I think it was from Sean Caroll's book The Big Picture.
The statement is a category error, but that criticism distracts from the very valuable insight he does provide regarding entropy, life and complexity.
He did a series on minutephysics explaining it quite well, worth a watch. He does explain why complexity increases as entropy increases (with some additional qualification).
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoaVOjvkzQtyZF-2VpJrx...