Understandable

Interesting fact, she adopted that expression to turn men off after being overly sexualised in the media when she was a young teenager

They still explain why he was interested. It's like a child growing up to marry his babysitter sorta... it's kind of weird, but if you're an attractive babysitter, the kid will have a crush on you; as you aren't his mom or sister but are caring towards him and as a kid the brain isn't usually developed enough to distinguish.