Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson shared his regret over not saying goodbye to his former teammate and friend, Rudi Johnson, who died by suicide Tuesday in Florida at age 45.

The two were part of the same Cincinnati Bengals draft class in 2001 and played together for seven seasons.

Chad Johnson addressed Rudi’s death Wednesday on his “Nightcap” show, explaining why he always tells his social media followers and people he meets he loves them. 3

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“I want to tell y’all I love you,” Chad told his listeners. “If you follow me, you probably hear me tweet it all the time, every single day. I got on Twitter in 2009, right? And every day since 2009, I always say ‘I love you.’ If you see me in person, I probably don’t even know you and I hugged you and told you ‘I love you.’ I do it for a reason,

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