There’s a big difference between answering a question, and rambling drunkenly for two minutes.
He knew that at the time he was, in his own words:
“a bit too tipsy to start talking about this now”
but carried on for over two minutes adding:
“There’s got to be, kind of, laws for both parties as well that protect both parties, cyclists…
you know, things like legalising helmets – making them the law to wear, because ultimately if you get knocked off and you ain’t got a helmet on how can you, kind of, argue. Or if you get killed and you ain’t got a helmet on…”
From your twitter quote, it sounds like he knows he should have “shut his gob“.
If he didn’t regret what he said, why’s he attempting to retract it afterwards?