The Liver King & The Public Persona Trap

50% Facts

Jim McDonald

Fitness, Entrepreneurship, Business, Tv & Film, Health & Fitness, Film Reviews

4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Riffing on the YouTube expose by More Plates More Dates (which can be found here -- and our own view of the industry -- we cover some of the reasons why we never bought “Liver King” Brian Johnson’s “natty” claims in the first place. You shouldn’t have either, but it’s pretty easy to see the reasons that people want to. It’s also easy to see how protecting the natty lie becomes so critical, how entrepreneur influencers come to believe that how they look is the only reason people follow them, and how business and self-image eventually become the same thing.

Avi Lieu joins us for this conversation. You can find Avi on Instagram @avi.lieu.

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0:00.0	There's gift I've ever received has to be a bike when I was younger, a pedal bike.
0:07.0	It was a sort of slick little road bike and I remember it was all like it was so it was all wrapped up
0:12.7	but it was so obvious what it was obviously because nothing shaped like a bike and I had a little ribbon on it and I was so
0:17.0	I guess. For that was a life changer and I'm still sort of big on cycling around my area now so for that one change me a little.
0:24.0	Enjoy in every sip with red cups now back at Starbucks.
0:31.0	Everyone's getting your name wrong on YouTube I love it.
0:42.0	Abby? No then someone just said Gabby.
0:45.0	Gabby? Oh that would be a good alt for you. Gabby? No no no no.
0:49.0	It's ironic because you're not very talkative except you hear you know with us.
0:55.0	There's just a Gabby that I knew who were like people always got us confused like people would have mistaken me for her and her for me.
1:03.0	Yeah. It's too yeah.
1:07.0	Find a bad taste. Okay for sure. That's why you have me here right?
1:12.0	Yeah. Cause I'm ugly and dumb.
1:16.0	You sure willing to be here with us that's.
1:21.0	Cause no one else is willing to.
1:24.0	We just need your naive perspective.
1:28.0	No for sure.
1:30.0	Your fresh eyes.
1:32.0	Cold heart.
1:34.0	Cold that's you.
1:36.0	My hands are freezing right now.
1:38.0	What?
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