He can sing, however is he Abel to behave?

Lily-Rose Depp recommended The Weeknd after the premiere of their new HBO sequence, “The Idol,” was met with criticism on Sunday.

“I really like Abel a lot,” Depp, 24, mentioned of her co-star and the present’s government producer, whose actual identify is Abel Tesfaye, throughout a breakdown of Episode 1 that aired post-premiere.

“He was capable of soften into this position in a method that’s actually tough for anyone to do.”

Within the already-controversial present, Depp portrays a pop star named Jocelyn who tries to make a comeback after struggling a psychological breakdown.

She turns into concerned with Tedros (The Weekend), a membership proprietor and chief of a modern-day cult just like NXIVM.

Whereas Depp’s efficiency was met with reward, with one viewer calling her acting “frighteningly good,” the present was dragged by viewers – with The Weeknd, 33, taking the brunt of the hate.

“LOL. How did The Idol make it to the airwaves? It’s comically unhealthy,” author Roxane Homosexual tweeted Sunday.

”Ejaculatory and vapid. They clearly suppose it’s subversive but it surely isn’t! It’s boring! Lily Rose Depp is fascinating and it’s a disgrace she wasn’t given higher materials.”

Homosexual added, “I not often say this as a result of style is subjective however don’t waste your time. Lol wow. Simply so ridiculous. It takes effort to make a present this unhealthy.”

“oh the idol is BAD unhealthy i can not imagine this monstrosity is changing ‘Succession’ sunday,” a netizen wrote.

“the idol was so unhealthy it was humorous 😭,” a 3rd agreed.

In the meantime, Selection dubbed The Weeknd’s appearing expertise “nonexistent.”

Final month, Depp was slammed for displaying an excessive amount of nudity within the first episode after the sequence premiered on the 2023 Cannes Movie Pageant.

“Hardly ever does a scene go by with out the digicam displaying flashes of her breasts or ass,” the Hollywood Reporter wrote concerning the actress in a scathing overview. “You begin to surprise if that is constructing to something, and by episode two it appears probably that it’s most likely not.”

In the meantime, author Kyle Buchanan of The New York Occasions jabbed, “’The Idol,’ or 50 SHADES OF TESFAYE: A Pornhub-homepage odyssey starring Lily-Rose Depp’s areolas and The Weeknd’s greasy rat tail.”

One other deemed the present “straight-up pornographic.”

But viewers members on the Cannes premiere appeared to take effectively to the present and reportedly applauded “The Idol” with a five-minute standing ovation.

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The sequence had already been marred in April when sources near manufacturing instructed Rolling Stone that “The Idol” was full of “torture porn” and “rape fantasy.” Others claimed the set was chaotic and poisonous throughout filming.

However the daughter of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis denied any points behind the digicam – stating that the present’s director, Sam Levinson (“Euphoria”), was wonderful to work with.

In a press release to the Put up, Lily-Rose mentioned Levinson, 38, was “one of the best director I’ve ever labored with” for “so many causes.”

“By no means have I felt extra supported or revered in a artistic house, my enter and opinions extra valued. Working with Sam is a real collaboration in each method — it issues to him, greater than something, not solely what his actors take into consideration the work, however how we really feel performing it,” she mentioned.

“He hires individuals whose work he esteems and has at all times created an surroundings during which I felt seen, heard and appreciated.”

The Weeknd additionally hit again amid the backlash, posting a scene from “The Idol” to Instagram during which Tedros and Jocelyn agree that her posing for Rolling Stone can be a nasty concept as a result of the journal is “irrelevant” and “previous its prime.”

He added within the caption of the put up, “@rollingstone did we upset you ?”

“The Idol,” which has been within the works since 2021, airs Sundays at 9 p.m. on HBO.