After that disastrous press conference at Millennium, I don't think Rawat ever again did a press interview, or even did an interview with somebody who wasn't paid to do it, and over which his cult had full editorial control.

You're right, it is a joke, but as we all know, all thos embarrassing and juvenile Linda Pascotto press releases and thos fake, "world peace" speaking engagements are just resume padding.  They have been an attempt to try to salvage Rawat's messed up image, all as a result of ex-premies who destroyed his first campaign to save his rear, which was to lay low, and hope people would forget about the Lord of the Universe.  Despite bogus copyright attacks and blackmail attack websites, the cult has been unable to prevent ex-premies from doing that, and hence a new PR campaign, such as it is, was launched, no doubt at gerat expense.

I do wonder how much cash the food-network's Bert Wolf had to be paid to get him to do that canned, fawning interview with Rawat.  Whatever happened to that anyway?  Does Rawat now have a following in the gourmet ghettos of the world?