‘The Idol’ Stars Defend Controversial Show: “We Always Knew We Were Going to Make Something Provocative”

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‘The Idol’ Stars Defend Controversial Show: “We Always Knew We Were Going to Make Something Provocative”
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'They just need to see the whole show,' says Abel Tesfaye (aka The Weeknd), who stars in HBO's new drama opposite Lily Rose-Depp.

Early on, the promotional materials for the show leaned into its edginess, calling Levinson and Tesfaye “the sick & twisted minds” behind “the sleaziest love story in all of Hollywood” in a teaser.

But then the show became the subject of unfavorable attention whenan expose calling the show a “rape fantasy” and alleging that it went “wildly, disgustingly off the rails” after cast changes and the departure of original director Amy Seimetz.

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