He doesn't need 'painting in a bad light'. He's violent towards women.

Do you have sources for these rumors? Or any documented instances of this? That's absolutely out of character for him based on years of interviews and testimonials from people who worked with him. Are you serious or is this just the crazed rantings of an anonymous commenter online?

@@theloungeguys1358 The first draft of Henson's autobiography got banned by the Henson family because the details were "too upsetting" to reveal - quoted in The Times newspaper. In the book 'Jim Henson: The Works' he is quoted making jokes about making animatronic animals for a porn film involving acts with animals - hardly the sort of subject matter that would interest a normal decent person. His son Brian has been quoted as saying that his fathers sense of humour was very "blue" and "dirty". He was an infamous womaniser who cheated on his wife. He used to have many lovers at once, including actress Daryl Hannah and many of his female coworkers. It is well documented that when the Muppet puppets first arrived in London for filming their heads were stuffed with every kind of drug you could think of. Henson himself has been quoted as saying that he didn't judge anything and that he believed everybody should do what they liked and nothing was wrong. He was friends with Andy Worhol who ran a gay prostitution ring which included actor David Soul (Soul said this himself). Employees of Hensons have remained tight lipped except saying (on forums) that his behaviour involving women and sex would shock audiences and that he had an unsavoury side. One of them said: "They always go after Uncle Walt but some of the stories about Henson are absolutely shocking". He also had a gambling addiction and would happily gamble away thousands of dollars every night at the roulette wheel, though I have never heard of him ever donating anything to charity. Of course, if people want to believe the rubbish that he was a saint they can but the truth is that in reality the man was as far from his wholesome image as you can get. As you would expect from someone so successful and well connected in Hollyweird, he was prepared to do anything and had rather low moral standards. Don't get me wrong, I am one of his biggest fans but I like to follow the truth rather than made up spin by the Henson organization and ex-colleagues who were no better behaved than himself. He made good, wholesome entertainment but the man behind it was not what he is made out to be.

@Commentator-tb8ku Wow. That's a rabbit hole I'm going to deep dive on. Shades of Gene Roddenberry. Sorry for the flippant comment before, you can never tell on the web who is being serious.