As another big fan, I don’t think there’s a single surprising allegation against Jimmy. When people tell you, repeatedly, who they are you gotta believe them.
I get that he’s always been quite the deviant, but I didn’t think that extended to underage girls… but I guess I should’ve known since the pic I have of kissing him i was 16, and while I’m a guy, I know that Jimmy doesn’t seem to care either way.
I feel like every touring musician with a mostly youth audience at least up into the 2010s was taking advantage of their underage fans. It just wasn’t as big of a deal, culturally. I graduated in 2009 and had plenty of friends and classmates dating older people, and I do think it’s creepy now as an adult but the adults in our lives at the time certainly didn’t seem that bothered. The fact that some artists have been crucified over relatively benign behavior while others are still revered despite their repeated flagrant abuse of minors I think speaks more to the fan bases of those musicians than anything else. MSI and Brand New fans are more the types to hold people accountable for their actions than RHCP fans, for example.
As another big fan, I don’t think there’s a single surprising allegation against Jimmy. When people tell you, repeatedly, who they are you gotta believe them.
I get that he’s always been quite the deviant, but I didn’t think that extended to underage girls… but I guess I should’ve known since the pic I have of kissing him i was 16, and while I’m a guy, I know that Jimmy doesn’t seem to care either way.
I feel like every touring musician with a mostly youth audience at least up into the 2010s was taking advantage of their underage fans. It just wasn’t as big of a deal, culturally. I graduated in 2009 and had plenty of friends and classmates dating older people, and I do think it’s creepy now as an adult but the adults in our lives at the time certainly didn’t seem that bothered. The fact that some artists have been crucified over relatively benign behavior while others are still revered despite their repeated flagrant abuse of minors I think speaks more to the fan bases of those musicians than anything else. MSI and Brand New fans are more the types to hold people accountable for their actions than RHCP fans, for example.