'I’m embarrassed and ashamed': Liver King issues apology after admitting to steroid usage
AUSTIN, TEXAS: Liver King, an influencer who eats raw meat and preaches an animal lifestyle, finally confessed in a video that his extreme eating habit was not the key to his eye-popping physique. “I fully own that I f–ed up … I lied,” he admitted late Thursday, December 1, days after his $11,000-a-month habit was exposed. “Yes, I’ve done steroids. And yes, I’m on steroids."
"I’m making this video to apologize — because I f—ed up,” the influencer, whose real name is Brian Johnson, said on his YouTube channel. “Because I’m embarrassed and ashamed — because I lied and I misled a lot of people. I have only myself to blame. I did that, and it was all wrong,” he said, vowing to “be better.” Johnson said he “dug [himself] into a bigger and deeper hole” every time he lied on podcasts by debunking the claims of ever using steroids.
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He lowered the usage of steroid use due to “self-esteem issues.” “This is why I f—ing work myself to death in the gym. This is why I do 12 to 15 blood-burning workouts a week — just to feel like I’m OK,” he said, according to New York Post. “And hormone replacement has helped in a profound and significant way.” While confessing steroid use, he laughed off conjectures that he’d had “ab implants” or “any other plastic surgery.”
He also spoke about the biggest criticism of his lies, that it had helped him grow wealthy by deceiving followers into buying his Ancestral Supplements products. “Nope, the Liver King brand has had nothing — or at least very little — to do with business success,” said Johnson. “My companies were already kicking ass, already successful, before the Liver King public figure.”
Johnson, who previously claimed to make more than $100 million a year, ended his initial apology by saying he was “as sorry as any man can be.” “And all I can do is take extreme ownership right now — be better and lead myself to a better life as a better human.” He even expressed his “deepest appreciation” to Derek of “More Plates, More Dates,” the podcaster who exposed his steroid bill in a new video on his Instagram stories Friday, December 2. “Derek was the catalyst to help bring me to my knees. That means Derek is also the catalyst that will help me rise to new heights. So I am eternally grateful — thank you, Derek."
Besides making the humble apology, Johnson said it had also been “a very revealing time” — noting “a betrayal” among an unnamed assumed ally. He did not mention the man “cut out of my life for an eternity,” but many one-time supporters have turned against him. Carnivore MD Paul Saladino, a business partner, publicly declared his anger and disappointment over the scandal, insisting he had no idea his friend was on steroids despite his “concerns.” “I was misled,” he complained, saying he was “incredibly disappointed.”