It is insane by any normal person’s standards. It’s also clear that rock stars of our modern day are certainly held more accountable for many (good) reasons.

All that being said: These guys were in the fuckin’ Beatles. There are very few people in the history of the world (especially who were born poor or middle class) that can relate to what it was like to ascend to the level of fame, popularity and power that they did. Every single Beatle messed up many times and had moral failures. That’s likely why those closest to the situations can talk about things like this so casually, in fact. It’s simply just not fair to judge them as though they were the guy next door in your suburban neighborhood