Liver King admits he's on steroids - reportedly spending about $11,000 a month on them
Created: 06.12.2022, 20:30
By: Juliane Gutmann
Sport builds muscle mass.
Muscle building is further promoted by taking steroids.
Internet star Brian Johnson has now confessed that he takes steroids and that his mountains of muscle were not the result of a mixture of proper nutrition and exercise alone.
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Lots of raw liver and disciplined training: Brian Johnson's muscle lie has now come to light.
In a video he admits that he helped with steroids.
Brian Johnson has 1.7 million followers on Instagram.
The internet star delights his fans with bizarre fitness videos, among other things.
Bench pressing underwater or pulling a jeep with your mouth: The muscular fitness influencer from the USA describes himself as a "modern caveman" and devours around half a kilogram of raw liver every day.
In his Instagram channel "liverking", in English "liver king", there are some photos and videos in which he heartily bites into raw livers.
For a long time, Brian Johnson blamed his muscular physique solely on his lifestyle.
But now the truth has come out: He's on steroids.
"Yes I have done steroids and yes, I am on steroids," confesses Brian Johnson in a YouTube video on his Liver King channel.
In English, this means something like "Yes, I took steroids and yes, I'm on steroids".
His confession was preceded by information that he was taking muscle-stimulation drugs for a whopping $11,000 a month.
According to the picture
, fitness youtuber “Derek”
leaked the email showing that Brian Johnson was taking steroids.
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What are steroids?
Anabolic steroids and testosterone are the most well-known anabolic steroids.
These increase physical performance and are used to promote muscle growth.
This happens because the substances in the body promote protein build-up.
Long-term high-dose use without medical supervision, anabolic steroids can lead to mood swings and irrational behavior as well as various physical side effects, according to the specialist portal
MSD Manua
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Fans lied: Brian Johnson is on thousands of dollars worth of anabolic steroids
According to the picture
, Brian Johnson writes in the mail
that he has hit a kind of "training wall" and has to help artificially in order to let his muscles grow even more.
Johnson is also said to have written that he hopes to gain millions of fans on social media within a few months through training and multiple daily injections of growth hormone.
Because these are the target group he wants to do business with: Brian Johnson earns his money by selling dietary supplements, among other things.
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Translated from Turkish, the text in the tweed above reads: "Secret emails from Brian Johnson, who has millions of social media followers, eats half a kilo of 'raw liver' a day and describes himself as a 'modern day caveman', are surfaced. In the emails, he admits to taking tens of thousands of dollars worth of performance-enhancing drugs."
The problem with the whole thing: Before the confession in the form of the YouTube video in early December 2022, Brian Johnson had rejected allegations of taking anabolic steroids.
"I don't touch this stuff, I've never taken the stuff.
I'm not going to take this stuff," Johnson said
a few months ago, according to
Bild .
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Steroid confession bad for business?
Does the news that his muscle mountains didn't come naturally through exercise and diet impact Brian Johnson's supplement business?
A large number of fans will have already suspected that the extremely pronounced and defined musculature of the influencer cannot have developed naturally.
But for some, the loss of trust is likely to lead them to boycott its products.