There was no way for him to come off phony. Everyone who know him who gave interviews says he barely even talked. In his head he thought he was nice. He looks like the type of rich douche who would be extremely outgoing but dude was pretty much a hermit and awkward.
"He went on: ‘I could never have possibly imagined anything like this was going to happen. What people need to realize is you cannot rationalize or explain this. He obviously had a serious mental illness; that he was able to hide from the world.
‘Everyone is focusing on Elliot’s lack of success with women, but they need to appreciate he was unable to communicate with anyone. He was so shy and painfully awkward. He had a boring personality and he didn’t talk.
‘He would never dream of approaching a girl, he just expected them to come to him, which they didn’t. Even if any of them ever had, it wouldn’t have lasted long, because he wouldn’t chat to them."
"‘The person described in that manifesto and the person on the YouTube recording is not the person I knew. In the video, he even sounds different, he puts on a different voice. It’s almost demonic.
‘And I was amazed to hear him talk so much and so articulately, usually all you would get were one word, monosyllabic answers from him."