I'm hardly a fan of Bay's films, but I'm sympathetic here. It's hardly like Bay stormed off of the stage swearing or something, I think he just got stage fright and vapor-locked. And if the prompter went off, he might've been worried about saying the wrong thing and really messing up, and I don't think the people who were sponsoring him would've wanted him to say the wrong thing when they were paying him so much money. That being said, if he knew he was going to be speaking in public about a specific topic, be probably should've done some preparation about what he'd say. He really locked up, I do feel sorry for him, I think the guy asking about the curve even tried to steer him in the right direction, and be just totally froze. And it looks like he's issued a public apology too. He comes across as pretty abrasive sometimes, but don't think any of this was done in malice or anything, I think it was just bad luck. I probably would've gotten pretty severe stage fright too, I actually feel sympathy for him here.