Nasshole was invited but he took out his begging bowl and insisted on getting his airfare and accomodation paid for. Everyone else apparently could afford to pay for their own tickets so the AC organizers just removed his name and cutout from the winners list. No point in trying to accomodate an overblown douchebag.
The "truth" is that Nasser always had multiple excuses for his failures. It's always someone else's fault when he had no one to blame but himself. His unhealthy lifestyle is what destroyed him in the end.
Nevertheless he was a pioneer in the soiled thongs industry.
