“He’s started to talk to people. He’s planning his next act, still very upset with how he was portrayed, and still feels like he was the victim,” the source shared. “He wants to be relevant again; what that is exactly is yet to be decided.”

“He went from being the biggest guy out there, and now every headline [attached to him] is ‘disgraced;’ it’s very painful for him to go out there with his girlfriend [Shamin Abas],” the source noted of the couple’s rare public appearances. “He’s very thin skinned — don’t expect an apology, he’s the one who feels is owed an apology.”