Were they ever really friends?

>Manson latched onto Reznor for the sake of getting his career off the ground and learning how to navigate the pop landscape
>Reznor helped Manson because he wanted to become an entrepreneur/Svengali figure via Nothing Records and saw Manson as being potentially profitable

I doubt it desu. Manson was definitely the more disingenuous of the two and owes a lot more to Trent than Trent owes to him but it was still pretty much a marriage of convenience on both sides.

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Plus Trent's always been way more catty about their history

>"he used to be the smartest guy in the room"

Yeah na pretty sure ure just bein a cunt trez