They called Carson's name loud and clear, he stoped, waited and continued to look back, waiting on Strump? That is the way I took it.
I think if either one of them wanted additional attention, they would have thought of something more complimentary out on the stage. How silly to see a “staging” backstage. A lot of people don’t see the incident as a good thing for either of them, that it made them look “dumb”. Why would they stage that? It is obvious the incident was spotaneous.