He later said it was all a façade -- that he was deeply insecure and projected himself as cocky to compensate. Durrr! That was patently obvious. He was a teenager in a muscle suit and felt he should act the part. Tom Prince, of all people, apparently called Kenny out on his b.s.
I'm not a psychologist but why do I get the impression that the "scared and intimidated" Flex he talks about in those days is
another fake story. Anyone get what I'm saying, I know people who are so full of shit that when they say they were sexually abused as kids even that is a lie. Or you don't know if it's true or if they are working some angle to manipulate you. When he tells those stories about him being so scared he would get into a Karate stance about to let fists and feet fly at some normal guy who he thought wanted to fight him. His "crew" had to guard him from people so he wouldn't beat up people left and right, they would have to calm him down. You know, Flex grew up on the streets, he didn't know how to behave in civil society, he was really an overly kind and sensitive soul, he wasn't really cocky, he was just scared. All these stories just sound ridiculous to me, no matter the angle. Some Steven Seagal shit.
