Far be it from me to defend Drex, since I've never really cared much for him, but...
First...
When talking about the Drexel and the 18 year old remember that he prefaced that anecdote by explaining that her mother was single and that he had known and looked after both of both of them for years. So for all intents and purposes the story as he told it boils down to him being a step-father to this girl, fucking her the day she turned 18, then bouncing.
Then...
I can't really speak as a parent but I have to imagine that if I were and someone proudly told me that they groomed a friend's kid and statutorily raped them before jetting, at the same time my own kids which he's been babysitting and travelling around with are in the other room, I'd go absolutely apeshit.
(emphasis added)
If he waited till she was 18 to fuck her, he likely
didn't commit statutory rape. There's some jurisdictions (i.e. Washington) that have laws on the books governing people in positions of trust (i.e. teachers), that can actually raise the AoC higher than 18, but I dunno if any of them would apply to Drex as a faux father figure.
I
totally get what you're saying here. The story he related is gross AF. Nick's reaction is gross AF. It definitely
does sound like Drex groomed this girl. That said, I'd be very careful about throwing around the R word. There's set legal definitions to these things. Which is
probably why Nick didn't shut him down immediately, and just sat there grinning like an idiot. He clearly doesn't mind degeneracy, but I can't imagine he'd let his best friend confess to an actual crime on Youtube.
Now, if he fucked her earlier, and conveniently left that part of the story out, there may be an even larger problem here...
Shane actually married his child bride and is still with her though. It sounds like Drex went out for a pack of smokes one day...
Point Shane... I
guess... maybe? I dunno, fuck it.
Both people seem gross to me.