Haven't seen the latest HBO series so I don't know in what way they talked about it but those comments are present in the comic.
When Rorshach is arrested and his public identity is revealed there is a small scene about his landlady lying to the press, telling them he came on to her several times, or something along those lines.
Clarifying, the idea of changing her lies in an actual romantic subplot was from the movie (the never-made 1989's movie, I think). I only used it to make a point because it was the dumbest example I could remember of.