Problematic Faves: Celebrities We Love Even Though They Act Up

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Maxwell

I wasn’t really checking for Maxwell’s last album. Still, I can’t ignore how the previous ones were everything to me. But when Maxwell went out of his way to call a Black woman out of her name, a woman who admitted to supporting his career, it turned my stomach. Not only because of his words to her but the fact that women like her represent his fan base. And while I understand getting caught up in your feelings, the fact that he was willing to disrespect her so quickly for expressing an opinion and respond civilly to the men who did so, really made me look at him differently. I should note that Maxwell’s cancellation is contingent upon his next album. If he comes out with the hotness in the next 10-20 years, I’ll be here for it. But with such gaps in time between music, he’s on probation right now. Next year we might have to let him go.