He has oceans of money and he hangs out with rock stars. How is this complicated?
*sigh*
It's the Lyle Lovett principle extended one space outward from music. I'd say that Pearl/Miri is lucky she got her looks from her mother. However, it's also possible that her father was in shape and attractive in his twenties and years of stress and excess have aged him. Still, you're right. He's quite far from what I was expecting and at least in this exchange he seems like a reasonable, caring dad--not an ambulance or entourage-chasing schmuck or a shark in a suit.