Oh, he picked up on the hint because he knew of their time period for one thing and how rampant some where about certain things like race, sexuality and even health vitality. The latter of which he dealt with and he would have faced worse if others knew of his preferences. They would probably strip him of his titles, serum or not. There were just certain things no one could speak of but Sam faced far worse. He couldn't just not speak on something and hope for the best.

"Sometimes I wish nothing made it into the papers," he responded as he waved a hand for Sam to follow him to where the others would be. "Whatever you read about me was probably overdone."