"It wasn't natural causes, Sam! This man's asshole was torn up by giant, Norwegian genitals. It ruptured his colon all the way to his stomach and caused internal bleeding. It was muyduh!"
Cumia (and, to a lesser degree, Norton) are living examples of how indulging one’s most base urges without restraint will absolutely destroy a person’s ability to achieve his full potential. Cumia seems incapable of self-examination or reflection, let alone any capacity to humble himself or admit error. He’s a giant coward and it’s hard not to be glad he’s living (dying) as a pathetic old rageaholic who’s bankrolling a manly bitch’s sad life just so he doesn’t have to die *alone.
* like his mother Ro did thanks to being abandoned by her sons as she lived through the terror of dementia in a facility, surrounded by complete strangers
I don't think Anthony ever got over being fired. Opie wasn't happy about being fired from Sirius, but he knows how the business goes and it wasn't the first time he got fucked. Plus, Opie was smart with his money. Jimmy has done hell gigs and bombed on stage multiple times, so he can handle failure. I'm not sure what Jimmy's finances are, but he's done enough work that he probably makes passive income through residuals.
Anthony, on the other hand, desperately clung to that radio job and thought that would be his life until retirement. He was a tin knocker for years, then fell into radio, and was (by his own admission) terrified about their move from WAAF to WNEW. Their famous "Mayor Menino is dead" stunt was intentional so they could move to WNEW, but Anthony was sweating bullets that they'd just get fired and he'd have to go back to industrial stapling and his cunt of a wife. Then him and Jimmy were both terrified after the St. Patrick's thing, but Opie was cool as a cucumber the whole time because they quickly negotiated with XM and Infinity was required to pay out the rest of their contract. Even Jimmy commented later that he was really nervous about this and Opie repeatedly, and correctly, told him that everything would be okay.
Then Anthony was high on the hog until he went on that Twitter rant, which no one could save him from because he did it when everyone from the show was asleep. Opie told management to wait it out but Anthony refused to take any responsibility, blames Opie to this day, and is trying desperately to reclaim that radio talk show host title. He can't admit he fucked up and just get over it.
Edit to add: one more thing all three agree on is Ant's wife was a cunt. Anthony, however, was always angry that Opie continued to be friends with some of Jennifer's friends post-divorce. Being the little boy that he is, Anthony expected full loyalty from Opie.
