Biggest Fall?

In the United States maybe...but one of the most bizzare and biggest i ever heard of was Jimmy Savile in England. A 60's music show host for Top of The Pops.(like American Band Stand) He was huge there and there were rumors about him for years and afrer he died in 2011 things exploded ..he had 100's of Victims from Children to seniors and and rumored with Cadavers as well. His fall from Grace was swift posthumously. Just a bizzare guy and I don't know what the Brits saw in him. The last thing he appeared in was Big Brother UK and it was apparent that he was worshipped watching his appearance on YouTube... Hers his wiki for the whole Bizzare Story.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Savile

Also a documentary on YouTube.

I agree with all you said.

But my question is: would it be more acceptable if he behaved like a thug and played bad guys and even rapists in his shows instead?

Roscoe Arbuckle was a superstar in the 1910s and early 1920s, until he was falsely accused of a rape that led to the death of a woman. He was acquitted, but his career as a film star was over.

He betrayed the trust of millions who thought of him as a hero.

Him coming off as a wholesome family man who is secretly a rapist is like someone who is homophobic when they are closeted gay or going on how pornography is bad when they secretly watch it.

I don't want to get into the politics of it all, someone earlier mentioned Fatty Arbuckle; but it's got to be Bill Cosby.

I remember reading some almanac like book many, many years ago (late 80's early 90's) in which people (maybe it was the Almanac??) were polled and Bill Cosby was second only to the Pope as the most recognized figure on the planet.

This would have been above Ronald Reagan at the time and I'm guessing before the 1990's emerged.

Yes, Bill Cosby's fall is among the greatest...

On a weird note, separating the horrors of it all...I never really liked "The Cosby Show" on NBC. It was a fun show, with a loud studio audience (which would be really, really cool now on primetime) but it was never all that great after season #3.

The pilot was/is infamous.

You might be able to catch it for free on Youtube or Hulu...not sure. It's worth a look just alone for nostalgic purposes.

I preferred, "Cosby" on CBS another show albeit a minor hit...but a hit nonetheless.

For those that remember, it was during that time frame (in it's 2nd seasons) that these so-called "innuendoes" started to surface into the news.

It's really a sad oddity of an otherwise great journey brought down by depravity, ego and evil...

It's a weird trait we have, you notice it's always people who say one thing and do another like Cosby was always about moral values when he's secretly drugging and raping women or somebody who is homophobic when they are closeted gay like a lot of religious leaders and politicians are or as you said serial killers and stalkers.

He may have been a hypocrite but what he said about the black community was SPOT ON and backed up by statistics anyone can look up.

People seem to have forgotten about all the televangelists in the 80s-90s who fell from grace, such as Jim Baker.