all-pro and 6x pro-bowler appeared on a podcast, and the conversation took a turn.
NFL Legend Shockingly Admits To Being A Male Stripper; Income Exposed
Oct 6, 2024; London, United Kingdom; The NFL shild logo at midfield at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
Oct 6, 2024; London, United Kingdom; The NFL shild logo at midfield at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
Chad Johnson disclosed in an interview that he once worked as a male stripper while attending college:
Johnson, who went to Santa Monica and Oregon State before the Cincinnati Bengals made him a second-round pick in 2001, led the NFL in receptions five seasons later, making it to six Pro Bowls. He was also a three-time All-Pro (2X First-Team) and is in the team’s Ring of Honor.
The 47-year-old is used to luxury right now, although he says he lives a miserly life and doesn’t splurge. He didn’t always have it as good as he does now, and claims to have done some surprising things for money.
Chad was speaking on a recent episode of the ‘Green Light With Chris Long’ podcast, where he said he used to strip in the late 90s because he was strapped for cash.
Ochocinco used to strip under the stage name “Twix” 💀 pic.twitter.com/Kwr8ZQFURV
— Green Light with Chris Long (@greenlight) June 7, 2025
Sep 25, 2023; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Former Cincinnati Bengals player, Chad Johnson, walks on the field during warmups before the game against the Los Angeles Rams at Paycor Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports NFL
Sep 25, 2023; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Former Cincinnati Bengals player, Chad Johnson, walks on the field during warmups before the game against the Los Angeles Rams at Paycor Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports NFL
Ochocinco, as he’s also known, claimed he worked around three hours a night on weekends and could make up to $2500 over three days, which he says was a lot of money in 1997 – this last part we can confirm.
The former Bengals star also divulged his stage name, “Twix,” a nickname he got because a Twix bar looks veiny and, well… yeah.
Given his habit of stretching the truth and making up stories, we’re not sure any of this ever happened.
In any case, we’ll never look at Twix the same.
Oct 20, 2022; Glendale, Arizona, USA; Former NFL player Chad Ochocinco Johnson looks on prior to the game between the Arizona Cardinals and the New Orleans Saints at State Farm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 20, 2022; Glendale, Arizona, USA; Former NFL player Chad Ochocinco Johnson looks on prior to the game between the Arizona Cardinals and the New Orleans Saints at State Farm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports
Here is a look at Johnson’s career stats:
Year Team Games Receiving Rushing Fumbles
GP GS Rec Yds Avg Lng
2001 CIN 12 3 28 329
2002 CIN 16 14 69 1,166
2003 CIN 16 14 90 1,355
2004 CIN 16 16 95 1,274
2005 CIN 16 16 97 1,432
2006 CIN 16 16 87 1,369
2007 CIN 16 16 93 1,440
2008 CIN 13 10 53 540
2009 CIN 16 15 72 1,047
2010 CIN 14 12 67 831
2011 NE 16 3 15 276
Total 167 135 766 11,059 14.4
Nov 10, 2024; Munich, Germany; The NFL shield logo at midfield during the 2024 NFL Munich Game at Allianz Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
Nov 10, 2024; Munich, Germany; The NFL shield logo at midfield during the 2024 NFL Munich Game at Allianz Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
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