Probably because he admitted not being thrilled with his booking and there were dirt sheets reporting a new deal wasn't being discussed. But now he has great booking, seems to be having a blast, and the guy who was in charge of contracts was fired for not doing his job.
Thank you so much for catching me up, Anon. I try to keep my distrance from the dirt sheets whilst, at the same time, pay attention to the more... legitimate(?)... whispers.