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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Maybe it would be different if I idolized them as humans and looked up to them for personal inspiration or their humanitarian efforts.
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I'm the same way. My default assumption with famous musicians, actors, etc. who have won out over thousands of rivals to reach the summit of their fields is that they're not good human beings. They weren't good human beings as they clambered up the greasy pole, and they likely only got worse once fortune and celebrity afforded them the opportunity to indulge their basest appetites.
Of course sexual assault and the abuse of children are beyond the pale even for celebrities. But I found once I dismissed any expectations of the people creating art being admirable (or even decent) human beings, I can enjoy those works without really thinking about the people behind them.