EXACTLY this. I felt bad for him as Jimmy seems to genuinely think that they're friends. Hell, he fucking all the way across the country to go out there.

Not to mention that he was being serious until they told him to go back in character. Then they get mad and boot him out. I could tell that Ethan already hated him before he even walked in and seemed super peeved about the Hila thing. Super awkward and felt like Ethan purely brought him in to humiliate him.

Even worse as he really doesn't have the self awareness to know why they're being so agressive towards him.

I'm not trying to defend Jimmy's bad jokes or behavior but I did feel bad for him after that.