then they should hate him because of his actions not because of how well liked he’s perceived by the public. taylor and ace has done just as bad and their behavior still has yet to change so turning on nic publicly to do some reverse psychology on the viewers as a gotcha moment helps neither of them in this scenario and just makes people sympathetic towards nic.
Also his hyper sexuality is the reason Belle-A had no idea she wasn’t gonna be his choice. She suddenly started participating in the challenges, so he suddenly started showing interest. He literally told her she had nothing to worry about before the recoupling, then chose Cierra (because Cierra was more willing physically than Belle-A was)