Can eating raw meat and living a “cave” life make you look like “The Rock” Dern Johnson and gain sharp muscles? Another muscular Johnson just confessed to taking steroids.
Known online as a “raw living” guru, Johnson, dubbed “The Liver King,” lied to his millions of followers on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram that his bulky physique was the result of an unusual diet and strict regimen. Fitness method.
The “primitive” lifestyle he and his wife claim they adhere to is supposed to bring “strength, health and happiness,” including living by “nine ancestral rules”: eat, sleep, exercise, be happy, socialize, Enjoy chilling, basking, fighting and maintaining intimacy. He ate liver, bone marrow and even cow testicles raw.
Outside of social media, Liver King has created his own brands, Heart & Soil and Ancestral Supplements, and makes $100 million a year selling protein supplements and dried animal offal. At his shop, a bottle of capsules containing grass-fed beef liver sells for $30 to $65.
The 45-year-old Liver King, whose real name is Brian Johnson, has previously denied allegations that he took steroids. “I’m not going to touch steroids. I’ve never been on that stuff. I won’t be in the future,” he said on Mark Bell’s Power Project podcast.
Today, however, Johnson has been stripped of his disguise. He admitted in a video uploaded to YouTube: “I lied and misled many people… Yes, I take steroids, am taking them, and have a trained hormone clinician monitor and manage my steroids. Physical conditions.”
The internet celebrity admitted he takes 120mg of testosterone a week and apologized to fans for misleading him and claiming his body shape was “totally natural”.
Prior to this, another YouTuber, More Plates More Dates, posted an hour-long video exposing the liver king’s use of steroids, which cost him $12,000 a month.
The video included an email from the exposed liver king to a nutritionist, in which he confirmed that he had taken steroids and asked the other party to provide more steroids. The email also attached the results of blood tests.
Why did the liver king lie?
Liver King blames his actions on insecurities: “I’m one of 85 percent of the population that suffers from self-esteem issues.
He said he projected an image “to spread information and raise awareness to the 4,000 people who commit suicide and the 80,000 who attempt suicide every day [and] raise awareness.” He also said he was “fighting” to promote “primitive life , as a solution.
Liver King also confessed that he was not fully aware of the consequences of his actions. He said: “Before I was famous on social media, I was rich but unknown. After social media, I was still rich but not unknown… I never thought I would be exposed to the public eye like this.” (Fortune Chinese website)
Translated by: Liu Jinlong
Reviewer: Wang Hao
Can living on a diet of raw meat and leading a “caveman” lifestyle really make you as ripped as Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson? Another ripped Johnson just came clean about his steroid use.
An internet-famous “primal living” guru, called Liver King, falsely convinced his millions of followers across YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram that his jacked physique was down to his unusual eating habits and rigorous fitness regime alone.
The “ancestral” lifestyle that he and his wife supposedly followed was intended to achieve “strength, health, and happiness” and included living according to the “nine ancestral tenants”: to eat, sleep, move, shine, connect, cold, sun , fight, and bond. He ate raw liver, bone marrow, and even bull tests.
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Social media aside, Liver King has already been making $100 million a year selling protein supplements and dried animal organs under his brands Heart & Soil and Ancestral Supplements. His shop charges $30 to $65 a bottle for capsules containing grass-fed beef liver.
The 45-year-old, whose real name is Brian Johnson, previously denied any accusations of steroid use, having said on Mark Bell’s Power Project Podcast: “I don’t touch the stuff. I’ve never done the stuff. I’ve never done the stuff. m not going to do the stuff.”
Johnson’s facade, however, has now dramatically dropped. In a video uploaded to his YouTube he revealed, “I lied, and I misled a lot of people…Yes, I’ve done steroids, and yes, I am on steroids, monitored and managed by a trained hormone clinician.”
The influencer admitted that he’s been taking 120mg of testosterone per week and apologized for misleading his followers and claiming that he really was “all-natural.”
Prior to his confession, Johnson was called out by another YouTuber called More Plates More Dates, who published an hour-long video exposing the influencer’s use of steroids, costing him $12,000 per month.
It included a leaked email from Johnson to a nutritionist confirming his steroid use and asking for more, and the results of a blood test.
Why did Liver King lie?
Johnson blamed his actions on his insecurities: “When I talk about the 85% of the population that suffers from self-esteem issues, that’s me. I’m part of that statistic.”
The persona, he said, was “an experiment to spread the message [and] to bring awareness to the 4,000 people a day who kill themselves, the 80,000 people a day that try to kill themselves,” adding that his “fight” was to Promote “ancestral living” as a solution.
Johnson also confessed that he wasn’t fully aware of the consequences, saying, “Before social media I was rich and anonymous, and after social media, I’m still rich but no longer anonymous…I never expected this kind of exposure in the public eye.”
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