I imagine “not-Pops” stewing over the loss of his multi-billion dollar empire decides to chuck it all and join the circus, BECOMING the clown and leaving far behind his Ivy League MBA diction. Laugh Clown Laugh is the identity he assumed for himself out of self-loathing.
Or, since the BlackMailer’s name was Ringo, he figured the Witless Protection Agency would turn him into a Ringmaster, and he worked all the circuses in Naperville until he found Ringo BlackMailing the very people trying to kill him.
I imagine “not-Pops” stewing over the loss of his multi-billion dollar empire decides to chuck it all and join the circus, BECOMING the clown and leaving far behind his Ivy League MBA diction. Laugh Clown Laugh is the identity he assumed for himself out of self-loathing.
Or, since the BlackMailer’s name was Ringo, he figured the Witless Protection Agency would turn him into a Ringmaster, and he worked all the circuses in Naperville until he found Ringo BlackMailing the very people trying to kill him.