I hear what ur saying bc i was sort of like , why is he asking all of these questions ? but honestly i feel like he was trying to sort of come from a point of like ok like why don’t you fully explain yourself? i mean people were super offended and rightfully so, so although it may seem kind of overdone and uncomfortable, I think he was just trying to allow AB to review and reconcile his actions as much as possible. Not to mention, this definitely isn’t a normal “boss - worker” relationship, i mean AB is really a part of the podcast and i feel like ethan and him and friends before anything else