I recently saw a famous man, can’t remember who, talking about how creepy people could be. “I love you”. “Well, that’s really weird because you don’t know me.”
Being awful about one of these women and then saying “well, people do it to the other” just strikes as that level of creepy.
Also, you see it done here to get at “Royalists.” But I don’t honestly get the impression C has those kinds of committed fans and followers. I like her fine, but don’t feel any strong attachment. I did really like HMQ but it wasn’t the kind of adoration I’m talking about.