Probably he was buying time, as it wasn’t complete. Only several days later, Taylor announced the abandonment of Smile to the press.
Yes it
appears that Derek is flubbing... but at the same time, depending how privy he was to the Boys sessions ... he could have very well believed it was nearing the end. He could be lying to buy some time... but I see it as equally possible that either he heard enough, session wise; or he had been told by Brian himself that he was close.
You have to remember that saying it was close to completion would help Derek, too.
Going on, regardless of Derek’s input.
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