ESPN/ABC analyst Greg McElroy convinced moon landing was faked: ‘Total, genuine propaganda’

Greg McElroy is not doing stereotypes about the state of Alabama any favors on Friday.

When the Artemis II crew, currently in the midst of a 10-day flight to orbit the moon, arrives there, it will be the first time any human beings have ever set foot on its rocky surface, according to the former Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback and current ESPN/ABC college football analyst.

Near the start of Friday’s edition of Jox 94.5’s McElroy and Cubelic in the Morning, McElroy offhandedly said that “we’re going to the moon for the first time in human history.”

That seemed to catch co-host Cole Cubelic and the rest of the studio off guard for two reasons. One, the Artemis II is not actually landing on the moon; it’s just going to fly by and return to Earth. And two, human beings have been to the moon. Several times, in fact.

“Do you honestly believe we’ve never been to the moon?” Cubelic asked.

“I honestly believe we never went to the moon,” McElroy replied.

When everyone else in the studio disagreed and was pretty sure we had, in fact, gone to the moon, McElroy doubled down.

“There is a zero percent chance we went to the moon,” McElroy added. “Zero. Total, genuine propaganda.”

The former Alabama quarterback then launched into his defense of the conspiracy theory that the moon landing (and all subsequent trips by American astronauts) were fake.

“All I’m saying is that we didn’t go to the moon in 1969,” McElroy said. “We didn’t have microwaves, but we can go to the moon? We didn’t have color television.

“It has to do with technology. All of a sudden, we’re going to travel deep, deep, deep into space … The sitting American presidents of the time are not exactly known for being 100 percent honest.”

Wait til McElroy finds out about the current sitting president.

Plenty of listeners had fun with McElroy’s conspiratorial musings, sharing them on social media.

@macandcube pic.twitter.com/V9k1kMnLER

— Martin Blankenship (@martini35504) April 3, 2026

@macandcube I grew up in Huntsville in the 60’s and 70’s. Went to school with maybe hundreds of kids of rocket scientists. Not one kid ever said, my dad says that we never went to the moon. Never heard the landings were fake till twitter.

— Peat Moss 🏈🏀🐘🌊 (@wesmoss1018) April 3, 2026

@macandcube I wish Buzz Aldrin would walk in the studio and just kick @GregMcElroy ass this morning. @colecubelic

— Louis DeArman (@LouisDeArman) April 3, 2026

Apollo 11, the first crewed mission to land on the Moon, did so in 1969. There were six crewed landings between 1969 and 1972 as part of the United States Apollo program. 12 people, all Americans, have walked on the Moon, including Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Alan Shepard.

“To some extent, debating this subject is an insult to the thousands who worked for years to accomplish the most amazing feats of exploration in history,” said one NASA official of moon landing conspiracy theories. “And it certainly is an insult to the memory of those who have given their lives for the exploration of space.”