Did MJ get hate specifically for being too feminine?

I noticed some of his looks in the late 90s and 2000s are borderline drag. I don’t think the biggest male pop stars nowadays could do this without getting buried alive by conservative media outlets and disowned by a lot of their male fanbase (Sam Smith is the best example I can think of). What did people back then think?

I noticed some of his looks in the late 90s and 2000s are borderline drag. I don’t think the biggest male pop stars nowadays could do this without getting buried alive by conservative media outlets and disowned by a lot of their male fanbase (Sam Smith is the best example I can think of). What did people back then think?