The thoughts of 24 year olds are a Hell of a lot different to those in middle age. They live for the day with girlfriends,fast cars and clubbing. It's called self-centred,selfish and they're not interested in what goes on around them,particularly concerning family, and what they speak of is only what they've heard from others.
He wasn't even living at WHF at the time,so how could he have been involved with what was going on ?