I get the feeling Kyrie feels very lost in the world. He doesn't know how he's supposed to be, doesn't know what or who to trust, and celebrity has just made him more isolated, generally, so he doesn't know how to reach out and doesn't know how to have the kind of interactions Gorman is talking about.
I don't meant that as an excuse but that is how I feel about him.
Excellent point. There are people who simply don’t experience the world the same way most of us do and they often find social interactions difficult. He isn’t a good leader, but I would cut him some slack on the social interactions some people just struggle is social situations.
I see your points, but it’s just basic manners to say “hi” back to someone like Gorman. You’d have to be a real jerk to respond the way Gorman describes.
Yeah, some people are just jerks. Really talented, but jerks, even to be people who work with and support them.
Not a Kyrie story, but one time a world-famous operatic soprano, with many Grammys to her name, was performing with a chorus that I sometimes sing with. As is typical for such concerts, the soloist and conductor are at the front, with the orchestra behind them and the chorus in the back. In the middle of rehearsal, the soprano, who will remain nameless, suddenly turned around and yelled at the orchestra and chorus, “Stop looking at me!”
Now, this person was hopefully more toxic than Kyrie, but stories about Irving remind me of this experience, and I would imagine they’re on the same spectrum.