Now that you mention it, that was about the time he started changing.
Maybe he gets his self esteem from his new beauty queen.
Actually it seems that this marriage may actually be working. I had misgivings because of the huge age difference. But in a much younger woman I think he may have actually found what he was looking for. On e on the show, he said that hed formed ideas a out women and marriage by watching old movies like Best Years of Our Lives. Then he was disappointed when he discovered women were t really like that. Supportive an nurturing I think he means.
BTW, Rush hasn’t been fat for years, has he? I think he finally found a diet that works.