I was going to say the same. He looks exhausted, for sure! But his skin seems a bit more hydrated and he’s not looking as skeletal.
I know everything has an ulterior motive when you have a following on social media, but these stories rang more true than just about anything else I’ve seen from these two in awhile. His tone was respectful, he seemed very intentional about his wording/scripting, and he didn’t overplay his emotions. I do wonder if maybe cancer has hit a little closer to home for him in the last year with how he’s approaching Surfebruary this year.
The interaction with Fox at the end was so genuinely affectionate and cute, too! Truly, I’m not naive to the nature of influencers or social media… however, if I’m going to be “sold” on something, I rather the marketing look and feel like THIS than the stuff this crew normally churns out.