has once again defended his controversial new miniseries The Idol as backlash continues to mount on social media.

The show has elicited an explosive controversy over its graphically raunchy depiction of `s character Jocelyn, a pop star who becomes ensnared by a cult-leading nightclub owner played by The Weeknd.

One headline slammed and another accused the show of containing `the worst sex scene in history.`

However, The Weeknd this Wednesday chose to highlight a fan of the series who wrote on : `I cried a lot this episode.































I`ve never related to a character more on a program than I have to jocelyn. Her mental. Her mother dynamic. It`s uncanny. The Idol is REAL. And a lot of people just don`t get it.` 

Quoting her tweet, The Weeknd responded: `they will… i promise, give it time.















until then enjoy the show for yourself,` adding a heart emoji.

Unbothered: The Weeknd has once again defended his controversial new miniseries The Idol as backlash continues to mount on social media

Fan service: Quoting a tweet by an admirer who felt `a lot of people just don`t get` the show, The Weeknd responded: `they will… i promise, give it time.































until then enjoy the show has called `the worst sex scene in history,` Jocelyn pleasures herself as Tedros instructs her to `make that throat wet for me` and demands that she `f***ing stretch that tiny little p***y.` 

The Weeknd co-created The Idol with former nightlife entrepreneur Reza Fahim as well as Sam Levinson, the writer behind Euphoria. 

Sam, whose own history with drugs helped inspire Euphoria, is Lily-Rose`s fellow `nepo baby` as the son of the acclaimed director Barry Levinson.

Premise: Lily-Rose Depp leads the cast as Jocelyn, a pop star who becomes ensnared by a cult-leading nightclub owner played by The Weeknd

Backstage: The Weeknd co-created The Idol with former nightlife entrepreneur Reza Fahim as well as Sam Levinson, the writer behind Euphoria

Upon its premiere at Cannes, The Idol got a five-minute standing ovation but also provoked a raft of blistering responses from critics. 

The Playlist`s Gregory Ellwood called the second episode `Sexist, pseudo-porn,` while the New York Times` Kyle Buchanan dismissed the show as `a Pornhub-homepage odyssey` starring `Lily-Rose Depp`s areolas,` and The Wrap dubbed it `luxury sleaze.`

`Lots of strong reactions to #TheIdol out of #Cannes2023 - ranging from: "I hated it" to "the TV version of clickbait" to "I don`t need to see any more of Lily-Rose Depp naked,"` tweeted Variety reporter Ramin Setoodeh, author of the bestselling book Ladies Who Punch about the backstage drama on The View.

Much of the chatter revolved around Lily-Rose`s raunchy role, which at one point involves an apparent picture of her character with semen on her face.

Insiders alleged to Rolling Stone in March that the show was almost completely reshot in order to give it less of a feminine outlook.

Pet Sematary actress Amy Seimetz, who has also helmed such movies as Sun Don`t Shine and She Dies Tomorrow, was claimed to have directed around 80 percent of The Idol before she left the project.

The Weeknd was said to have felt The Idol had an excessively `female perspective` and wanted the plot to give his character more attention than Lily-Rose`s.

Sam stepped in as director and reshot the show, which reportedly was heavily rewritten with so much raunchy material that one source was left thinking: `What is this?































What am I reading here? It was like sexual torture porn.`

Reaction: One headline slammed The Weeknd`s `nonexistent` acting chops and another accused the show of containing `the worst sex scene in history`

Wow: On one episode, Jocelyn masturbates and self-harms while mourning her dead mother and ultimately falls into the carnal thrall of The Weekend`s character Tedros

Other sources, however, said that the insiders Rolling Stone quoted had made their remarks without seeing the finished product. 

The Weeknd responded publicly by denouncing the report as `ridiculous,` arguing to : `Shows get reshot every day.` 

Lily-Rose also defended Sam, issuing a statement to  in which she called him `for so many reasons, the best director I have ever worked with.` 

She added: `Never have I felt more supported or respected in a creative space, my input and opinions more valued.` 

The showbiz legacy continued: `Working with Sam is a true collaboration in every way — it matters to him, more than anything, not only what his actors think about the work, but how we feel performing it.` 

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