and??? are those "leeches" really going to hurt him in any way, form, or fashion? no, please not the evil "word twist"!!!
part of me thinks he is playing this game to gain publicity. nobody is talking about any of the cliches spewed out by everybody else. lots of people talking about him not talking.
That part of you needs serious help.
The entire point is that he does...not....want...publicity.
Do you think he was avoiding the media because he wants attention?? Wait, you do?? yeeeeeshhhhhhhhhhh
Yeah, voluntarily going on Conan is a great way to avoid publicity.
And if he truly doesn't want the publicity from all of this, he would be much better off to go to the media sessions, give crap, cliche answers to every question, and nobody would care. By making this big ordeal out of not participating, he has brought WAY more publicity on himself. If you can't see that, then maybe you need some of that help you are suggesting.
(BTW, why jump on this now 2 days after the conversation???)