on october 27, 2009, the chiefs "instructed larry to refrain from practicing with the chiefs or participating in other team activities" for his twitter comments on chiefs' head coach todd haley and reportedly using gay slurs when he addressed the media. because of his comments, johnson encountered backlash from the gay & lesbian alliance against defamation. johnson's twitter comments were: "my father got more credentials than most of these pro coaches." that was followed by: "my father played for the coach from "remember the titans". our coach played golf. my father played for redskins briefley. our coach. nuthn." johnson's tweets were responded to by fans, one tweet including a reference to the nightclub incident. johnson's response used the word "fag". the final post read: "make me regret it. lmao. u don't stop my checks. lmao. so 'tweet' away." johnson said about the incidents, "first of all, i want to apologize to the fans of the kansas city chiefs and the rest of the nfl, commissioner goodell, the chiefs organization, coach todd haley, his staff, and my teammates for the words i used yesterday. i regret my actions. the words were used by me in frustration, and they were not appropriate."