The interview as-is is good; without all the usual spin, second guessing, words being put in mouth, holding accountable to other's words, knee jerking, false comparisons, and presumption that fans know Mike's experience better than he does, that is.
None of us have walked in Mike's shoes, yes. But let's not pretend that it's out of the realm of possibility for a person to attempt to twist facts, intentionally overlook other facts, or just basically put a false spin on things, in order to make themselves look better.
Have you ever known anyone personally (on a deep personal level), like a relative (from whom you cannot exactly exit the relationship) or a lover, who is a habitual causer of the relationship being a toxic one, with you on the receiving end of the toxicity? I have. And that toxic person never owning up to their role in causing the toxicity, and having an irresistible, insatiable urge to shift blame from their own actions?
Until you have walked in the shoes of being the receiving end of something like that, for years, (and maybe you have, I don't know), I think it's impossible to have any kind of perspective to understand that this type of stuff DOES ACTUALLY HAPPEN. I'll concede I've of course not been in the shoes of these specific people... but let's not pretend that this type of thing is simply nonexistent in the world (regardless of how you think it applies to these guys).
It does happen.
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