Let’s try to keep this in perspective. He was an entertainer.
“The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance. They were idolized and treated as leaders; their opinions were sought on everything and they took themselves just as seriously”
Robert A. Heinlein
I agree with that quote by Heinlein.
Entertainers are just that. Entertainers. In medieval days, they were "court jesters", kept on hand for amusement. They ate at the servant's table and lived in servant's quarters. They were treated special only in that they did not have to go out and work the fields with the other serfs, but nobody would ever consider them important in the big scheme of things.
There's nothing wrong with entertainers per se and I don't begrudge them the money they make in the modern age. However, we need to remember that their main function in life is to entertain us.