Clarification: I was not in the elevator with Scott Ruggels. In fact, I'd normally be the first to dismiss such a story as standard fannish trashtalking, EXCEPT that it came from Scott Ruggels.
Scott is one of the most professional, habitually-honorable people in this fandom. He doesn't smack-talk or make up stories, because doing so is simply unprofessional. For him to have made up such a story, and get others to back him up on it, is so out of character for him as to be literally unthinkable.
Clarification: I was not in the elevator with Scott Ruggels. In fact, I'd normally be the first to dismiss such a story as standard fannish trashtalking, EXCEPT that it came from Scott Ruggels.
Scott is one of the most professional, habitually-honorable people in this fandom. He doesn't smack-talk or make up stories, because doing so is simply unprofessional. For him to have made up such a story, and get others to back him up on it, is so out of character for him as to be literally unthinkable.