See Post #6
That’s why I tend not to want to know about performers themselves. They are not generally an admirable bunch. I like a character or a performance and settle for that. Otherwise I wouldn’t see much TV or movies or listen to much music. I knew about Andy Griffith’s dalliances and his general rottenness as a human being. (There is at least one episode in which Andy’s hand is bandaged. It is never mentioned in the show. It turned out that Griffith, in a rage, had punched a hole in a wall.) I like Andy Taylor the character but I wouldn’t have liked Andy Griffith the person.