As said before I cannot follow your logic, here an officer describes the impression Boney made on him, who comments on right or wrong?

My interpretation is that Boney staged a very poor show beneath his dignity and made a clown out of himself. In case - there is made a lot of fun about the fat L XVIII - that seems to be ok, but when one is commenting that Boney was also not on the slim side, it is seen as an attack instead of just accepting reality.