Definitely agree. What I was trying to do is figure out the thought process within Stevie, and also Mick/McVies/Azoff that got them to a point where firing Lindsey became a viable option, because it's clear that she and Lindsey probably stopped getting along in any kind of consistent way in 1976, except for a brief respite around The Dance, and the show of affection they/Stevie put on for the media to sell tickets between 1997 and 2016. Like, they were willing to milk that faux-romantic LB/SN stage dynamic for just about 20 years to sell tickets after The Dance, so I found it interesting to figure out what changed to make them decide to boot Lindsey after all that time.
Stevie is a master marketer of her image, and she is aware that talking about Lindsey sells. Maybe she wanted to clear her name because she saw some online backlash to the firing but she also has consistently mentioned Lindsey in her solo press for many, many years. They broke up in 1976, and he stopped having any real role in producing music with her in 2003, so he has very little relevance to her musical projects or her personal life. Yet, she talks about him a whole lot. It's best to just ignore all of it, because it's wildly inconsistent and mostly untrue.
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