Pleasant, genuine guy who always seems to have his heart in the right place. You can tell he really loves bodybuilding and for him it's his life. Who gives a fuck about the grapefruit stuff, hell, a lot of IFBB officials/judges/spokespersons etc the past and present have had criminal records...nobody is perfect in this "sport".
I think of him as some sort of "bbing monk", contemplative, meditative...someone who has lived "the life", and uses that in a positive way.
I can identify with him on many levels, because, I think (and many times talk) in the same way.
We may see this as a "men in thongs contest", but these two in particular (and the other competitors), it can be spiritual journey....and in the end, you leave it up to subjective judges to "define" you.