‘Liver King’ freed after threatening Joe Rogan — and immediately starts ranting online again
Troubled influencer Brian “Liver King” Johnson has been freed after his arrest for allegedly making terroristic threats against Joe Rogan — just to immediately go back to posting bizarre videos about the podcaster he’s now banned from going near.
The 47-year-old testicle-munching muscleman was released on a $20,000 bond following his arrest in Rogan’s hometown of Austin, Texas, for threatening to “fight” the UFC podcaster in a series of troubling videos — including one where he seemingly brandished guns.
Once out, he quickly went back to posting more videos — including some about Rogan, while joking he actually wanted to fight actor Seth Rogan instead.
Looking haggard and appearing to at times slur his words as he ranted, Johnson showed off his ankle monitor and acknowledged the restraining order keeping him 600 feet from Rogan and his family.
In one of more than a dozen videos, he asked if someone could tell him if the podcaster was going to be around Austin so he could comply with the judge’s orders and stay away.
“Two hundred yards restraining myself, I must do. If anybody’s last name is Rogan and you’re in the capital of Austin, Texas … where bullies … are held accountable,” he said from his hotel deck, with the city skyline in the background.
“So if you don’t mind just don’t be there,” he added.
“If your last name starts with a J and your last name is Rogan … I invite you to come and meet my family,” he said in the same video, suggesting he didn’t want to say Rogan’s full name for legal reasons and instead saying he meant “Superbad” star Seth Rogan.
“But because of the law, I can’t invite you to do that.”
He jokingly made an “official correction” in one clip that he actually meant to fight actor Seth Rogan but seemed no longer interested in doing battle, saying “it’s unwinnable for both of us.”
Johnson was charged Tuesday with making terroristic threats after traveling to Rogan’s home and challenging him to a fight in a bizarre Instagram video.
Rogan, 57, told police he had never met the Liver King and didn’t know why he was “targeting him,” according to legal documents obtained by TMZ. He was concerned in part because he’d been told Johnson “has a significant drug issue,” the documents revealed.
As well as being banned from contacting Rogan or his family, Johnson was ordered to stay at least 600 feet from any of their homes and businesses. He also has to undergo a mental health evaluation within a week.
In his post-arrest videos, he noted the bags under his eyes, saying that he was feeling good despite not having slept or eaten in a while.
“I’m gonna make a bunch of videos this week, and then I’m not gonna make ’em for a long while — then I’ll make some more again,” he said in one clip from his hotel room in Austin, without explanation.
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“Thank you for all the prayers — all the people praying for me,” he said in one of more than a dozen videos posted to Instagram since his release.
In another, he said a prayer — with an F-bomb — while holding candles and dancing to classical music.
The influencer — whose philosophy revolves around living like cavemen — then later complained about the poor facilities in his room at the Four Seasons.
Johnson has never been featured on Rogan’s popular podcast “The Joe Rogan Experience,” but the influencer has come up multiple times on the show in discussions about performance-enhancing drugs.
The macho meat-lover infamously denied ever using steroids to achieve his freakish frame — instead crediting his diet of raw meat, animal testicles, liver and fertilized chicken eggs.
However, he was exposed for being on steroids and human growth hormone in late 2022 after leaked emails revealed he had been spending $11,000 a month on muscle-building drugs.
“I fully own that I f–ed up … I lied,” he said in a confessional at the time. “Yes, I’m on steroids.’
