I think it's more than that in this case. He's following the troon playbook of going into "doth protest too much" territory regarding loli to show that he's totally not a pedo to divert attention away from the fact that he is indeed a pedo.

I think it's more than that in this case. He's following the troon playbook of going into "doth protest too much" regarding loli to show that he's totally not a pedo to divert attention away from the fact that he is indeed a pedo.