Brian Johnson says he loves the “haters” who bash the “don't die” lifestyle

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by Shannon Saylor

Tech mogul turned longevity enthusiast Brian Johnson has proudly declared that he “loves” those who hate his ultra-draconian anti-aging regimen. That includes Elon Musk, who said Johnson looked better before he started the protocol.

“I love haters,” Johnson told Fortune.

“I love them. I welcome them, I accept them, and I appreciate them taking the time to comment. They are standing up, they are speaking out, and they are not indifferent. I love them all. I love it so much that I wouldn't change a thing.”

Mr. Musk has been one of Mr. Johnson's critics, suggesting in December that Mr. Johnson looked better in Silicon Valley than he does now, when he spent millions of dollars trying to stop Father Time.

Johnson's daily routine includes waking up at 5 a.m., an hour of exercise, four to five hours of “focused thinking,” and taking 111 different supplements.

In addition to a 2,250-calorie vegan diet, blood transfusions and daily health tests, he follows a strict bedtime routine that connects him to a machine that counts his nocturnal erections.

A user named Matt Paulson said at the time, “The unpopular opinion of the day is that Brian Johnson looked a lot better before he spent $2 million a year on his body.”

Musk responded to Paulson's post with “100” emojis to show he agreed with her sentiments.

Branding his lifestyle as “Don't Die”, social media users have been praising the 46-year-old Johnson since he started promoting the fact that his 17-year-old son also received a plasma transfusion. he quipped. Millionaires are vampires.

Johnson told Fortune that he finds some of the criticism “amusing.”

At the end of the day, “we all have struggles,” Johnson said, but added, “No one in life has a harder time.”

Johnson didn't go into detail in the Fortune interview, but he told an audience at RAADfest 2023 in September that he had been chronically depressed and was trying to feel better. He said he was munching on a tray of brownies. .

Mr. Johnson named his version of this late-night snack “Evening Brian.” Throughout his 30s, Johnson said, he regularly showed up every night at 7 p.m., when he was working on building Braintree, the mobile payments startup that was acquired by eBay for $800 million in cash. Traded in 2013.

“I had a lot of trouble before, but I empathize deeply with people and I appreciate them coming to me. I mean, they care about me and offer me their perspective.” And I love it,” he added of the haters, according to Fortune magazine.

But, he added, “They want to say I'm not living a life, I must be in a cage of misery built on myself. I don't know about that.” .

“I'm talking to a lot of people all over the world [and] I don't know if many people are successful in maintaining their own mental health and wellness. ”

Johnson said that although the strictness of his day-to-day life makes it difficult for him to get into a romantic relationship, he enjoys being “the most careful guy.” So much so that he launched the much-hyped Project Blueprint for people willing to pay him $333 a pop. A month to imitate his extreme routines.

The strict diet will provide participants with “67 interventions” with products such as a 6-ounce Longevity drink mix, eight supplements, Johnson's signature Nutty Pudding mix, and extra virgin olive oil.

A “stack” of products contains a total of 410 calories.

The products, which include a $99 ready-to-mix blend of nuts, seeds and berries to make Nutty Pudding at home, a dessert Johnson claims she eats every day, are also available on Project Blueprint's website. , still labeled. “Coming in 2024”

Eager participants applied to try out the routine for 90 days for a minimum application fee of $999 as part of Johnson's “self-experimentation study.”

Johnson then selected 2,500 participants and began the study earlier this month.

The newspaper has reached out to Johnson for comment.