A much higher percentage of people who play football, specifically in the NFL, wind up with ALS than the general population.
It is a known thing,” Pearlman said.
“The number of times Michael Strahan, a former football player, asks Chris Johnson about this? Zero.
The number of times Good Morning America brings this up? Zero.
It is so irresponsible and grotesque,” he added.
Pearlman argued that financial ties to the league influenced the scope of the questions.
“Michael Strahan, who's paid by the NFL, doesn't bring it up. He knows the tie between football and ALS.
He has seen fellow players suffer from ALS because they played football.
And you are so soulless, and you are so corporately owned that you will not bring it up,” Pearlman said.
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He further alleged a lack of journalistic resolve during the television appearance.
“Chris Johnson is dying and he showed up on Good Morning America to tell his story, and Michael Strahan, one of the great cowards on TV in my opinion, sits there and pretends, oh, this is heartbreaking, it's so sad, and doesn't have the courage and the decency and the wherewithal to mention the ties between football and ALS.
And that's because he's getting paid money not to. It's disgusting,” Pearlman said.
Strahan Responds to Criticism
Addressing the backlash on Tuesday's edition of The Dan Patrick Show, Strahan argued that the interview belonged entirely to Johnson's narrative.
