Perhaps it’s just that some people are just too big to cancel. Or perhaps it is that many prefer to indulge in fantasy. We are in a post-truth era, after all, when realistic footage of celebrities has been created by AI and facts about biology – what is a male, what is a female – are up for grabs. It is possible to believe in the delusion that Michael Jackson didn’t really abuse young boys, that he was innocent and his accusers were simply money-grabbing monsters.