The CEO of paypal has claimed to be a supporter of bitcoin and yet paypal is so adamantly against bitcoin...? Both odd and disappointing.

No it makes perfect sense, it's all a dog and pony show, judge by their actions not words. If the ceo/paypal comes out strongly against btc, everyone will cry foul and anti-competitive practices. So they make news headlines and publicly say they are strong supporters etc.., but in reality their policies are one of the worst and most strict against btc.
I am not an isolated case, it is crystal clear their company wide policy is perm ban if you sell anything btc related - warn then ban no appeal no question, this essentially shuts down btc in one of the dominate online market place. It doesnt take a genius to figure out why, if btc becomes popular paypal simply cannot charge their 3.5% transaction fee = death.
One of the worst companies out there.