Liver King arrested after making threats against Joe Rogan

AUSTIN: Brian Johnson, better known online as Liver King, is a fitness and lifestyle influencer who was arrested at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas, this Tuesday for threats made against popular podcaster Joe Rogan.

The Liver King gained notoriety online for what he dubbed the “ancestral” lifestyle, which primarily concerned eating raw meats, such as animal liver. Johnson’s dietary advice, which has drawn criticism from many medical experts, is just one of his nine tenets, with the other eight relating to sleep, movement/training, cold exposure, sun exposure, avoiding so called modern-day hazards such as Wi-Fi, and stepping out of one’s comfort zone.

The 48-year-old influencer was charged with “Terroristic Threat”, a Class B misdemeanor, for making Instagram posts in which he repeatedly challenged Joe Rogan to a fight, while travelling to Austin where the podcaster lives.

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“Guess what, you’re dead bitch,” Johnson said in one post.

Austin police revealed that Rogan stated he “never had any interaction with Johnson and considered the posts to be threatening.”

While the podcaster may have never had direct contact with the fitness influencer, Rogan did discuss Johnson on a 2022 episode of the Joe Rogan Experience. On that episode which garnered over eight million views, Rogan detailed the Liver King’s steroid use, something Johnson himself admitted to in December of 2022.

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