It's true, he's at the lower end of the stardom totem pole right now. You have to maintain your status in order to keep it, and let's face it, he hasn't been doing jack-shit publicly to further his career. Whatever he may or may not be doing behind closed doors doesn't count.
And yeah, it's sad to me too, considering the humongous pedestal I had the man on back in the day. I hate to see my idols fall, they're all I've got.