The last key trait of narcissism is arrogance — the superior, dismissive, and often mocking attitude toward anyone who doesn’t serve their image. Narcissists carry themselves as though they are above everyone else, while looking down on those who question or challenge them.

For Mark Anthony Stephens, arrogance is the ever-present tone of his life.

What Arrogance Looks Like in Mark

• Mocking Others at Games
  At his sons’ sporting events, Mark has laughed and filmed while his guest shouted profanities at players, coaches, and parents. When others asked for respect, he responded with smirks and silence, letting the chaos fester. To him, arrogance meant appearing untouchable — even as his own child sat in the stands, humiliated.
• Dismissal of Professionals
  Doctors? Biased. Judges? Corrupt. Pastors? Manipulative. Teachers and coaches? Incompetent. Mark’s arrogance leaves no room for authority or expertise — unless it flatters him. Every voice that contradicts him is automatically “wrong.”
• The “Man of God” Persona
  In his posts, Mark elevates himself as a spiritual leader, a man chosen to see truth others cannot. Yet his words are riddled with spelling errors, contradictions, and deflections. The arrogance lies not in his mistakes, but in his insistence that he is somehow above correction — that his “calling” makes him untouchable.
• Talking Down to His Own Children
  From calling Liam obese while he was medically fragile, to dismissing his boys’ emotional needs, Mark’s arrogance shows most clearly at home. Instead of listening, he lectures. Instead of protecting, he belittles. Instead of guiding, he mocks.

The Reality Behind the Mask

Arrogance is the mask of insecurity. Mark’s haughty demeanor isn’t a reflection of strength, but of fragility covered in bravado. By dismissing, mocking, and belittling, he avoids the truth: he has failed in the very roles that matter most.

For his children, this arrogance doesn’t command respect — it destroys it. A father who sneers instead of sacrifices doesn’t build legacy, he builds resentment. And arrogance may make Mark feel superior in the moment, but in the long run, it leaves him utterly alone.

This is the ninth mask removed: Arrogance.
With every trait examined — grandiosity, fantasy, “special” belief, need for admiration, entitlement, exploitation, lack of empathy, envy, and arrogance — the picture is clear. Narcissism isn’t something Mark accuses others of. It’s the pattern he embodies, trait by trait, action by action.

Next, in the conclusion of this series, we’ll pull these masks together to show how Mark’s behavior forms not just isolated flaws, but the complete portrait of narcissism.