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Wow you must be really butthurt that your beloved celebrity turned out to be a different person than you imagined.
This is called cognitive dissonance (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance).
There are different ways the brain can cope with conflicting information. Looks like yours chose denial. It also chose to double down on the denial by constructing a reality in which multiple witnesses arent a credible source.
If you remember about this post in a few weeks, thats gonna be embarrassing^^
Also, to answer to your post directly: Are you the kind of person that doesnt believe the earth is round because you havent seen it for yourself? If not, ask yourself why this case is different.
It's one example of a common disease. So I figured it bore discussion. Now put it back in your pants and zip up.
Mhm sure