I still think the only reason Dick even bothers with Ethan is because something went down on one of their drunken drug nights. The clipped calls I've seen where they speak within the past year or two have been forced, they don't seem to be that close, but Ethan is constantly roping him into events. Ethan is the exact type of person that Dick would make fun of under almost any circumstance, yet he gets a complete pass on everything.
None of it adds up to me. They don't seem like natural friends, Dick seems to want to get out of obligations with him, but still hasn't just cut and run.
Ethan has literally no viewership. I don't believe half the superchats coming in are real. They tend to follow the exact same pattern as his speech, or he'll have said the exact line not minutes before, only for that thought to be sent for the minimum Super Chat amount, sending him into a holler spree. He's not bringing Dick viewership, because he doesn't have any viewers to bring to him.
There will be fallout one day, certainly, and I'd put money on it being a lot more juicy than most would guess, because I think there's more to the story here.