I've said it here before, he was impossible to have a conversation with back in the 00s because he would make a strenuous effort to "seem" intelligent but he'd actually just be rambling to the point of complete incoherence.I’m leaning towards @maytoseptember narrative tbh- a dumb persons idea of clever. Not that anyone here is dumb but he’s obviously created and fed this narrative himself. Even if he did get all As and an offer from Oxford it’s not exceptional- that’s something played out in thousands of high schools ever year. Plus I’m always suspicious of people who had an offer from Oxford they didn’t take up- there seem be so many of them![]()
Also I have met Stephen Fry many times and he's incredibly intelligent not in like an Einstein way but still feel his mind operates on a different level. He doesn't try to make people feel uncultured like Doherty would have (and Brand to a certain extent)