A Guardian opinion piece argues that Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme is undergoing a public image rehabilitation – duetting with Shania Twain, appearing on Celebrity Gogglebox and giving cosy BBC 6 Music interviews – that glosses over serious allegations of violence. His ex-wife Brody Dalle testified in court that Homme once head-butted her so hard she "saw stars" and told her he had fantasised about killing her, while separate video footage shows him kicking a female photographer, Chelsea Lauren, in the face, an incident he later apologised for.

The writer situates Homme alongside Johnny Depp and Chris Brown as examples of male musicians and actors whose careers have survived domestic abuse allegations largely unscathed, noting Depp's forthcoming film Ebenezer and Chris Brown's high-profile US tour with Usher despite his 2009 assault of Rihanna. Homme and Dalle's relationship was mutually acrimonious, with both taking out restraining orders and Homme now holding full custody of their children, and he has spoken of turning his life around after cancer treatment. The article concludes that, almost a decade after #MeToo, audience nostalgia and slick publicity campaigns are allowing such allegations to be minimised rather than reckoned with.