Johnson — a former professional wrestler — previously admitted to experimenting with steroids when he was “18 or 19″ but has since claimed he leads a steroid-free life.
“There’s a responsibility you have to people who are listening to you. If you don’t want to talk about it, that’s one thing,” Rogan continued.
“But if you do talk about it, there’s a responsibility you have to people listening to you and I think you have to be honest about it, which is why I’m honest about it. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with taking hormone replacement.”
Rogan’s accusation came after he called out popular fitness influencer The Liver King for what he described as obvious steroid use.
“The Liver King thing drives me nuts because that guy is on steroids,” Rogan said in a recent episode with Andrew Huberman.
“Just shut the f**k up. I know he is eating really healthy.
“It’s clear he is eating all these animal foods and you know he is eating organ meat which is very rich in nutrients, all that’s true... Well, look at him.
“Do you know how rare it is to have a physique like that and not be on steroids?... I don’t care how much you lift weights, that is a freak physique.”
The Liver King, real name Brian Johnson, later posted a video apologising for misleading his millions of viewers last week.
“I fully own that I f**ked up … I lied,” the shirtless influencer said in the video, finally admitting that his stomach-churning diet of raw liver and testicles was not the secret to his eye-popping physique.
“Yes, I’ve done steroids. And yes, I’m on steroids.”
He made the admission days after his $11,000-a-month habit was exposed.
“I’m making this video to apologise – because I f**ked up,” the primal-lifestyle fraud, real name Brian Johnson, said in his mea culpa.
“Because I’m embarrassed and ashamed – because I lied and I misled a lot of people.
“I have only myself to blame. I did that, and it was all wrong.”
