Joe Rogan targeted by Liver King in wild videos with gold guns, wolf pelts, and enemas; Netflix raw meat influencer arrested

Fitness influencer Brian "Liver King" Johnson threatened to physically assault Joe Rogan in several bizarre videos posted online, according to police in Texas.

The Austin Police Department received a report around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday that a popular internet personality was allegedly making threats against Rogan on social media.

The Austin Police Department informed Blaze News: "Brian Johnson, known online as 'Liver King,' had made threats against Joe Rogan on his Instagram profile."

Detectives with the APD determined that Johnson was "traveling to Austin while continuing to make threatening statements." Rogan and his family live in Austin.

Detectives contacted Rogan regarding the online threats, to which the podcast star told authorities that he had "never had any interaction with Johnson." Police said Rogan considered the posts to be "threatening."

Based on Rogan's input and the detectives' investigation, police considered the threats to be legitimate, so they obtained an arrest warrant for Johnson.

Officers located Johnson at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Austin at approximately 5:59 p.m. on Tuesday. Police noted that they took the raw meat fitness influencer into custody without incident.

The Austin Police Department said the investigation remains ongoing.

According to jail records from the Travis County Sheriff's Office, Johnson was charged with one count of making a terroristic threat causing fear of imminent serious bodily injury — a Class B misdemeanor.

Johnson was released on Wednesday from the Travis County Jail on a $20,000 bond, according to KSAT-TV.

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The Liver King — who has nearly 3 million followers on Instagram — posted a video of him being arrested and taken into a police cruiser in handcuffs outside of the hotel.

Before his arrest, Johnson posted several strange videos on Instagram mentioning Rogan.

In one bizarre and lengthy Instagram video posted on Tuesday, Johnson is talking about Rogan while filing his nails because he doesn't want to "scratch" the face of the UFC commentator if they fight, while new-age meditation music plays in the background.

Johnson is also seen telling his staff to deliver a box with Rogan's face on it to his comedy club — Comedy Mothership. Johnson said the box contains DVDs from the "John Wick" movie franchise.

Johnson tells his two sons that he is about to "lose his man privileges." He calls someone on his staff to "mobilize" everyone and to record his imminent arrest. As he is recording the video, police sirens can be heard from outside.

Johnson tells his family that he changed the Wi-Fi password to "F**k you Joe Rogan."

Johnson is heard seemingly breaking down in tears as he leads his family in a prayer circle.

In a video shared on Monday, a shirtless Johnson armed with two gold firearms while dancing and wearing a wolf pelt and head said, "Joe Rogan, I’m calling you out. I’m picking a fight with you. I have zero training in jiujitsu. You are a black belt. You should dismantle me."

Johnson said in a different video, "Joe Rogan, we don’t have to make videos to pretend anymore. All of this is happening. We’re coming to you. I’ve challenged you, man to man, to a fight. Honorable. ... You can hold the hand of somebody that you love because you’re going to need to remember that feeling. You’re going to need something to fight for, because I have my family to fight for, and that I’ll die for. And you’re a black belt, [but] you’ve never come across something like this. [I’m] willing to die, hoping that you’ll choke me out.”

In another bizarre video recorded in a shower while administering a coffee enema to himself, the Liver King tells his viewers that he didn't threaten to kill anyone.

In December 2022, the Liver King confessed to his millions of followers on social media that he uses steroids to help him get his enormously muscular physique. Previously, the Liver King credited an "ancestral lifestyle" and a diet of raw animal organs as his secret to building massive muscles naturally. Johnson regularly refuted accusations that he used steroids to gain his hulking mass.

Leaked emails from a doctor revealed that Johnson had been a heavy steroid user and had been injecting approximately $11,000 worth of steroids and human growth hormone every month.

In the same month, Rogan called out Johnson on an episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience" with guest Derek Munro — host of the "More Plates More Dates" podcast.

"There’s no way you can look like that in your 40s,” Rogan said of Johnson's physique. "I mean, he’s preposterously jacked."

"This is dumb, man. You ran a con game, and you got busted," Rogan said to the Liver King. "It's unfortunate that you feel terrible. I'm sorry you feel bad. But that's just what happens when you get caught lying."

Rogan also claimed that Johnson was "front row" at one of his comedy shows in Las Vegas and at a UFC fight.

"He was trying really hard to get on the podcast," Rogan added. "And he's been trying really hard now. He contacted a few friends of mine."

In May 2025, Netflix released a documentary about Johnson titled "Untold: The Liver King."

"With his signature bushy beard, hardcore workouts, and a diet that raised more than a few eyebrows (hello, testicles), Brian Johnson rose to internet stardom preaching the virtues of 'ancestral living' — a lifestyle built on core tenets that include eating whole foods, getting outside, and rejecting modern comforts," according to Netflix. "Millions of people followed — but eventually, accusations of hypocrisy led to a public reckoning."

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The REAL REASON Joe Rogan shifted toward Christ

Over the course of a few years, famous comedian and podcaster Joe Rogan went from mocking Christianity as a “myth” to telling his audience that “we need Jesus.”

“The difference between science and religion is that science only asks you for one miracle. ‘I want you to believe in one miracle, the big bang.’ And it’s funny because people would be incredulous about the resurrection of Jesus Christ, but yet, they’re convinced that the entire universe was smaller than the head of a pin,” Rogan said on a recent episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience.”

“Instantaneously became everything,” Rogan continued, adding, “I’m sticking with Jesus on that one.”

“I can’t say that I’m surprised,” BlazeTV Host Jason Whitlock tells Anthony Walker on “Jason Whitlock Harmony.” “As their rights to crack jokes get infringed upon, they’ll see the value of a Christian culture, and then someone like Joe Rogan who is just in pursuit of truth will realize, ‘No, this secular culture prevents, blocks you from truth.’”

