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So, your fave writer/singer/comic is a monster? Here’s how to cope

ByChristalle Fernandes
Sep 20, 2024 06:20 PM IST

Surprise, our heroes are human. Experts offer help on separating art from artist, and not getting trapped when big names come crashing down

Let’s take stock of where our heroes stand, shall we? Author JK Rowling has revealed herself to be a raging transphobe. The late novelist Alice Munro, her daughter Andrea Robin Skinner has revealed, knew her husband was sexually abusing Skinner as a child, and did nothing to stop it. Multiple women have accused Neil Gaiman of sexual assault. Rapper Snoop Dogg has been arrested for illegal drug possession, holding firearms, and vandalism, but was one of the promoters of the Paris Olympics. Hollywood still can’t decide whether Woody Allen did or didn’t rape his young adopted daughter in 1992.

Snoop Dogg has a string of criminal charges against him. Yet, he’s made uplifting children’s music. (SHUTTERSTOCK)
Snoop Dogg has a string of criminal charges against him. Yet, he’s made uplifting children’s music. (SHUTTERSTOCK)
Harry Potter fans are vocal in their love for the films and in their criticism of JK Rowling’s transphobia. (ADOBE STOCK AND SHUTTERSTOCK)
Harry Potter fans are vocal in their love for the films and in their criticism of JK Rowling’s transphobia. (ADOBE STOCK AND SHUTTERSTOCK)
If we boycott Neil Gaiman’s work, we’ll miss out on great TV adaptations such as Good Omens (2019-). (SHUTTERSTOCK)
If we boycott Neil Gaiman’s work, we’ll miss out on great TV adaptations such as Good Omens (2019-). (SHUTTERSTOCK)
Roman Polanski’s movies such as The Pianist continue to be loved, though he’s a sex offender.
Roman Polanski’s movies such as The Pianist continue to be loved, though he’s a sex offender.
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