Catharsis Definition. A Catharsis is an emotional discharge through which one can achieve a state of moral or spiritual renewal or achieve a state of liberation from anxiety and stress. Catharsis is a Greek word and it means cleansing. In literature it is used for the cleansing of emotions of the characters.
Anyway, it's his personal account as well as his work one, he doesn't have to abide by some people's definitions of professional standards. He can speak as 'Pete Hines the Vice President' or 'Pete Hines the human being with emotions' and it's clear when one is a professional announcement and others aren't.
Pete the Pup was a character in Hal Roach's Our Gang comedies during the 1930s. Otherwise known as Pete, the Dog With the Ring Around His Eye, or simply Petey, he was well known for having a circled eye that was added on by Hollywood make-up artist Max Factor and credited as an oddity in Ripley's Believe It or Not. The original Pete was an APBT named Pal, the Wonder Dog, and had a natural ring almost completely around his right eye; dye was used to finish it off.