The tech guru, who spends £1.6million a year on his bid to live forever, has likened himself to the Son of God and believes he is “in the same lineage”
Biohacker Bryan Johnson has compared himself to “Jesus” and made an offer to “take care” of Donald Trump – while demanding access to the US President’s health data. The 49-year-old tech millionaire, famous for spending around £1.6million a year on a quest to live forever, reckons he has the “same lineage” as the Son of God.
He told the Telegraph: “If you go back through time, any religious figure who has tried to say this is how you understand life and death, and here’s what you do to solve life and death.
“I’m in that same lineage,” he said, name-checking Jesus, the Buddha and Mohammed. Johnson added: “So it’s the first time there’s been an opening in 2000 years; a thawing of how humans think about: ‘Do I believe in an afterlife? Do I not?’”
The divorced dad-of-three is the face of the “Blueprint” protocol; an algorithm-driven lifestyle meant to radically slow or even reverse ageing.
He’s previously turned his body into a living lab, including swapping blood plasma with his teenage son, taking dozens of pills a day, sticking to a strict vegan diet and tracking everything from sleep to his night-time erections.
His most viral stunt saw him receive a litre of blood plasma from his then 17-year-old son – but he later ditched the monthly exchanges after six months, saying tests showed “no benefit”.
Now Johnson has turned his sights on Trump, 78, insisting world leaders have already been seeking his help. “I would love to take care of Trump,” he said.
Johnson suggested even Trump’s famously unhealthy habits could be negotiated rather than banned outright. “It’s often a bargain… like OK, Mr President, you can have your McDonald’s if you also have a certain sleep schedule,” he said.
The strange Trump pitch comes as UK university scientists claim his extreme regime is heavily flawed, The Daily Star previously reported.
Johnson was previously forced to stop taking the anti-ageing prescription drug, rapamycin, after it triggered soft-tissue infections, spiked his blood sugar and ruined his cholesterol.
Dr David Clancy, Lecturer in Biogerontology at Lancaster University, consequently warned that much of the tech mogul’s regime relies on outdated science.
Speaking exclusively to the Daily Star, he explained that popping stacks of antioxidant pills can actually block the natural benefits of a simple workout.
“Exercise is still way more effective than any known drug or treatment regime,” Dr Clancy said. “If you take antioxidant supplements and are exercising, they will actually block most of the positive anti-ageing effects of that exercise.”
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