Whitlock believes another catalyst for Rogan’s change of heart was the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The way it was handled, the foolishness of the science experts, has made people say, ‘Well, man, maybe I’ve been trusting the wrong people or person, and maybe Dr. Fauci doesn’t know more than Jesus Christ,’” he explains.

“I’m with you,” Walker responds. “It’s just inevitable. There’s no other answer that satisfies the ‘Where did I come from? Why am I here? How do I handle my grief? And what happens when I die?' There’s nothing else that answers that other than God’s word.”

“COVID was a turning point for most, where real life starts to hit. That, ‘Wow, the whole world is responding to a virus, and governments are shutting down, and covert and overt policies are being pedaled, like what is going on?’” he says.

“And then, you begin to see the uncovering of Hollywood, and celebrity, and the illicit sex trafficking and porn and all that, like all of this kind of comes open, and you saw thousands, millions, starting to turn to Christ,” he continues, adding, “So it doesn’t shock me.”

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Is Joe Rogan's podcast becoming a platform for Christian truth?

Something beautiful is happening on "The Joe Rogan Experience."

One day after speaking with Bible scholar Wesley Huff for more than three hours, Joe Rogan released an interview with Hollywood legend Mel Gibson, a lifelong Catholic. During their conversation, Gibson discussed his forthcoming movie on the resurrection of Jesus Christ, a sequel to Gibson's blockbuster film "The Passion of the Christ."

The fruits of the woke experiment have been laid bare.

At one point, Rogan asked Gibson whether he believes the resurrection is a "real event," prompting an unequivocal response.

"I regard the Gospels as history," Gibson said. "It's verifiable history. Some people say, 'Well, it's a fairy tale. He never existed' — but he did. And there are other accounts, verifiable historical accounts outside the biblical ones, that also bear this up that yes, he did exist," Gibson said. "And the other aspect of that is that all the evangelists, the apostles, who went out there, every single one of those guys died rather than deny their belief, and nobody dies for a lie. Nobody. So that's part of what I'm doing — showing nobody dies for a lie.

"Who gets back up three days later after he gets murdered in public? Who gets back up under his own power? Buddha didn't do that s**t," Gibson said.

What Gibson said is true.

First, no legitimate historian doubts that Jesus existed or that he was crucified.

Second, non-Christian ancient writers — like Roman historian Tacitus and Jewish historian Josephus, among others — provide early corroboration to the fact that Jesus of Nazareth existed and was crucified.

Third, historians agree that some life-altering event happened to Jesus' disciples such that very shortly after Jesus' crucifixion, they went and proclaimed to the ends of the earth that Jesus was, in fact, the crucified Jewish messiah and was resurrected. Christians, of course, believe that "life-altering event" was the resurrection itself! And as Gibson highlighted, the disciples believed so strongly in the truth of Jesus and his resurrection that refused to deny it — even unto death.

The significance of what is happening on "The Joe Rogan Experience" cannot be understated.

Not only is Rogan broadcasting to his tens of millions of listeners truths about Jesus and Christianity via Huff and Gibson, but Rogan himself appears to be shifting his attitude toward Christianity.

In the early years of his podcast, Rogan repeatedly attacked Christianity and followers of Jesus.

In one clip, he outright calls Christians "dumb" and suggests anyone who adopts the Christian worldview is not intelligent. Rogan also promoted debunked claims about Christianity, has suggested Christianity is not evidence-based, and once even appeared to mock the resurrected Jesus as a "Jewish zombie" while referring to Christianity as "nonsense" and "old fairy tales."

But over the last several years, as he has spoken with Christians, Rogan appears to have softened his views or outright rejected his past positions altogether.

Now, Rogan acknowledges that "intelligent" people who dismiss Christianity and religion wholesale are misguided, telling Aaron Rodgers, "We need Jesus. I think for real." He even appeared to agree with Jordan Peterson's statement that the Bible is "way more true than just true," while appearing to soften his view in other interviews that Christianity and science are incompatible.

What is going on?

For years, Joe Rogan was known for his skepticism of religion and Christianity in particular. As older episodes of his podcast show, he regularly dismissed Christian truth claims and mocked followers of Jesus.

But his podcast — and Rogan himself — have clearly evolved. Now, Rogan listens to Christians and their claims about the world with openness and humility, often affirming their validity. In his conversation with Huff, for example, Rogan even acknowledged that Christianity "does work" and "is true."

On one hand, Rogan's attitude toward Christianity may be changing because he is interacting with intelligent Christians and articulate thinkers sympathetic to Jesus. These guests present Christianity not as a "fairy tale" and a blind religion that follows a "Jewish zombie," but they give intellectual weight to Christianity, showing how it is a religion rooted in history, truth, and reason. The result is that Christianity is presented as authentic and genuine, principles that Rogan values and respects.

On the other hand, Rogan is living through the same cultural moment that all of us are experiencing.

For decades, our culture has promoted secularism and post-modern progressivism as truth, producing a society of hyper-individualism and self-actualization. Anti-Christ progressivism promises the Kingdom of God — without God. Instead, every person gets to be their own god, deciding for themselves what is "good" and "evil."

But the fruits of the woke experiment have been laid bare. As Genesis 3 warns, when humans reject God and act like their own god, the result is chaos and destruction — and ultimately death.

Is Rogan on a journey that ends with him bowing his knee and confessing that Jesus Christ is Lord? Only time will tell. But what is clear is that Rogan is curious and open to Christianity. The result is that tens of millions of listeners — a significant number of whom are likely not Christian — are inadvertently being exposed to Christian truth.

In other words, faithful Christians are planting seeds, and we can trust God that his harvest will be bountiful.

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