ONLINE personality Liver King became a sensation for his crazy and controversial TikTok videos.
Liver King started wearing an eye patch last year, leaving fans speculating about whether he'd injured himself.
Who is Liver King?
Liver King is the online alias of Brian Johnson, an American fitness social media influencer and businessman.
He's called Liver King because he eats liver every day.
The influencer is known for what he calls "ancestral lifestyle" where he eats large amounts of raw organs and meat.
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His unorthodox diet has been criticised and labelled as potentially dangerous by dieticians.
The ancestral lifestyle he promotes consists of what he refers to as his nine ancestral tenets:
- Sleep
- Eat
- Move
- Shield
- Connect
- Cold
- Sun
- Fight
- Bond
Brian was born in 1977 and began sharing videos on social media in 2021.
He has grown his TikTok platform to over 5 million followers and nearly 100 million likes.
Before becoming the Liver King, he had a job supporting his wife's dental practice.
What is Liver King known for and does he use steroids?
Liver King shares popular videos on TikTok showing him doing various things.
He has workout videos where he lifts huge amounts of weight, and videos of him having an ice bath or chilling with his snakes.
Most of the videos he posts, however, show him eating huge amounts of raw meat and organs.
In 2022 it was revealed that Liver King regularly used multiple drugs, including steroids, to achieve his muscular physique.
He denied drug use repeatedly until a six-minute-long video was released that showed him admitting to using steroids in the past.
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In this video, Johnson also admitted that he continues to receive 0.6 millimetres of testosterone weekly.
Liver King apologised to fans for lying about his steroid use, explaining that he has self-esteem issues.
He began his admission by saying: "I'm making this video to apologise because I f***ed up because I'm embarrassed and ashamed because I lied.
"I'm here now to set the record straight: Yes, I've done steroids, yes I am on steroids, monitored and managed by a home trained hormone clinician."
What happened to Liver King's eye?
Liver King took to TikTok to address comments about his right eye.
He said he'd sustained a 'pretty serious injury', but at first he didn't specify what the injury was.
The video continues with Johnson saying he lost sight temporarily in both eyes, and that the sight in his right eye is not yet restored.
It was also revealed that there's a chance that Johnson might lose his right eye.
On his personal website, a blog post says he injured his eye after being knocked out.
He wrote: " Yes, I sustained strikes, got knocked out, got concussed, got taken by ambulance to hospital and got eye injuries. Good!"
In a later update on his website, Liver King told fans he was on the road to recovery.
Talking about his eye surgeon, he said: "He’s recommending a laser barricade and cryo procedure to ensure this area doesn't tear like wet tissue paper once I start moving without restrictions."
He later posted a picture of himself recovering afterwards, saying the next step was for "corrective procedures" to help him regain full vision in his right eye.
On a following update to his social media, he described how he'd had "severe retinal detachment" .
He says his could have led to a brain haemorrhage if he hadn't had it treated, or "even the demise of Liver King".