Yep. Seriously. It’s like, you mean that a Satanist freak who renamed himself in honor of Charles Manson isn’t a nice guy?! Wow, who knew?!
Alice Cooper (Vincent Furnier) did similar in the 70’s, but I always got the impression that it was just a performance, not a way of life. I’ve never seen Manson being interviewed or featured without his stage make up on.
He stays in character.