"In Depth Interview":— Isom never owned a television prior to the incident—and not even any furniture[10]—which may explain why he wasn't Islamophobic to begin with, and sympathised with the Muslim community from what he saw was an unjust attack. After three days of having to grapple with his fame, he became upset as everyone thought he was a "nice guy" or "hero";[10] he preferred instead to call himself a "jerk".[10] He also began to hate the media, largely because they were calling him early in the mornings, when all he wanted to do was to work his pizza job from 9am to 5pm.[10] According to the same interview article, even "[w]hen an agent got in touch with him", Isom berated him by calling "the guy a dork".[10] Despite saying this, he spent two weeks without his girlfriend, Angel, because he was doing interviews round the clock.[10] His frustration was evident when in one interview he stated "[p]eople want me to talk about stuff that’s, like, beyond me...I’m not there to talk politics to people. I just don’t want to be around a bunch of hate. This event was going to take place right down the street, so we tried to do something".[10] Isom actually did end up making some money from the venture, understandable given the poverty in which he lives in.[10] He designed t-shirts with the words "Dude, you have no Quran!", selling them for $15 dollars with help from his friends.[10] Fortunately he ignored his detractors.[10] Isom and his friends went on to create 50 t-shirts and managed to sell 40 of them.[10] His team probably made $600 dollars from the sales.[10] "Philosufi" later wrote about him as well, in a satirical article about his endeavors.[11]