Have you ever fallen out of love with an artist for moral reasons? [View all]

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I was inspired to make this because of our current president. No matter what bullshit he does, many of his followers will make excuses for it. But there are a few that decided that morally, he was repugnant and so they did turn their backs on him.

So let me give a few examples of my own...

--Love the Smashing Pumpkins. But Billy Corgan is a bit of a right winger conspiracy theorist. Plus, he was a prick to Courtney Love in the past. It's hard for me to kick the pumpkins though, because their music really isn't very representative of right wing thought processes and can be very sweet. I tend to think Billy has a good heart, but his mind is in the wrong place.

--In high school, one of my favorite bands was lostprophets but in 2012, long after I stopped loving them as much, I learned the lead singer Ian Watkins was now a convicted pedophile and a particularly heinous one at that. He lured underage fans and even their mothers with his fame. In court prosecutions, he didn't even show much remorse. He had the ego that made him feel entitled to it. Needless to say, I can't listen to a lostprophets song ever again. It was the first album collection I ever threw in the trash.

--Rob Schneider was someone I thought was funny. Then I learned he was a highly insensitive moron. Looking at him now just disgusts me.

So are there any heroes, celebrities or artists that you felt you had to morally reject at any point?