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Scamfluencers
Wondery
4.1 • 7K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
We’ll be back next week with all-new episodes, but in the meantime, we thought it was the perfect time to revisit our grossest-ever Scamfluencer: Brian Johnson, aka The Liver King. Brian grows up a scrawny kid who decides to bulk up to avoid being bullied. As an adult, he and his family adopt a “caveman” lifestyle, featuring an extreme diet of mostly raw meat. He becomes an influencer, selling supplements he promises will turn his followers into jacked he-men. But incriminating emails surface that completely undermine his carefully crafted persona. Netflix recently released Untold: The Liver King, a documentary that tracks Brian’s rise, and reveals even more scandals scams that turned this pipsqueak into the manosphere’s most notorious carnivore.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Scam Fluencers fans, Sarah here. If you love the drama, deception, and mind-blowing reveals, Wondery Plus is your VIP ticket to more. Add free episodes, early access to the juiciest scandals, and deep dives you won't find anywhere else. Get the full Scampluencers experience. Sign up today. |
| 0:19.0 | We'll be back next week with all new episodes, but in the meantime, |
| 0:22.5 | we're returning to one of our favorite episodes so far. Yes, and for good reason. Netflix |
| 0:28.2 | recently released Untold The Liver King, a documentary on possibly our most disgusting scammer |
| 0:34.1 | alum, Brian Johnson. Ah, yes, how could I forget? He was always eating balls, |
| 0:40.7 | I believe? Just a veritable buffet of balls. Yes, that's the one. The liver king became famous |
| 0:47.6 | with his six million followers for promising that they too could become ultra-ripped by consuming |
| 0:52.7 | raw organs, his magic pills, and, of course, |
| 0:55.8 | an intense workout. He made millions off his promises. But as our episode covers, his ultra-ripped |
| 1:02.6 | bod came with a little cheating. Listen to our episode to learn how this scammer rose to prominence. |
| 1:09.0 | Then check out the Netflix documentary if you want to hear him admit to a new insane scam he rose to prominence. Then check out the Netflix documentary |
| 1:10.8 | if you want to hear him admit to a new insane scam |
| 1:13.8 | he never got caught for, |
| 1:15.6 | making drugs in his dorm room and selling them. |
| 1:18.4 | But be warned, you'll have to watch a grown man |
| 1:20.8 | eat a lot of balls. |
| 1:23.1 | This episode deals with body image issues, |
| 1:26.0 | mental health, and large quantities of raw meat. |
| 1:29.5 | Listen with care. |
| 1:37.5 | Hi, I'm Lindsay Graham, the host of Wondry's American Scandal. |
| 1:41.1 | In our latest series, a social worker in Tennessee becomes rich and powerful |
| 1:44.9 | by selling babies on the black market. By the time her crimes are exposed, she's made a fortune |
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