Miami Heat star Tyler Herro shares astonishing conspiracy theory on livestream, leaving fans stunned
Specifically, the 25-year-old University of Kentucky product questions anything before 1950 as well as select events over the ensuing years, such as the 1969 moon landing and Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point performance in 1962.
'I don't even know what Wilt looked like, played like,' Herro told Twitch streamers Adin Ross and N3on about the Philadelphia Warriors legend's single-game scoring record.
Herro isn't the first to question the legitimacy of Chamberlain's century-mark effort against the New York Knicks in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Officially, only 4,124 fans were in attendance that night and there is no film of the 169-147 Warriors win. The only keepsakes from the historic performance are the scorebook, a few articles and the famed photo of a 25-year-old Chamberlain holding up some paper with '100' scribbled across in dark pencil.
Similarly, Herro isn't the only person to question Neil Armstrong's first steps on the moon – a conspiracy theory that is currently enjoying renewed popularity.
Where Herro really differs from other supposed truthers is the scope of his disbelief. Asked if he believes anything that happened two centuries earlier, Herro left the social media influencers stunned.
Tyler Herro says he doesn't believe in history before 1950 😕 pic.twitter.com/dA5sD17OF8
— Underdog (@Underdog) June 13, 2025
'Hell no,' he said.
'What about the moon landing?' N3on asked.
'Nah, I don't believe in that,' Herro continued. 'I don't believe in anything that happened before 1950.'
Herro also took issue with Columbus' famed voyage to the Americas. But rather than arguing that countless other groups discovered the 'new world' prior to Columbus setting sail in 1492, Herro instead questioned the date.
'For real, like, how do we know? When did he come to the land or whatever?' Herro asked. 'They said 1492?'
N30n, a 20-year-old influencer and not a history expert, immediately agreed, saying there is 'no way of really knowing.'
In addition to Columbus' own journal and letters, other contemporaneous records of his journeys exist, such as the Book of Privileges detailing his specific agreements with the Spanish court.
In the end, Herro did not seem interested in hearing about the existence of history, primary sources, or even books. When one person in the online chat tried to explain that historians can document facts and those records are then passed down to later generations, the Heat star shut down the conversation.
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