A new Netflix documentary has explored the rise and fall of Liver King, the fitness influencer who built a huge following by promoting an extreme ancestral lifestyle online
Fitness influencer Liver King, whose real name is Brian Johnson, became an internet sensation by promoting his extreme ancestral lifestyle, which included eating raw meat and testicles, alongside a punishing exercise routine.
Netflix has just dropped a new documentary delving into how Liver King built his online empire and the scandal that nearly toppled it all.
Despite being grilled in interviews about whether steroids played a part in sculpting his muscular frame, he vehemently denied it every time, claiming his physique was purely the result of the all-natural way of life he promoted.
But the façade crumbled when an email leak exposed his staggering $11,000 monthly spend on performance-enhancing drugs, leading to an apology video where he confessed to steroid use.
Among the sceptics was podcaster Logan Paul. In 2022, Liver King confronted steroid speculation head-on during an appearance on Paul’s Impaulsive podcast, fiercely rejecting the claims, reports Surrey Live.
“If you don’t believe this is possible [being natural], then I suggest that you take that self-limiting belief, you put that s*** in a box and you bury that next to all your embarrassing s*** and don’t open your f****** mouth about it,” Brian had fired back when pressed on the issue.
Logan was quick to slam the influencer for his steroid scandal, with his blunt six-word reaction captured in a Netflix documentary.
“You lied to my f****** face,” he vents to the camera in the wake of the Liver King’s apology video being released.
Despite being called out for dishonesty, the Liver King still boasts an impressive online presence. At the last count, he has nearly three million followers on Instagram, six million TikTok fans, and a YouTube subscriber base topping one million, even though he’s not much of a regular poster.
The documentary also shows Brian confessing that he’s toned down his extreme lifestyle, admitting: “I was so convinced all of the carnivore stuff, well, that’s all you needed to really kick ass in life. I’m convinced now I was starving myself… I guess I want the world to know that I was wrong. I got all of it wrong… There’s a lot more that I don’t know than I do know.”
“An extreme approach to anything probably ain’t f****** working out. That’s probably the cautionary tale.”
Source: Mirror
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