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[Futurama] Did Zapp actually open up to Leela when they slept together or was it just a ploy?

In the first episode where the ship is impounded and the crew jailed for rescuing animals on a doomed world, Zapp invites Leela to his quarters to seduce her. When she rebuffs him he seems to break down and start crying, exposing his confident ladies man persona as nothing but a front to hide from the horrible loneliness he feels trapped on a ship with no female company. She gives him some pity sex and throughout the rest of the series including right after they wake up he never seems emotionally vulnerable again, slipping right back into his wanna-be Kirk delusions, no matter how coldly, frequently, or harshly she rebuffs him from then on.

Was it all just a manipulative act on his part or did losing his virginity remove any of his extremely well deserved self doubt?
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I think for it to be a ploy, Zapp would need to understand that his normal demeanour is so very off-putting to women, especially Leela. He is nowhere near self aware enough to do that, and nothing he said was untrue, so its more likely that was genuine vulnerability, but his ego just let him delude himself that she fell because of his usual act.