Yeah I think he's back peddling a bit now. As much as he still seems incapable of admitting he has been a fuckwit and said stupid things, I think he's realised that he's not doing himself favours so now it's time to pull back and try to make some amends.
He's not hurting JP's sales figures, they are touring and all reports suggest the shows are hugely popular and the albums are still selling (selling enough to have giving him over 300000 pounds a year). All he's doing is hurting his own sales because people are reading his shit on line (some of which Blabber and the like are feeding by posting such shit every day), and now they are turning away from the book thinking it will be more of the same.
I was prepare to give his book a go once, thought it might be like so many other muso bios I've read, a bit of shit, a bit of history, something to read for a few hours. But I wont even buy this shit now if I see it in the throw out bin for $2.