when Grace Kelly was sleeping with half the industry, when she was an up and comer she was sneered at and considered a predator who preyed on men, married or single. But after becoming a success, she established her image as virginal and innocent and classy, and decent. When she dated Oleg Cassini, he was demonized and the press speculated on how ‘classy’ Grace Kelly saw in ‘such a man’ as Oleg Cassini. Even when she was still slutting around with all sorts of men, married or otherwise.
In that industry, it’s success that bestows virtue, not actual morals.
“I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin”. - Frank Sinatra