Bryan Johnson doesn’t care if Elon Musk criticizes Blueprint

In an exclusive interview with Fortune, the world’s self-proclaimed “most measured man” said he welcomes feedback from naysayers because it means they’re engaging with the work he is doing at Blueprint—even if it’s direct criticism from the likes of Elon Musk.

Over the past 12 months, Johnson has increasingly gained notoriety courtesy of his extreme health, fitness and diet regime—all aimed toward the goal of “don’t die.”

With that fame has come suspicion and outright hostility from some corners of the internet, with individuals questioning everything from Johnson’s quality of life to his appearance.

Tesla CEO Musk agreed on X in January that Johnson—who made his millions by selling his company Braintree to PayPal—looked better in his Silicon Valley days, before he began the anti-aging protocol.

At the time 46-year-old Johnson did swipe back, playing on remarks that he looks like a vampire.

He wrote: “The difference between Elon and me: I’ll nourish you and drink your blood; he’ll fire you and leave you to die.”

But speaking to Fortune, Johnson said he finds some of the criticism “funny.”

“I love the haters,” Johnson said. “Love them. I welcome them, I embrace them, I appreciate them spending their time to comment. They’re standing up, they’re speaking up, they’re not apathetic. I love everything about them, I wouldn’t change a thing.”

Transparency and being human

Blueprint—the business Johnson established to develop and share his anti-aging regime—has been open with its findings.

Updates chronicling improvements—or lack of impact—are regularly posted on his website, as well as Johnson speaking candidly about the shortcomings of the trial.

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