I respectfully disagree. I think JD comes out of this appallingly (substance abuse issues, misogyny), and I cant imagine many people in Hollywood wanting to hire him. Though that being said, it's been mentioned elsewhere on this thread that men in Hollywood can survive a lot, and I agree, so perhaps I could be wrong about his career.
I don't know what age range you are (and that's a rhetorical) but I'm in my 50's, so I've seen JD's life played out in the media.
Back then, there wasn't twitter, fb or tattle type places or things, there was the News of the World (british paper that's been pulled up over mobile phone tapping). It would run stories that were flamboyant, eager to show off the darker, crapier side of people and they'd never go easy on anyone, they just loved the dirty, low life, scummy things to put out.
When he was with Kate Moss, (who later went onto Pete Doherty) the drugs "thing" was rife in clubs in the UK (and I say this as a very boring person who was the one who drove my mates home after they got high
) In 1994, when they dated, drugs were huge (**note not in any shape or form saying that it's fine, it's ok, it's illegal, so be clear on that) so when I'm now seeing folk mention that his "substance abuse" will flatten his career, I'm just going to point out, so many people of the 80's and 90's were avid drug users, so this is (not ok) but very old news and didn't stop him from the career he had post AH. (look up river phoenix and the viper club).
As for Misogyny, (little background, I have a Daughter in 20's) so we have old foggy from the 60's versus new modern from the late 90's
I am learning everyday how my world is evolving) she has been shocked, when I explain that back in the early 80's, men got the best jobs, for more pay, simply because they were men. Men would slap your backside as you passed by to use a photocopier, others would laugh, giggle, older ladies of the office would be huffy, not because they saw a young women being treated in that horrible fashion, but because they felt you were younger and getting favoured over them for job promotion
Benny Hill was the go to for many families, but again, it oozed nastiness of it's own kind, encouraging sex mad man to chase after women, while their outfits fell off, all the while to a silly tune.
JD is a little older than me, so he would have grown up in this vibe too. Does it allow it? (as some teens say) No. Is it ok to be that? No. But you also need to understand, you cannot keep punishing someone for what they grew up in and around. If they manage to change, grow, evolve to join the new world, then great.
He's a wealthy person, an older person, he's had a horrific childhood, he's clung to drink and drugs to numb out - because back then in his younger years, counselling and therapy wasn't something men subscribed to. It was sadly deemed pathetic for men to cry, or share their pain or distress. I'm not excusing him, I'm explaining how things were different and he is a product of that. He wouldn't of been encouraged to seek support, diagnosis or such. I'm hoping he does now.
Equally, for AH, she's grown up in a horrible family dynamic, she's bi, which again, is still evolving for many people, people of the LGBTQ community still have difficult and bigoted folk to deal with. I don't even see it as a bad thing that there has been a diagnosis for her, again, it doesn't excuse her part in the situation, but it does go a long way to explain that she does have certain behaviours and she can hopefully gain support and care to understand and live more comfortably alongside them.
It's a sad, difficult, painful situation for both of them.
where does it stop, eg Is somebody’s private feelings recorded in a private diary abusive? Do all “bad” or unacceptable thoughts and feelings have to be kept within our own heads at all times?
the JD fans on instagram twitter etc shock and saddlen me that they support him (a lot are quite obsessed with him) regardless of anything he has done.
