I don't blame him at all for being this quiet, awkward, and unresponsive in these videos. Leanna's fucking embarrassing. Imagine wanting to go out on a date with your significant other to a restaurant you really like, when all of a sudden, he/she pulls out their phone and starts recording you, spewing a bunch of verbal diarrhea, and asking you multiple dumb questions when all you want to do is eat. It's hard to believe since this is Phil we're talking about, but he could have just wanted to have a nice private meal with his girlfriend and have an actual conversation that didn't end up online. The video with Leanna's mom is the absolute worst though. It's hard enough meeting your significant other's parents for the first time, and Leanna is so clueless that she's making this lunch a million times more awkward than it has to be. The whole mood of these videos is similar to watching some really awkward home movies of an overbearing mom filming her embarrassed 15 year old son's birthday party.
I specifically remember a few older videos of Phil eating with John Rambo and Howard he's acting like ol' Youtube Phil in public. I specially remember the infamous "turban full of bombs" video when Phil and his friends were eating inside a Jack in the Box in Tennessee. This was in an old series of videos where he went to a Super Battle Opera qualifier for SSF2T. This was also the trip where Phil got that dumb cowboy hat he wears in his Ask the King series.
People who have met Phil irl have come out and said that Phil can be quiet and awkward in public, but I don't think any normal person would be happy and be in a good mood when someone like Leanna is sticking a camera in your face, watching you eat, and talking to you very loudly in her obnoxious fucking voice so people around you can hear her and turn around to give you dirty looks. Knowing Phil's temper, I'm shocked he didn't knock the camera out of her hand. Crawling in a hole and hoping for sweet release actually sounds like a pretty decent alternative than dealing with this bullshit on a date.