If you've read the Furry Convention Drama thread, you'll have seen that the reputation of Furry Conventions is already collapsing, what with the amount of fraud and sexual deviancy going on at them, as well as allowing convicted pedos like Growly to attend. I think Chris going to MFF, BLFC, Eurofurence etc will be less controversial to the Fandom than the Pizza jerkoff incident.
(While I was typing this, the idea of Chris creating a fursuit of Patti-chan came to mind (keep in mind when someone he loves dies, he thinks they become a Sonichu character), and that would likely be enough to get him banned if he shows up to a room party wearing it. Lets hope to anything holy that he doesn't.)