It was a well planned and executed publicity stunt:

1. Maximize attention on social media by being super obnoxious and arrogant ("dawg I ChatGPT’d the license")

2. 1 day later while the chatter is still going, write a mea culpa and take on the poor victim role ("grew up in a single mother household on government subsidies")

3. --> Repair most of the reputational damage but keep all the attention.

None of this is illegal, but it's exploiting a system of mutual trust and I wouldn't want to live in a world where everybody acted like that.