Joe Rogan talked with cops after Liver King challenged him to a battle through social media … and Joe informed police the health influencer seemed to be “considerably unstable.”

Based on new authorized docs, obtained by TMZ, cops in Austin, Texas say the previous “Worry Issue” host informed them he interpreted Liver King’s string of social media rants as threatening … which is why cops had been referred to as and ultimately led to LK being arrested on a cost of constructing a terroristic menace.

Police say Joe informed them he’d by no means had any kind of contact with Liver King — actual identify Brian Johnson — and was unaware why he’d “be focusing on him” … and cops say Rogan went on to inform them he’d been informed Liver King “has a big drug problem.”

Within the docs, police say Joe informed them, based mostly on what he is seen from Liver King’s current Instagram posts, the man “seems to be considerably unstable and looks as if he wants assist.”

As we reported … cops say Liver King traveled from Willis, Texas to Austin, the place Joe lives and information his well-known Spotify podcast, and they busted him at a lodge Tuesday evening after he saved ranting on-line about desirous to battle Rogan.

IYDK … Liver King achieved fame as a health influencer who offered well being dietary supplements based mostly on a primitive life-style he showcased on-line, although he later admitted steroids and human development hormone had been really the explanation for his muscular construct.