Most people who have amassed a certain degree of success are type A. Type A people can be trying if not pricks. I ran a company for a number of years and was terrified I'd miss our $120k bi-monthly payroll. Everyone there looked to me for their security and to some extent future.

A client introduced me to his baby as '"El Diablo".

And I used to say, "sometimes to get people's attention you have t hang somebody". Yes, I was an asshole, but I never missed payroll. Not meant to justify anyone acting in any particular way, just a reality I learned over my lifetime. Ellen has been on TV a long time and Nikki's husband isn't that funny, so whatever