Just the reverse. Because a target can be compromised by what they do in their private lives, we, (meaning our intelligence people),
have to care about what they are doing in their private lives.
I'd imagine that in the game of compromising targets, it doesn't really matter what the general public thinks of the target's behaviors or actions. The only thing that matters is that the target have a psychological profile consistent with wanting to keep their behavior or actions secret. As long as the target has the requisite characteristics with respect to ego, that target can probably be compromised if you can find something on them.