You are taking one statement and drawing your conclusion.
Watch the video of him the day he was freed. His comments then were not under duress.
Seems to me just about everybody coming out of these kidnappings makes doggone sure he's in the clear (and in another country) before mouthing off.
If you don't believe this phenomenon is real, may I propose a test. Secure several strangers you don't know. Arm them. Have them hold you face down in a garage for several hours. Make sure it's done at gunpoint. Then, they take you somewhere else. Everybody wears masks.
So no one takes offense too much, let's see them coerce you into becoming an Episcopalean!
You have to read from the Book of Common Prayer. If you misread something they smack you upside the head with a rifle butt.
Do this for a week.
It's all voluntary too. Remember that, all voluntary!
You'll come out of there singing a mass for sure.
Was he still in Gaza?
I believe he was.
If you had seen the live interview last night with Centani and Olaf perhaps you'd think differently.
Depends on where the comments were made. Plus, it takes a while ~ maybe several days ~ to get used to being "free". Many people have experience that phenomenon ~ e.g. as draftees being discharged after 2 years.