if he said that it's because he's a self-hating porn addict. he would literally show hardcore porn to unsuspecting employees at his stupid fashion company and be like "SEE THIS? THIS IS HOW MY SHOES SHOULD MAKE YOU FEEL!" because he's a tyrannical creep
no literally when I was 10 my fed ass 5th grade teacher searched through my notebook and saw all the comics I was making with occasional dark themes and gore (it wasn't that bad I just thought it was cool and I had a lot of lore about my characters). I had to go to therapy sessions and they implied my mind was fucked up because my parents were divorced and my mom worked too much
tipping point was when I skipped school one day because I didn't want to take a test and stayed up late playing plants vs zombies (other than that I had all A's). the school called the police when they noticed my absence, CPS got involved with us and made my assistant-nurse mom feel like a failure