“We must separate the artist from the art.”
Not sure who first said that, nor indeed if I’m remembering it accurately, word for word.
But my sense of the public debate in the United States is that the statement is frequently quoted by the Left, in defending depredations by Roman Polanksi and others like him.
“We must separate the artist from the art.”
I first heard that said about Frank Sinatra when the public learned that he was a world class jerk who bullied those around him.
He became “Not-so-hotra” to many former fans.