“I wasn’t going to bring that up, but sadly, that is true. I know that makes me somewhat of a hypocrite… but so be it. :(“
Then dont be a hypocrite and stop talking! Or do you like being holier than thou and knock people for talking while you do it all the time during layning.
Moshe – Wolf has kidded around about this many times — even though he sounds very serious when joking. He is the baal korah for leining, as he admitted many times, hence he “talks during leining.”