I doubt this.I’m pretty sure he’s a novice in a monastery. Usually novices aren’t supposed to talk to visitors, and it can take years to be tonsured, so it wouldn’t really profit anyone to know specifics.
I’m 99% sure, if not a novice then definitely very extended stay.I doubt this.
Dude is just more likely than not trying to get away from the passions and vanity an Internet and public persona led him to in his late 20s, 30s, and early 40s.