“Fans” didn’t want Heath Ledger to be The Joker, and not only did he end up owning that role, he won a posthumous Oscar for it.
So maybe we shouldn’t let fans dictate casting.
I agree, the ABC moderators shouldn't have made him yell "THEY'RE EATING THE DOGS" at the volume of a PA announcer in an empty arena because he saw an AI-generated picture of a Haitian guy eating a cat posted by ImmigrantSlaughter1488 on TruthSocial.