Controversial wellness and longevity influencer Peter Attia once implied that he ‘still wreaks havoc’ in his personal life from time to time – as his old comments resurfaced following bombshell mentions of him in the Epstein files.
Attia had fans in many elite celebrities, such as Gwyneth Paltrow, serving only 75 patients that included billionaires, per CBS News.
On Friday, the Department of Justice released the latest batch of Epstein files, in which Attia appeared more than 1,700 times.
Attia was exposed in the files for calling Jeffrey Epstein his ‘friend’ in hundreds of emails they exchanged, all of them after the sex offender was first convicted.
He also made a crude comment about female genitalia in one of the emails to Epstein.
Attia became famous for his longevity hacks and approach to living a longer life, which included intense exercise and an emphasis on nutritional stability.
But just two years ago, while appearing on an episode of former Jeopardy! host Mayim Bialik’s podcast, Attia suggested that he ‘wreaked havoc’ in his personal life from ‘time to time.’
The conversation came about as the two were talking about controlling anger and the emotions behind anger. He spoke about the tool he uses to become ‘less destructive.’
Controversial wellness and longevity influencer Peter Attia once implied that he ‘still wreaks havoc’ in his personal life from time to time – as his old comments resurfaced following bombshell mentions of him in the Epstein files
Attia was famous for his longevity hacks and approach to living a longer life, which included intense exercise and an emphasis on nutritional stability
‘I never want to represent that I’m, like, some guy who has got it all figured out and isn’t walking around still wreaking havoc in his personal life from time to time, but I’m way less destructive,’ Attia said during the podcast episode.
‘This trick was to detach behaviors from urges,’ he continued, as he gave the example of making sure that he never spoke to his daughter when he was angry about something.
In the past, Attia has hinted at the fact that he suffered from childhood trauma, and has spoken and interviewed many therapists on his podcast.
During an August 2023 appearance on Jay Shetty’s podcast, Attia also admitted that he was a ‘very rigid person by nature.’
‘Part of control, for me, is rigidity,’ he told Shetty at the time.
‘Deviating from my plan is a very hard thing to do, but I also realize it’s a very important thing to do,’ he said. ‘I’m the kind of guy who makes lists on weekends…’
Attia then explained to Shetty that he was trying to become less rigid and not stick to every list that he makes.
In the newly released Epstein documents, Attia exchanged many communications with the convicted sex offender, starting in 2014.
On Friday, the Department of Justice released the latest batch of Epstein files, in which Attia appeared more than 1,700 times
‘I never want to represent that I’m, like, some guy who has got it all figured out and isn’t walking around still wreaking havoc in his personal life from time to time, but I’m way less destructive,’ Attia said
Many of the emails were crude or overtly sexual, though none appear to have referenced criminal acts.
The disgraced billionaire was jailed in 2008 for procuring a child for prostitution and soliciting a prostitute, charges that were well documented at the time.
‘[Female genitalia] is, indeed, low carb. Still awaiting results on gluten, though,’ one of the emails Attia sent to Epstein read.
Over the weekend, Attia wrote a lengthy apology to his staff and customers, which he then publicly shared on X (formerly Twitter) Monday morning.
‘To be clear: 1. I was not involved in any criminal activity. 2. My interactions with Epstein had nothing to do with his sexual abuse or exploitation of anyone,’ the statement began.
‘I was never on his plane, never on his island, and never present at any sex parties,’ he continued.
‘I apologize and regret putting myself in a position where emails, some of them embarrassing, tasteless, and indefensible, are now public, and that is on me. I accept that reality and the humiliation that comes with it.’
One of the more notorious emails which has been making the rounds online made it clear that Attia knew his friendship with Epstein could harm his reputation if it became public.
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‘[Female genitalia] is, indeed, low carb. Still awaiting results on gluten, though,’ one of the emails Attia sent to Epstein read
‘You [know] the biggest problem with becoming friends with you? The life you lead is so outrageous, and yet I can’t tell a soul,’ the wellness influencer wrote in 2015.
Attia insisted this was not because he had any ‘awareness of wrongdoing’ on Epstein’s part, despite the billionaire’s conviction seven years earlier.
‘What I was referring to, poorly and flippantly, was the discretion commanded by those social and professional circles–the idea that you don’t talk about who you meet, the dinners you attend and the power and influence of the people in those settings,’ he wrote in his public apology.
‘What I wrote in that email reads terribly, and I own that.’
Although Attia may have never visited Epstein’s infamous private island of Little Saint James, another email exchange indicates that he wanted to.
In a communication dated to April 2016, the pair compared Epstein’s island with Grand Cayman, which the late accused sex trafficker said was very different because ‘there are other people there.’
‘I need to visit some time,’ Attia replied.
The wellness influencer also had exchanges with Epstein’s staff and associates, including his assistant Lesley Groff, to whom Attia complained he would ‘go into JE withdrawal’ if he didn’t see his convicted sex offender pal soon.
‘See you next time, hopefully JE in town when I’m back in 2 weeks. I go into JE withdrawal when I don’t see him,’ he wrote.
Attia claimed that ‘the presence and credibility of such venerable people’ around Epstein made him seem trustworthy and ‘clouded [his] judgement.’
He said that Epstein misled him about the crimes he was convicted of, despite the real story being well-publicized and easily searchable.
‘Shortly after we met, I asked him directly about his 2008 conviction. He characterized it as prostitution-related charges,’ he wrote.
‘I was incredibly naïve to believe him. I mistook his social acceptance in the eyes of the credible people I saw him with for acceptability, and that was a serious error in my judgment.
‘To be clear, I never witnessed illegal behavior and never saw anyone who appeared underage in his presence.’
Attia claimed he did not learn the truth until reading a 2018 Miami Herald article, which ‘repulsed’ and ‘nauseated’ him.
