It’s the other way around: the vast majority of socialists never “feted” Chavez, but your strawman argument depends on the premise that those people are not real socialists.
http://www.socialistinternational.org/viewArticle.cfm?Articl...
Not all, of course. Socialism is a broad camp. But many.
Edit: and in fact they're still at it in Australia, where I live:
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/venezuela-solidarity-gr...
Edit:... and how about Castro? Is he your idea of a real socialist? https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/hugo-chavez-and-fidel-castro...