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He also fired off a stomach-churning email in 2016 in which the physician joked that “p—y is, indeed, low carb.”
CBS News has not publicly commented on the matter. Attia’s role at the network includes contributions on health, science and wellness topics, and his contract with CBS News remains in effect, according to sources familiar with the situation.
As of Monday evening, CBS News executives were considering whether to sever ties with Attia in response to the backlash. However, Bari Weiss, the editor in chief and a longtime critic of cancel culture, was reportedly hesitant to take that step, according to a source who spoke with The Post.
Attia has an extensive career in medicine and media and hosts a popular health podcast.
Attia, who boasts 1.7 million followers on Instagram, insisted his interactions with Epstein had nothing to do with the pervert’s “sexual abuse or exploitation of anyone” and that he “was not involved in any criminal activity.”
“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,” the celebrity doctor said in a lengthy statement on X.
“I am not asking anyone to ignore the emails or pretend they aren’t ugly. They simply are,” he said. “The man I am today, roughly ten years later, would not write them and would not associate with Epstein at all. Whatever growth I’ve had over the past decade does not erase the emails I wrote then.”
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have agreed to testify before the U.S. House Oversight Committee as part of its ongoing investigation into Epstein, according to an aide to the panel.
