F*ck "thugs". Don't confuse being cool, calm, confident, and collected with "being a thug". Thugs are close to the lowest forms of life on the planet.
I disagree to some extent...
COOL: You and I don't think they're cool
BUT WOMEN DO. We have to remember that we are logical beings but women are not. We see a thug they see a guy with swagger, a guy with an edge, a guy that's rough, a guy "they want to reform" etc
CALM: They're not calm they usually act on impulse you got that right
CONFIDENT: They are confident based primarily on their raw masculinity and testosterone rather than education/intelligence/maturity/life experience.
THUGS ARE THE LOWEST FORM OF LIFE ON THE PLANET: I agree too bad women love them
I would never advocate guys act like thugs like OP is suggesting but I also wouldn't deny that women love these type of men. OP mentioned the female audience and the way they look at him. I bet you most of these women would love a shot at that guy just based on the way they look at him. I have no doubt in my mind that guy had no trouble getting pu$$y and will have even less trouble after that tv appearance (as illogical as it might sound since he sounded like a fool but that's women for you).
It's sad knowing that smart, well dressed, intelligent women would love to parade around town with a guy like that but it's the truth. I see it all the time and you can too if you just go downtown on any city. Hot women + thug in arm.
We think of the "trophy wife" and having a hot wife. Women (specially younger women) see a thug as sort of a trophy/prize too. They walk around parading what in their mind is the alpha male of the tribe. It's not that hard to understand their attraction for thugs if you think of it as just women being attracted to the strongest/rawest/most testosterone filled man they could find.