Can we all now admit that this whole Ace Bailey "saga" was a largely ginned up to maximize clicks nothing burger?
All the hyperventilating about "will he or won't he" was just so much wasted breath and anxiety. The outcome was never really in doubt. I understand the desire for controversy to stir up interest. Sometimes that controversy is real and worthy of such intense interest; this was not one of those times.
Cooler, rationale heads didn't get caught up in it and saw it for what it was, but clicks it did generate, so ... Mission Accomplished.