It makes sense that he would be attracted to the Barbie doll, since the inspiration for the original Barbie was not a kids’ toy: “Born in Germany in 1952, the inspiration for America’s most famous doll was a saucy high-end call girl named Lilli. First created as a comic-strip character in the Hamburg newspaper Bild-Zeitung, the Bild Lilli doll became so popular that she was immortalized in plastic — and sold as an adult novelty.”
It makes sense that he would be attracted to the Barbie doll, since the inspiration for the original Barbie was not a kids’ toy: “Born in Germany in 1952, the inspiration for America’s most famous doll was a saucy high-end call girl named Lilli. First created as a comic-strip character in the Hamburg newspaper Bild-Zeitung, the Bild Lilli doll became so popular that she was immortalized in plastic — and sold as an adult novelty.”