This whole situation is fucked, the main person I am really growing to despise more and more is Dick Masterson.
I cannot tell if he's an idiot, or just a sociopath. Everything I have heard out of his stupid mouth, or via his Twitter in response to this situation has been hot garbage. Yes, the clip with Rekeita is from 2020, but fuck me what kind of attitude is it to defend just allowing your friend to wallow in their addiction. Ralph should take no heed of what that pathetic excuse for a manchild has said to him. Even if some of the advice is good, you're going to have to pick out diamonds from the rough - for instance, Dick warning May about her parents... The ones who arranged for her and her child to get to a safe location with a functioning support system.
As for Ralph, he's at an interesting crossroads. He seems to have a degree of acceptance that his own actions contributed to this situation - but as per usual, May didn't act honourably... It's like he is suggesting that May should have waited for him to return, so she could tell a drunk, pilled up violent felon to his face she was leaving him and taking the child. I am sure that would have been a sensible and safe move for May, and more importantly Rozy, the baby that only has one competent caregiver. I have no doubt that in this current moment he wants to get sober, wants to try and sort his head out somewhat, but he's going back to somewhere where he has no support system. No friends, family, and he will have to learn to take care of himself. He's never done that before - he always had May or his Momma pick up after him, feed him and wipe his ass. If you remember the sex tape, the state of his room was like a fucking midden pit - mind you, this was one of the final years of Sandra's life and she was disabled. She was likely no longer able to do all the chores, so Ralph just had his room full of trash. Is he really going to be able to simultaneously learn to look after himself, stay sober and do so while facing up to the fact he is getting divorced, sued by the Vickers', going through another custody battle, and potentially seeing his income dropping off further? Even with the best will in the world, I think Ralph has no chance. He mentions that he quit drinking after his mother died, for about 40 days, and this is probably true - but who was there the entire time? May was.
Also think it is interesting to consider why now? Sure, he may have just hit rock bottom, that could have been the worst feeling he has had in a long time. That may have spurred this change. He is even honest in some of his tweets talking about how weed, xanax and alcohol all make it difficult to resist one another. Another theory I have been toying with is that being the manipulator Ralph is, his primary goal in life is to build a cocoon or nest around himself that allows him to avoid normal consequences and therefore do whatever he wants. His move to Cozy.TV means he doesn't have to work within a TOS, just suck Nicks dick. Mexico insulates him from being served. May was his mother and would look after the children he wanted to have but did not want to pay for or look after. Go back to pre-Jail, yes he ran the Ralph Retort and made pennies out of it - but he lived as an adult in his mothers house, living off of her SSI payments. He went to collage but did not want to pay for his degree. He has just realised his little bubble has burst, and that he will now need to find a way to avoid all the hard parts of life so he can get back to boozing and taking Xanax.
I expect that however this plays out, it will be an interesting watch to say the least.
