 "Bryan Johnson calls Jeffrey Epstein a ‘very dark person’, recalls brief Zoom call")
Tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson recently described convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as a “very dark person” following a brief conversation eight years ago. Johnson said he connected to Epstein on a video call via a mutual contact.
Taking to X, he wrote “Eight years ago I met Epstein via Zoom. A mutual contact put us in touch as I was building my brain interface company Kernel and he had supposedly done some neuroscience stuff at MIT.”
In case you're curious...here's everything I remember unfiltered.
— Bryan Johnson (@bryan_johnson) February 2, 2026
I think maybe he was wearing a blue shirt. I don’t remember anyone else being with him.
He was doing work at MIT, neuroscience-adjacent stuff, and he knew getting brain data access was a core limitation (which… https://t.co/837lYdjPtP
“After a ten minute video call I immediately called the person who put us in contact and told him that Epstein seemed like a very dark person. I felt sick to my stomach. I also told him that I never wanted to speak to him again,” he added.
Johnson said he was unaware of Epstein’s criminal offence at that time and history and the later allegations he faced.
“I remember this so clearly because I knew nothing about him but weirdly, intuitively, something was deeply wrong. Being in his proximity felt dangerous,” Johnson said.
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View AllHe confirmed he never interacted with Epstein again: “I came to find out years later that he’d had a f**ked up past.”
8 years ago I met Epstein via zoom. A mutual contact put us in touch as I was building my brain interface company Kernel and he had supposedly done some neuroscience stuff at MIT.
— Bryan Johnson (@bryan_johnson) February 2, 2026
After a ten minute video call I immediately called the person who put us in contact and told him…
Johanson’s later clarification came after he was trolled on social media and questioned him of being connected to Epstein, prompting him to reply.
Johnson clarified that the meeting never took place: “This was a pre-call. I was offering an in-person meeting because I was traveling through NY. It ended up being a call — the first and last time I interacted with him. Terrifying in hindsight.”
The released documents also reference several high-profile figures, including US President Donald Trump, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, billionaire Elon Musk, former British royal Prince Andrew and US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. None of those named have been accused of wrongdoing.
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