Let me clarify. If you're raised by a narcissist then you're stuck with two choices: cut them out of your life and try to move on (Cole) or "try to get along" by getting gaslit until you are their chew toy (Chris). Why do you think Chris is so easy to manipulate and humiliate? That's his default form of human interaction.
Barb has been disowned by EVERYONE in her life because she's a gross, manipulative, exploitative monster who tried to fuck her sister's husband as a power game. She became increasingly deranged the older she got, forcing Chris to pick scabies out of her ass, sleep in the same bed and spoon with her.
Chris has decades in the public eye and Geno's doc opened him up to a whole new audience, who naturally wanted to interact with him. Chris got to choose who he wanted to associate with and he chose a gross, manipulative, exploitative monster with a familiar personality. Literal motherfucking aside, "men marry their mothers".
People here like to say Chris raped Barb based on his autistic retelling of the event to Bella. Bella is getting off on the conversation. She obviously knew the situation beforehand and that other people would eventually hear it. She recorded it for blackmail purposes and chose questions knowing exactly how he would answer.
If you've ever seen faux incest porn it usually goes like
- "What are you doing step-brother?" (confusion).
- "No, we can't, it's wrong" (rape?).
- "Fuck it, it feels so good, I can't wait until next time" (let's continue a secret sexual relationship every 3 days)
This is rehashing 3 months of arguments, but my point here is that no, Cole isn't going to suddenly be drawn back into the drama of these twisted, demented fucks he is unlucky enough to be related to. Instead, he's more glad than ever that he escaped.