Totally makes sense to me. He turns down going to the BAFTAs to babysit his pregnant wife, but goes to an editor’s retirement party the day the babe is born.
That’s because he was ‘nesting’ and had hopes the kid was his. Now that he knows for sure Notmybaby he’s run out of fucks and it shows. Can’t let the press know that though, at least not yet. Strategic timing applies to scandals too…