He's an oaf IMO. So is his brother from what I can tell.
One of his brothers was on TV , talking about the circumstances under which Terri was supposed to have said to her in-laws, that she "wouldn't want to live that way." (Around the time of Mike's grandmother's wake or funeral?)
While stating what happened back then, the brother was gazing to the right, rather than to the left.
I've heard that most people gaze to the left when remembering actual events and gaze to the right when creating new stories