He’s afraid of them. Or was. This was around… 2009, I think. It’s been a long-ass time.

Ohhh okay I’m caught up I’m writing the comic it’s a solitary lifestyle with no fruit welcome

Crossed paths with Marder and Rosell on a pilot long long ago. The fruit thing started as a quirk, then became a room bit, then they wrote it as a Charlie gag on Always Sunny.