I find the public distaste of him hilarious. Here's why:
1. He's probably one of the most talented blues guitarists in the last 20 years, yet people care more about who he's dating than his music.
2. The things he says/does are TAME compared to what the blues artists of the past did. Hell, they were sleeping with 14 year olds, beating women, even killing people, but the public microscope of celebrities didn't exist back then for mass judgement.
3. He has record producers telling him what kind of songs he has to play---which leads to the poppy crap he has to spit out in order to sell his material.