It is hard to get tone in text, buuuuuutt:
I have seen provider Grecos several times, and in my last text to arrange a meeting I asked if it was OK to call him.
His response, "I am not here to make friends. This is a job."
How about just being friendly?
That all said, I know he has recently been "released" by his famous song writer and performer / sugar daddy, he may be very angry. Now living in the Hollywood flats.