Apparently, at least for those whose support for him had wavered, a full-page advertisement in the Wall Street Journal was all it took to wipe the slate clean: In January, West took out an ad in which he apologized for the above and other comments, blaming them on mental illness and a recently diagnosed head injury. In the U.K., Prince Andrew was arrested over accusations arising from evidence in the Epstein files; the president and the Republican-led Congress have dismissed and fought to suppress the release of many of those files, presumably because of his presence in them. Chris Brown still sells out arenas despite several arrests for violent behavior even after his 2009 assault on Rihanna; Eric Clapton made drunken racist comments onstage in the ‘70s but has been one of the world’s most popular rock musicians for over 50 years; Vince Neil of Motley Crue was convicted of vehicular manslaughter after a 1984 drunk-driving accident in which his friend Nicholas “Razzle” Dingley was killed — and then pleaded guilty to another DUI, 25 years later — but the band sold its catalog for $150 million in 2021.
Author: Jem Aswad
Published at: 2026-04-06 22:31:40
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