I don't think Kevin is that stupid that he would let them pay him in FTT tokens. Or if so he converted those to good ol' cash or Bitcoin much earlier. He did talk about a big tax hit, so the conversion would explain that. Now he maybe was stupid enough to keep the Bitcoins on FTX, thus he did lose it all. For weekend reading, google "O'Leary boating accident".
This is kinda cringy to watch, and even makes me feel sorta sorry for O'Leary. That said, I only read one of his books... it was a PoS book where he seemed to keep tripping over himself apologizing to female readers for every stupid thing... I guess he wanted to prove he was some sort of white-knighting shit-lord. Near the end of the book he then gave some details that if his daughter ever was out on a date and the 'man' expected her to pay for her fair share, he would refuse to allow her to marry or get involved with him. Because..... reasons. Really Kevin? What a typical feministic hypocrite. I didn't really read anything much of investment value in it... and now the name of the book escapes me for that very reason.
LOL. I was wondering where the fuck the Irish thing was going in his defense. I think he's just given all Irish people a very bad name. To my knowledge, I don't even have Irish blood (that I am aware), and even I was just thinking... CRINGE during that interview!