Some ppl dont understand that he played everything up - yes of course he was confident and up himself but he played on that to make himself popular....really from everything I have heard from ppl that knew him he was a great guy with a great passion for training....yes he was using drugs, performance and rec kind...but thats nothing un-normal nowdays for 18-25 yr olds...most ppl that go out will at some point use drugs and alot of guys will use steroids...
But the thing that set him apart is that he could back everything up with how he looked...lets be honest theres not many 22yr olds that look like that in Aus. He was very smart about marketing himself and it worked...he had a following of 1,000's of ppl that loved him and Iam sure that if he had lived that would of grown more and prob even got him on tv, radio etc etc - lets just say he could of made a living out of it.
He inspired 1,000's of ppl to train, eat well and have a love for bodybuilding....
Yes some of the stuff he did was abit out there...but like I said he played it up so ppl took notice and it worked....most ppl that dislike him are normally jealous of how he looked...even if they dont admit it...