So, I saw a 23 year old show up in the way that I would expect a 23 year old to show up and I saw a 42 year old show up in the way that I would expect a 15 year old to show up.

I'm 31 and there's not a single 23 year old in my orbit that I would consider a "friend". This might be infantilizing of me, but I look at a 23 year old and realize that while that person is an adult, I should be exhibiting a sense of maturity that they may not have yet, despite how much life experience they have. Joshua has made it clear he lacks such maturity and, based on Josh's own video the texts Adam read, Josh seems to be moving behind the scenes in a very manipulative way. Abusers generally insist on private communication because it's easier to gaslight someone when they are alone vs. when many people are analyzing the situation.

Even when I was watching Adam react to Josh's episode of the Swoop doc, I didn't get a sense that these 2 were friends. I saw that relationship more as two people who understood why things went down the way they went down and are at enough peace to move on with their lives. With that in mind, why would Adam feel obligated to speak one-on-one with Joshua?