People still love R Kelly and Michael Jackson. People grade celebrities on a curve.
I was sitting last night here in Germany, and a commercial network ran a two-hour Michael Jackson all-time hits with dozens of bits and pieces over his marriages, accidents, health issues, lost wealth, and life history. Funny though....they skipped the whole pay-off episode for the kids....never mentioning a single detail. You can bring this up with a 1,000 Germans, and I’d take a guess that only three would have heard about this....the other 99-percent think the guy walks on water.