Dr. Peter Attia’s most recent appearance on 60 Minutes has been pulled after he was named in the latest batch of Epstein Files.
Multiple outlets confirmed in February 2026 that CBS News will not air a rerun of the show, which features Attia — who was recently named a contributor on the series. The segment first aired in October 2025 and featured a conversation with Norah O’Donnell.
Attia was announced as one of 19 new 60 Minutes contributors in late January 2026. A decision about his future on the show has yet to be confirmed, but Attia was named more than 1,800 times in the latest Epstein Files, released by the United States Department of Justice.
Attia has since apologized for his connection to late billionaire sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, who died by suicide at age 66 in 2019.
“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,” he shared in a lengthy statement via X after the Epstein Files were released. “I accept that reality and the humiliation that comes with it.”
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Was Dr. Peter Attia Friends with Jeffrey Epstein?
The Epstein Files released in January 2026 included several documents of alleged correspondence between Attia and Epstein. In fact, it’s been estimated that Attia’s name was included about 1,800 times in the documents.
“I met Epstein in 2014 through a prominent female healthcare leader while I was raising funds for scientific research,” Attia claimed in his social media statement. “At that time, he was widely known in academic and philanthropic circles as a funder of science and moved openly among credible institutions and public figures.”
They met “on approximately seven or eight occasions” between 2024 and 2019 in New York City, Attia alleged on social media.
“I never visited his island or ranch, and I never flew on any of his planes,” Attia added. “In retrospect, the presence and credibility of such venerable people in different orbits led me to make assumptions about him that clouded my judgment in ways it shouldn’t have.”
He added, “To be clear, I never witnessed illegal behavior and never saw anyone who appeared underage in his presence.”
What Did Dr. Peter Attia and Jeffrey Epstein’s Emails Say?
Two emails between Attia and Epstein have been making the most headlines.
The first, sent in 2015, has Attia writing to Epstein with a subject line reading, “to a fresh shipment,” referring to several types of medication. Epstein appeared to respond with, “me too,” alongside a photo of women.
“I responded with crude, tasteless banter. Reading that exchange now is very embarrassing, and I will not defend it,” Attia wrote in his X post. “I’m ashamed of myself for everything about this. At the time, I understood this exchange as juvenile, not a reference to anything dark or harmful.”
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Another email, from July 2017, had Attia setting up a meeting with Epstein in New York. The dates line up with a family emergency in which Attia wrote about in his 2022 book, Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity. Attia and wife Jill’s son had a cardiac arrest at the time, while the doctor was “in New York, in a taxi on Fifty-Fourth Street, on my way to dinner.” It appears the dinner he wrote about was with Epstein, according to the Epstein Files.
What Did Dr. Peter Attia Say About His Connection to Jeffrey Epstein?
Attia made specific clarifications in his lengthy statement on X
“I was not involved in any criminal activity,” he wrote. “My interactions with Epstein had nothing to do with his sexual abuse or exploitation of anyone.”
He added, “I was never on his plane, never on his island, and never present at any sex parties.”
Attia explained that the United States DOJ is aiming “to identify individuals who participated in criminal activity, enabled it, or witnessed it.” He added, “I am not in any of those categories, and there is no evidence to the contrary.”
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