BARBARA Johnson is the wife of disgraced internet celebrity Brian Johnson AKA the Liver King.
Brian’s scheme, where he claimed that eating raw organs helps to build muscle, will be the focus of Untold: The Liver King story – which reveals how his scam was exposed.
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Marrying the Liver King
According to the Liver King’s website, Barbara’s real name is Bozena but she decided to make the switch when she moved to America at the age of 15.
Barbara was born in Hajnowka, Poland, and attended Stony Brook University.
She became a doctor of a dental surgery before swapping professions upon meeting Brian Johnson – an online influencer known as the Liver King.
Brian marketed the “ancestral lifestyle” and claimed that eating raw organs was a safe way to build muscle.
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Barbara became an influencer, like her husband, and renamed herself the Liver Queen.
She is a mum to two sons, named Rad and Stryker who the family have nicknamed the “Savage Liver Boys”.
The couple made millions from various projects based on the “9 ancestral tenets” despite this having no basis in science.
Brian’s secret scam
Brian became the focus of a huge amount of controversy, as his wellness lifestyle was exposed as a scam.
An email, revealed by YouTube Channel More Plates More Dates, stated that Brian was actually paying $11,000 (£9,000) a month on steroids to maintain his physique.
Outraged by Brian’s scam, which had funded his million-dollar lifestyle, fans launched a wave of lawsuits against him which were collectively valued at $25 million (£18 million).
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On Piers Morgan’s show, Johnson said that he felt that he “betrayed a whole generation of people” but refused to say how much of his physique was down to steroids.
Untold: The Liver King
A Netflix documentary entitled Untold: The Liver King will examine Barbara’s husband’s steroid scam and will feature interviews with the people who brought his scheme to light.
The documentary’s director Joe Pearlman said that he became interested in the case when he came across it on social media.
Joe said: “When the Liver King burst onto my feed I, like so many, was transfixed.
“I wanted to find out more; who he really was and what was really going on.
“The truth was even crazier than I could have possibly imagined.”
Fans can watch the show when it airs on May 13, 2025.