Definitely a great talent but seems like spoiled, rich syndrome...
I thought the same, but in reality, his Dad is a hard working self made millionaire in the home development business and never cut Johnny any slack. He bought him a new car in high school and gave him one condition--"Stay away from alcohol your junior and senior year".
Shortly thereafter Johnny was pulled over and the officer smelled alcohol on his breath. He took him in and he tested "over the limit".
In court his Dad told the judge, "I will not pay his fine". The judge then ordered Johnny to do community service. His Dad then asked the judge to double the amount of time.
Afterwards, Mr. Manzeil took away the car and never gave it back. Instead, he gave Johnny an old clunker pickup that stayed broke down more than it ran.
Obviously a attempt to demonstrate to Johnny that he should appreciate the gifts he's given.
So he seems like a pretty strong Dad, but so far his efforts to settle Johnny down haven't worked obviously.
He recently said a New York Times interview, "There comes a point where you have to grow up and accept responsibility for your own actions".
He followed that statement by saying, "Johhny's not there yet".
Says a lot.
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