The bodybuilding internet star who calls himself the Liver King was arrested after posting a series of bizarre videos on Instagram, including a few challenging podcaster Joe Rogan to a fight.

Travis County Jail records show Brian Johnson, the 47-year-old fitness influencer who claimed to have gotten into shape by exercising and eating raw organ meat, was arrested Tuesday night in Austin, Texas. He was charged with making a terroristic threat. Rogan lives and broadcasts in Austin.

“I have no training in jiu-jitsu. You’re a black belt. You should dismantle me,” Johnson said Monday in one of his unhinged rants. “But I’m picking a fight with you. Your rules. I’ll come to you whenever you’re ready.”

The previous day, Johnson recorded a video that appears show scratches on his face. He complained someone on his team deleted previous videos of him challenging Rogan to a brawl that would require the loser to donate $1 million to charity. Johnson also said he’d like to have dinner with Rogan at one of their homes and appear on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast.

“I’ll bet we could have a fun conversation and maybe like each other a little bit,” he said. “Or a fight… and a fight, a fight too.”

Rogan, who works as a mixed martial arts commentator, has trained in various martial arts, but doesn’t fight professionally.

Video posted to the Liver King Instagram account show Johnson getting preparing to be arrested by police. Fans commenting on his account expressed concern about Johnson’s mental health.

Johnson’s rise and fall as an influencer is the focus of a new Netflix documentary called “Untold: The Liver King.” The film shows him building a media empire based on the premise that an “ancestral lifestyle” is good for the body and mind, then being exposed as a heavy steroid user in 2022.

Rogan said shortly afterwards that he wasn’t at all surprised to learn Johnson built his body and his media empire on lies.

“He’s preposterously jacked,” the podcasting giant said.

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