Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5598112-20180703234647/@comment-34031341-20180712192324

In reality, though, his name is still tarnished to a lot of people. Whether or not he actually did those things is irrelevant because, in show business, having a good brand name is more important than anything else. So, from a business perspective, it makes sense for NBC to be scaling back on advertisting the guest judges regardless of if he did it or not. Most people don't care enough to form their own opinion about a celebrity because it doesn't affect their daily lives, so if one already has a negative connotation there isn't much you can do to sway the general public around.