If you read the article you'll see that most of them do carry on - and it was the carrying on with limited interest in popular appeal that crashed their headlin

If you read the article you'll see that most of them do carry on - and it was the carrying on with limited interest in popular appeal that crashed their headliner careers. So in practice it means you get a lot of respect and money, and suddenly you don't. It would be not unlike going from FAANG veep or CEO to sudden unemployment. With no one calling. Except that you're less likely to have a financial cushion.