The slam is in the magazine on the rack. This is the online story. In the magazine is where they have the comments about him being "weird".
Have you bought the magazine?
Perhaps you could paraphrase the content? Without changing the context, of course.
Like what?
I think it is possible that he is a little weird... or - more affectionately... "eccentric".
You posted that it was a slam piece, and I don't see it in what you posted.