It would be difficult for him to just go back to the way things were before she came along.
Many people don’t understand the lasting impact this actress had on this very famous athlete. [Athlete] is a nice guy, but he is a little naive. [Actress] somehow convinced him very early on that talking to his family every day and hanging out with them on every holiday was stupid and damaging him and keeping him from being a man. She said he needed to grow up and say “No” to them. She said that she didn’t let her parents come to all her movie premieres and that she didn’t run home for every birthday or wedding, so his parents shouldn’t expect to go to all his games or expect him to go home for every holiday.