Jenna Johnson Denies AI-Generated Crash Hoax

Dancing With the Stars pro Jenna Johnson on Sunday, January 18 denied viral claims that she and husband Val Chmerkovskiy were gravely injured in a purported near-fatal car crash, calling the story “fake news.” Johnson blamed AI-generated posts and doctored images circulating on Facebook for spreading the hoax, ahead of the couple’s 2026 DWTS live tour starting January 22 in Akron, Ohio.