As someone who knows Blabbermouth as well as Mike does, I'm genuinely surprised that Mike would take any of the site's articles at face value and publicly rebuke James based on Blabbermouth's allegations without at least giving him a phone call first, or even bothering to listen to the full interview.
Had Mike listened to the interview, he would have at least heard James describe them as brothers, say that he thinks Nightmare is great, etc. Is Mike so self-centered that he can't even imagine why the band would want to, oh, I don't know, reassure the fans that things are still going well?
I don't know what the hell's wrong with Mike. He's obviously frustrated, and willing to blame everyone but himself for what's going on. So we'll see what happens. Like I said earlier, I just hope he doesn't drag the other guys in DT down to his level.
But the fact Mike would decide the draw the line without even talking to the guys first: the says a lot about the relationship between Mike and the other guys right now.