He really is.I think this is George's way of sparing himself hurt by keeping his distance. He's soured on how people dumped on him for ruining his own creation.
And i bet if this is a success he'll somehow try to take credit for providing the outline. He's ****ing delusional, telling Jon Stewart that if you grew up with the OT you love the OT, and if you grew up with the PT you love that.
(There may be a few rare cases of that, but my own kid and kids i've seen tell a different tale George!)