People are never going to accept any sort of punishment for any talent, that's just how the internet is, even if one of them raped someone with verifiable proof, a handful of people would still side with the talent.
Imo he probably just kept acting in some "unprofessional" or overly casual manner about something, ignoring company procedure because "that's bullshit, i know how it works better than the suits" and it got to a point where they decided this was the only option. I trust the guy to take it with his chin up and ride it out instead of doing something retarded, in this case nobody is really attacking him so he will just get a bonus paycheck when he comes back.