I know it hurts to meet your heroes, because it re-contextualizes the things you previously liked about them. You can read a book and think it's perfect, then learn a little about the man behind it and suddenly the secret meanings are unlocked, corrupting the entire work and souring your previously pleasant memories of it.

I imagine that's like finding the medium account of an author you thought decently of, like here. I haven't heard of this guy before today and I scanned one article and checked his previous headlines to arrive at the confident position I now occupy.

I speak harshly as a rhetorical device, I don't actually blame you for being disappointed after looking. I'm glad you did and brought it up. Thanks for the research.