Okay so this comment would probably not be seen buuut, I thought that it felt weird "Dont bring our external status into this" and at the same time they used their external status for all of this
I was talking to my friend in highschool and suddenly realized we were way too loud because the room went silent. I can't imagine how awkward it would be to do something like that at a formal event.
Differently from Julius and Greg who have great Fiances, one can understand why would Brad go for anything that isnt Steph, considering that she is straight up evil. Maybe that why he got the least brain damage.