It was made clear near the beginning that the details may or may not have been exaggerated or embellished. It was purposefully written as so because that's a pa

It was made clear near the beginning that the details may or may not have been exaggerated or embellished. It was purposefully written as so because that's a part of what's intriguing about the character, that his entire schtick requires believing and/or personifying the exaggerations, and in a way it becomes reality.