Nate said that's not the John I know. It looks like he's drugged. Did they drug him? (Something like that).
At one point, he put his arm around his father (like a buddy) but it really looked like he grabbed him away from what he was babbling about.
IMHO Nate and the father only had very loose ties with John, and as far as Christmas, Nate is guessing. I have a feeling that Christmas wasn't a family "big deal", if John was away for a few days, it was not unusual.
Nate is using the "as long as he had kids" as a crutch. If John wasn't in the pictures, why hasn't someone in the family said: "John never liked his picture taken".
The picture of John and his 3 sons in California. It does appear that he didn't want to be in that picture. Look at other years at Christmas. 1995-2001.
I had forgotten about Nate & Wex saying this morning that it looked like JMK was drugged in the Thai press conference, until you mentioned it and after seeing them again this afternoon on one of the tab TV shows.
It looked that way to a lot of us, but it didn't occur to me that anyone would think "officials" did it, lol.
He may have some pain medication from any or all the operations he had been having and he, of course, may be on the hormone therapy for whatever he planned to do in the future.
Nate & Wex and seem to be totally avoiding that part of the Thai "picture."