First off, I don't buy for a second that he just told Smush "You can't talk to me. You need more accolades to talk to me." Not buying that for 2 seconds, not even with a coupon.
But even assuming it were true, all I take from that is that he didn't like Smush.
There are plenty of people I work with every day that I don't say a *profanity* word to unless it has to do with our job, and even then, I fight through and make it quick.
Kobe didn't like him. Why not? Who gaf? We don't all have to like each other. There are people on here I don't like, and don't like me. And?