Disgraced influencer ‘Liver King’ fakes his own arrest in bizarre post
By Emily Crane
Disgraced influencer Brian “Liver King” Johnson bizarrely staged his own arrest Friday — sharing footage of himself being nabbed by faux cops in a fake sting just days after he was cuffed for real.
The 47-year-old YouTuber, who is currently out on bond for allegedly making terroristic threats against podcaster Joe Rogan, uploaded a clip to his Instagram that showed several so-called officers hauling him away in handcuffs.
Moments later, the muscleman shared a second video oddly confessing that the ordeal was just “pretend.”
Close-up of Brian "Liver King" Johnson.
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Disgraced influencer Brian “Liver King” Johnson staged his own arrest on Friday, July 4, 2025.
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“I thought it might be funny,” he said in the clip.
Johnson, who is known for lying about his muscular physique being due to eating raw organs and testicles, was arrested for real last week after allegedly traveling to Rogan’s hometown of Austin, Texas, and posting alarming videos about “picking a fight” with the podcast host.
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Brian Liver King Johnson in staged arrest.
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Disgraced influencer Brian “Liver King” Johnson is currently out on bond.
Instagram/liverking
The troubled influencer was booked into the Travis County Jail but later cut loose with an ankle monitor and was ordered to stay at least 600 feet away from Rogan and his family.
His ankle monitor was clearly visible in the staged arrest clip.
Johnson landed himself in hot water after sharing the slew of unhinged videos on social media that targeted Rogan.
“Joe Rogan, I’m calling you out, my name’s Liver King. Man to man, I’m picking a fight with you,” he said in one video.
Brian Liver King being arrested by police officers.
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“I have no training in jiu-jitsu, you’re a black belt, you should dismantle me. But I’m picking a fight with you. Your rules, I’ll come to you, whenever you’re ready.”
Rogan later told cops he had never met the Liver King and didn’t know why he was being targeted.
While Johnson has never appeared as a guest on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” the influencer has come up multiple times on the show in discussions about performance-enhancing drugs.
The macho meat-lover was forced to admit in 2022 that his physique was a result of steroids.
Until then, he’d claimed that his diet of raw meat, animal testicles, liver and fertilized chicken eggs explained his freakish frame.
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