Peak main character syndrome meets insane podcast energy

A numbered list of dramatic, confrontational monologue quotes that read like a villain's speech or unhinged podcast rant. The text escalates from passive-aggressive superiority to accusations of naivety, geographic insults, and finally pivots to calling people liars. The disconnected nature and bizarre specificity (pygmies in South Seas) creates an absurd, cringe-inducing energy. Extracted text: 1. "I see some familiar faces here today... some welcome, some not so welcome." 2. "Now, the people I'm about to mention are all decent people. But I need to explain myself." 3. "It looks as if I've had the last laugh on a lot of people who really didn't think I had it in me. Well, what I say to those people is 'look at me now.'" 4. "I said this. Fought for it. Hoped it would be possible. But over the last year, I've realised this was naive. It hasn't happened." 5. "But eventually, I got out of his headlock. And now, where are you? Working with some pygmies in the South Seas." 6. "When asked about this last year, she defended her actions. She doesn't believe she did anything wrong." 7. "And now, we move on, to liars..."