Dunno, Alan - loyalty has many possible causes, not all of them selfless. Like most people, I can only go by the persona he chooses to project, off the wall comments and all. He has had 40 years experience of being in the public eye, he's no newcomer to the tabloids, so no excuse there. He may well not give a gnat's fart about the public's view of him - his prerogative. But that does not invalidate the public's view overall; only in his own eyes.