“I don’t care what anyone thinks.”
He still was making his money from crowd acceptance. He was commercializing for Turkish Airlines, Adidas, Spaulding, and Coke. He was producing movies and was in the act of writing a book with a south American ghost writer.
He needed crowd acceptance based upon his career to sell. And he was still trying to live down the sexual misconduct in Denver he bought his way out of. Having a public relationship with deity is a nice touch.
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He had trademarked a name for his daughter. He was going to make her a huge Global brand.