It’s something I struggle with. Some bad news comes out about some public persona doing something shitty and they get cancelled. But sometimes I really struggle with giving up the things they’ve made because I like them. There are also occasions where the person has been accused of something and it doesn’t seem true to me, or I think they’re genuinely sorry and have been punished enough, and the context isn’t being considered.

What do you think? Who do you feel conflicted about enjoying?

  • lemmylommy@lemmy.world
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    Also a pedo. From his wiki page:

    Besson’s second wife was actress and director Maïwenn Le Besco, whom he started dating when he was 32 and she was 15 after having met three years earlier.[46] They married in late 1992 when Le Besco, 16, was pregnant with their daughter Shanna, who was born on 3 January 1993.[47][deprecated source] Le Besco later claimed that their relationship inspired Besson’s film Léon (1994), where the plot involved the emotional relationship between an adult man and a 12-year-old girl (played by then 12-year-old Natalie Portman).

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        Let’s consult the film’s plot:

        Mathilda looks up to Léon and quickly develops a crush on him, often telling him she loves him, but he does not reciprocate.

        The film: the adult rejects advances from the teen girl.

        _cryptagion: “This must mean Besson is proud of his relation with formerly-teen wife”.