Can you really seperate the art from the artist?

With all the hate towards J.K Rowling (deserved) and lets say Kanye West for example, you can enjoy the art but can you really separate what they c…

I think I can but I don’t really know. I can’t think of any examples of things I no longer like after knowing what fucked up thing the artist did nor I can otherwise, stuff I still like regardless.

I guess it will depend mostly on how much is the artist involved, for example, I think I could read a Neil Gaiman book but I don’t feel like listening an audiobook narrated by himself.