He does seem like a bit of a jerk. About 2 years ago he published a book, some nonsense about how to be a "man's man." Anyway, he was at La Mela down on Mulberry Street promoting it, and the owner (a childhood friend of my Dad's) introduced us. He was like "oh okay, you know these guys, so they must be okay." But to anyone else, he wouldn't even look up from his plate of pasta. That's not how you go about promoting a book, of all things.