The longevity influencer has apologized for his correspondence with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, but said he “never witnessed illegal behavior.”

CBS pulls 60 Minutes episode slated to rerun during Super Bowl after new contributor Peter Attia is named in Epstein files

The longevity influencer has apologized for his correspondence with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, but said he "never witnessed illegal behavior."

By Ryan Coleman

Ryan Coleman

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February 3, 2026 6:52 p.m. ET

Peter Attia at the New York Times Well Festival in 2025. Credit:

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- CBS is shelving a planned re-run of a *60 Minutes *segment featuring wellness influencer Peter Attia, after his name appeared over 1,700 times in the latest release of documents from the Epstein files.

- Attia was named a new contributor to the network's news division by controversial new leader Bari Weiss on Jan. 27.

- The physician and podcaster shared a lengthy apology on social media on Monday.

The doctor is out.

CBS will no longer re-air a *60 Minutes* segment opposite the Super Bowl this Sunday that features Peter Attia, the physician and wellness influencer whose name appears frequently in the latest release of files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

*Guardian* journalist Jeremy Barr first reported the news. ** has reached out to CBS News representatives for comment.

The development comes in the wake of Attia issuing a lengthy statement on social media in which he apologized for corresponding with Epstein, but said he was "not involved in any criminal activity."

Attia's name appears over 1,700 times in the latest dump of roughly 3.5 million files on the convicted sex offender, who died in 2019. Epstein and Attia appear to have maintained a familiar association over their years-long correspondence, which apparently is replete with lurid remarks, discussions of in-person visits, and offers of wellness advice.

Still, Attia* *insisted that his "interactions with Epstein had nothing to do with his sexual abuse or exploitation of anyone," and further, that he was "never on his plane, never on his island, and never present at any sex parties."****Attia apologized for "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."

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Attia's name is only one of dozens implicated in the recent tranche of Epstein files. Current U.S. President Donald Trump and former President Bill Clinton, businessmen like Bill Gates and Elon Musk, and cultural figures like Woody Allen and Mick Jagger appear, in some cases many times over, in the newly released photos, emails, and other documents. But Attia is the first to face immediate consequences.

The wellness guru began his career as a resident in general surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital, but dropped out before earning his board certification. The 2018 launch of his podcast, *The Drive*,* *and the 2023 publication of his book, *Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity*, boosted Attia to broad public recognition, ultimately leading to his being tapped as one of 19 new contributors to CBS News on Jan. 27.****

Attia is as yet still part of a freshman class of new recruits including conservative historian Niall Ferguson and controversial podcaster Andrew Huberman under the controversial leadership of new chief Bari Weiss.

The lightning rod former *New York Times *opinion columnist was handed the reins at CBS News in October. Under the direction of new owner David Ellison, the son of conservative billionaire and Trump ally Larry Ellison, CBS' parent company Paramount Skydance bought Weiss' independent news publication *The Free Press *for a staggering $150 million, shortly thereafter installing her as CBS' news chief.

Peter Attia at SXSW in 2025.

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Attia's segment for the network's long-running (and now embattled) news program* 60 Minutes *aired in October, months before the job offer. In the segment, which is still live on CBS' YouTube channel, Attia broke down his work on creating "an escape velocity" to "minimize or essentially erase" signs of aging to correspondent Norah O'Donnell.**

CBS has not announced what will replace the planned re-run on Super Bowl Sunday.

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