Possible, though I imagine if it was them doing gayops it would've been telegraphed a few weeks back when the video was released. I also saw no fan complaints anywhere; StarsEN fans yearn to throw cute fat fucksWho was offended by that? I think that was Cover taking words by trolls and haters seriously.
My personal theory is upper/more distant management suddenly noticing plushies being beaten with spatulas and getting offended. Similar to how JP management tried to make debut Axel act like a dickless wonder against the wishes of EN management and Axel himself.