Oh, certainly not. If he comes off as too kind or caring, people walk all over him. He'd much rather be the one doing the walking.

"I have so much fun with it, I've made it my life."

His life is on display, for perusal, for others to consume and comment on, and that requires playing to their whims and desires. Do they want sexy? They get sexy. Do they want fun? They get fun! Flirty, smart, interesting, a break from their own lives? It's theirs! He gives his all because he loves them, because his fans deserve it all! ...even when it pushes past what he can share, what he should share, past who he is as an individual, he gives it.

Mettaton is more than a Monster, he is an ideal made real. Or so he likes to think.

"Well, I've taken up enough of your time as it is. I'm sure you have more things to do with your night than chat with me."