Can I be friends with a guy who said he thought my only red flag is that I am too confident?

[Anonymous]

I recently broke up with the person I was dating for 8 months because after months of being patient with him about how confused he was, he said that his family was his number 1 priority and this was the 3rd time he had canceled on me to stay with his family, I mentioned something before but never made a big deal about it because it is his family, but the reason he wanted to stay was a family friend after 3 weeks of us making plans and me telling him about how much I was looking forward to it he decided to stay there with them, when I expressed that I was dissappointed his only response was, " I think you are trying to make me feel bad." We always spoke about potentially being friends after I broke up with him, but when he came to pick up his stuff we spoke after he left on the phone, and I told him why I needed to leave, his response was that he felt was my red flag was that I was too confident. And whenever I shared information he felt like I was showing off. I really had feelings for him, and up until that last week we spoke every day, and he would tell me everyday he was happy, he told me after that comment that he said his feelings for me the last couple of months were dwindling and it made me feel crazy, the week before I got this gut feeling he would tell me all the time how happy I made him, and how he could really see a future, and then told me he was confused after he would say that. He told me we couldn't be friends right now after that but he said he would check in every so often. I feel like he's hurt and he didn't mean those things but can I go to being his friend eventually after what he said not only about my confidence, but my intelligence. I invited him to my party and he said, "Thanks so much for the invite, Im gonna be with my family, I hope you are well." Can I let someone who said that back in? And does he even want to be friends after this. I would love someone's take on this and if he would even want to be friends, would I?