That wasn't a confirmation or a denial, but he thought he might have mentioned it if so. It wasn't really important. Other things on the go. Chalk it up to another difference.

"Not for lack of trying," he said. "That's what Banner was doing, in my universe. Succeeded... a little harder than they would have liked."

He just thought it was kind of neat. Not nearly as much of a problem as everyone was convinced; they just had to back off a little. Let the guy own it. Like the suit, really.