I’ve seen people talk about actors and artists that had a terrible time.
My own would be Anne Rice. She wrote Interview with the Vampire after her young daughter died of Leukemia. Then her husband suddenly died of a brain hemorrhage. I suspect her Christian, anti-fanfic phase was a result of mental illness and manipulation from the publishers, although I don’t think she ever apologized.
Pat Rothfuss falls under this too. He has mental health problems and is raising two kids and running a charity, and yet from the way people talk about him you’d think he’s the absolute scum of the earth for not finishing his series yet and being crabby on social media occasionally. If he weren’t a author he’d get so much more slack given to him.