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It was almost certainly a joke. Avoid sarcasm when talking to journalists; some quotes, out of context, are too good to pass up.

wildly out of context (comically so if you know me IRL) -- oh well :)

Yeah I cringed when I read that part. I guess not every press piece will be perfect, and hey, they have to sell magazines ;)

> "billionaires, bottles and babes.”

When the reporter in the video interview brought that up he seemed pretty embarrassed.

Sounds like something university students might say.

If they made that statement as adults I think it would be more off-putting.

Might as well say vast swaths of all young men are off-putting. These are pretty standard motivations (though usually not stated so bluntly + publicly).

Agreed, vast swaths of young men are indeed off-putting.

I don't find it offputting; I think it's expected:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs

Sounds like a genuine sausagefest.