Because almost any excuse is plausible in the Multiverse…

At a Justice League meeting…

Batman: *glaring*

Green Lantern: What? I got held up.

Batman: What is it this time, Jordan? Traffic, gunpoint, giant squid?

Green Lantern: *shrugs* All of the above.

Commissioner Gordon: *smoking peacefully on the GCPD rooftop*

Batman: I need your advice on a personal matter.

Gordon: *drops his cigarette, startled by the voice coming from the darkness*

Gordon: *panting* That fills me with a mix of curiosity and terror.